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abstract: 'Land-based income streams, which include the consumption and selling of
crops, livestock and environmental products, are inherent in rural
households'' livelihoods. However, the off-farm cash income stream -
primarily composed of migrant labour remittances, social grants, and
savings and loans - is increasing in importance in many regions. This
case study of 590 households from Bushbuckridge, South Africa, analyses
the economic value of each of these income streams at three points: what
enters the household, what is used and what is sold. Two important
findings emerge. First, dependence on off-farm cash incomes is far
higher than previously suggested by case studies in the area and the
benefits of employment accrue to those already better educated and
wealthier. This suggests that shifts in off-farm opportunities will
exacerbate already deep inequalities. Second, while environmental
products and crops are important for direct use, they generate
insignificant cash incomes from sales. This suggests a weakening of the
direct links between the local ecosystem and this society, challenging
traditional notions of African rurality being intrinsically land based.
Significance:
Off-farm incomes such as wage labour, remittances and social grants are
almost the sole source of cash for households in the study area. Even
when including non-monetary incomes such as harvested produce, foraged
goods and livestock products, off-farm incomes still represent the
overwhelmingly largest proportion of overall household income value.
This highlights the fact that South African rural economies are not
consistently or primarily land based, and indicates the necessity of
rural development strategies that facilitate participation in local cash
economies. Otherwise, such efforts will be unable to yield broad
benefits and will, instead, simply enrich those who are already better
off.'
affiliation: 'Olivier, DW (Corresponding Author), Univ Witwatersrand, Global Change
Inst, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ragie, Fatima H.; Twine, Wayne, Univ Witwatersrand, Sch Anim Plant \& Environm Sci,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Olivier, David W.; Erasmus, Barend F. N.; Vogel, Coleen, Univ Witwatersrand, Global
Change Inst, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Hunter, Lori M., Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Sci, CU Populat Ctr, Dept Sociol, Boulder,
CO 80309 USA.
Hunter, Lori M.; Collinson, Mark, Univ Witwatersrand, MRC Wits Rural Publ Hlth \&
Hlth Transit Unit Agin, Sch Publ Hlth, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Collinson, Mark, Univ Johannesburg, DSI MRC South African Populat Res Infrastruct
Net, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Erasmus, Barend F. N., Univ Pretoria, Fac Nat \& Agr Sci, Pretoria, South Africa.'
article-number: '7522'
author: Ragie, Fatima H. and Olivier, David W. and Hunter, Lori M. and Erasmus, Barend
F. N. and Vogel, Coleen and Collinson, Mark and Twine, Wayne
author-email: david.olivier@wits.ac.za
author_list:
- family: Ragie
given: Fatima H.
- family: Olivier
given: David W.
- family: Hunter
given: Lori M.
- family: Erasmus
given: Barend F. N.
- family: Vogel
given: Coleen
- family: Collinson
given: Mark
- family: Twine
given: Wayne
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.17159/sajs.2020/7522
eissn: 1996-7489
files: []
issn: 0038-2353
journal: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
keywords: 'land-based income; off-farm cash income; income streams; rural
households; sustainable livelihoods'
keywords-plus: DIRECT-USE VALUES; RESOURCES; SAVANNA; PATTERNS; INCOMES
language: English
month: SEP-OCT
number: 9-10
number-of-cited-references: '32'
orcid-numbers: 'Erasmus, Barend FN/0000-0003-1869-8091
Twine, Wayne/0000-0002-4163-198X
HUNTER, LORI/0000-0002-3450-9791
Collinson, Mark/0000-0002-8205-7099
Olivier, David/0000-0002-6037-9150'
pages: 98-105
papis_id: 5c78277be0ebd60c0376ec415bbff572
ref: Ragie2020portfolioperspective
researcherid-numbers: 'Erasmus, Barend FN/G-3411-2012
Collinson, Mark/E-1830-2016
'
times-cited: '6'
title: A portfolio perspective of rural livelihoods in Bushbuckridge, South Africa
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000611948000021
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '9'
volume: '116'
web-of-science-categories: Multidisciplinary Sciences
year: '2020'