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Original Articles

Determining the contribution of agricultural production to household nutritional status in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa

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Pages 573-587 | Received 01 Apr 1998, Accepted 01 Jun 1998, Published online: 27 Feb 2008

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  • An earlier version of this article was presented as a working paper to the Food Security Working Group of the Ministry of Agriculture. Funding from the Overseas Development Institute and the Development Bank of Southern Africa is acknowledged with thanks. Thanks to Frances Geldenhuys for entering and merging the two data sets used in the study.
  • Respectively, Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria; Senior Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria; and Researcher, Centre for Social and Development Studies, University of Natal.

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