From the researched to co-researchers: including excluded participants in community-led research on urban agriculture in Cape Town

Paganini, Nicole; Stöber, Silke

doi:10.1080/1389224x.2021.1873157

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“…Most respondents were females (72.6%), small-scale agro-processors, and males (27.4%). According to the results, females dominate the small-scale agro-processing industry of South Africa, which agrees with other studies (Ampadu-Ameyaw & Omari, 2015;Mangubhai & Lawless, 2021;Mthobeni et al, 2021;Owoo & Lambon-Quayefio, 2017;Paganini & Stöber, 2021 might result from the unique situation of South Africa, where black women were not allowed to participate in the formal economy during the apartheid period. This was also ventilated during the focus group discussion sessions.…”

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“…The majority (77.8% and 82.6% are female and male, respectively) of the small-scale agro-processors. According to the results the males are dominant in the small-scale agro-processing industry of South Africa, which is contrary to other studies (Owoo & Lambon-Quayefio, 2017;Mangubhai & Lawless, 2021;Paganini & Stöber, 2021;Mthobeni et al, 2021;Ampadu-). The dominance of the male might be a result of the unique situation of South Africa where black women were not allowed to participate in the economy during the apartheid period.…”

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Analysis of the impact of the networks on the status of the internal resources of the small-scale agro-processors in South Africa

Manasoe

Mmbengwa

Lekunze

2021

Cogent Social Sciences

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The indicators of the internal resources factors in the small-scale agroprocessing in South Africa have a complicated cluster of networks, inventory, and trademarks compared to the commercial agro-processing sector. However, it has been identified that the internal resources endowment of small-scale agroprocessors is extremely weak. The study was carried out in the five provinces of South Africa, and the sample size was made up of 503 respondents. Face-to-face interviews were employed to collect the data in a sequential explanatory mixedmethods design, where quantitative data collection was through closed-ended questionnaires, and qualitative was through focus group sessions. The results revealed that the network (β = 0.440, p = 0.000) forms an integral part of the factors that influence the small-scale agro-processors internal resource status in these enterprises. While trademark (β = 0.142, p = 0.000) and inventory (β = 0.138, p = 0.000) were found to have second and third impact respectively. As a result of the reported weakness in the business networks in the small-scale agro-processing enterprises, it is recommended that these enterprises form lobby organizations that will enable the internal resources base of these enterprises. B Manasoe ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mr. Benjamin Manasoe graduated with a Master of Commerce in Economics and a Master of Philosophy in Information and Knowledge Management from the University of Johannesburg and Stellenbosch University. He is a PhD candidate at the North West University's Business School. His primary research interests include agro-processing, tourism, small-scale or enterprise development, marketing, and agricultural education. Prof. Victor M. Mmbengwa holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa. He is currently holding a position as a manager at the National Agricultural Marketing Council and an associate extraordinaire professor at North-West University (NWU).

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Analysis of the impact of the networks on the status of the internal resources of the small-scale agro-processors in South Africa

Manasoe

Mmbengwa

Lekunze

2021

Cogent Social Sciences

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“…Most important, however, is to support the city-team members, not only with digital infrastructure but also by tailoring interaction opportunities to their needs and capabilities and balancing the changing group dynamics that new members may bring. This overlaps with other participatory research frameworks responding to the challenges of COVID-19, such as "co-research" by Paganini and Stöber (2021), including participants in the setup, selection, and implementation of tools and modes of collaboration. Within this framework, the cogeneration of the challenges, solutions, and objectives with participating teams continues the PAR ethics.…”

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Let's Do It Online?! Challenges and Lessons for Inclusive Virtual Participation

Manderscheid

Fiala

Edwards

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Within the broader framework of the EU-H2020 EdiCitNet project—a large-scale collaborative project with a multi-stakeholder approach—there is the opportunity to observe participatory planning approaches to mainstream nature-based, edible solutions to solve specific social urban problems in an international group of six cities—Berlin (Germany), Carthage (Tunisia), Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Spain), Letchworth (United Kingdom), Šempeter pri Gorici (Slovenia), and Lomé (Togo). One year after the project started, the COVID-19 pandemic made it necessary to transfer most participatory planning processes to online platforms. This new format presented challenges to planning and voluntary stakeholder engagement due to different capacities regarding technical requirements as well as location-specific social circumstances. In this paper, we aim to shed light on the potentials and trade-offs in shifting to online participation and who gets to participate under digital Participatory Action Research (PAR) circumstances. We used a mixed-methods approach to evaluate the planning progress and the transition to working online in the six cities during the first wave of the pandemic. The study identifies critical implications of COVID-19 on participatory planning processes, the challenges for online participation, and the effectiveness of measures applied to tackle those challenges. The transition to online participatory planning described in this paper emphasizes organizational rather than technical remedies. While the planning progress in all cities was delayed, some faced significant challenges in the transition to online due to the lack of technical or community capacities. This was fostered through the diverse and new realities of the stakeholders ranging from meeting existential needs to adapting to alternative forms of working and caring. The reflections in this paper offer learnings from the disruptions caused by COVID-19 to better understand how participatory planning processes can be managed online along the lines of equity, access, and participation. The findings demonstrate how participatory processes in the ongoing crisis can be maintained, with relevance to future waves of this and other pandemics.

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“…Under the current neoliberal model, many Black small‐scale farmers continue to face challenges related to fair land access and market participation (Greenberg, 2015). Urban agriculture also contends with apartheid's enduring racial segregation, which has concentrated people of colour in urban townships (Paganini and Stöber, 2021).…”

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CULTIVATING FOOD JUSTICE: Redefining Harvest Sales for Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Low‐Income Cape Town post Covid‐19

Kanosvamhira

2024

Int J Urban Regional Res

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It is well established that urban community gardens (UCGs) can either challenge or reinforce neoliberal urbanism. This duality is especially evident among UCGs that sell garden harvests for income generation. In this article I therefore examine UCGs in low‐income areas of Cape Town, South Africa, to understand how they might sell their harvests while countering the neoliberal food system in cities of the global South. I draw on qualitative fieldwork, including observations and semi‐structured interviews with UCG representatives and civil society actors. Most harvests are currently sold to high‐end venues through intermediary actors in civil society organizations (CSOs) and non‐governmental organizations (NGOs). However, this approach disregards the local community's socioeconomic conditions and undermines community gardens’ nutritional objectives. Yet, under specific scenarios, the sale of garden harvests could mitigate the persistent food injustice in Cape Town's low‐income areas. In this article I introduce a model for harvest sales that advances sustainable urban agriculture and fosters food justice in neoliberal cities in the global South.

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From the researched to co-researchers: including excluded participants in community-led research on urban agriculture in Cape Town

Cited by 6 publications

References 44 publications

Analysis of the impact of the networks on the status of the internal resources of the small-scale agro-processors in South Africa

Analysis of the impact of the networks on the status of the internal resources of the small-scale agro-processors in South Africa

Let's Do It Online?! Challenges and Lessons for Inclusive Virtual Participation

CULTIVATING FOOD JUSTICE: Redefining Harvest Sales for Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Low‐Income Cape Town post Covid‐19

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