Land reform, housing and urban agriculture: a gendered approach to realising the right to food

Urban Farm DB summary

A South African Human Science Research Council commentary (2026) notes that women make up the majority of urban farmers who grow food in their own backyards or lead food-security efforts within larger groups that sell or donate surplus produce, and states that the country's land reform policies require an explicitly gender-sensitive approach to support them. The abstract provides no study sample, method, or measured outcome.