Sixhonkxweni Village
Current Phase: 3
Integration to Commercial Self-Sustainable Projects.
Achieved Statuses: Ongoing Broad-based Feeding Support, Basic Nutrition Education, Health and Nutrition Awareness Campaigns, PRA Assessment, Ongoing Nutrition Surveillance and Anthropometric Surveys Assessments, Stage 2 of the PRA(Training) Process, Biodiverse Community Permaculture Garden, Exploring Affordable Localised Food Systems to support household food security.
Impact
Households
Food Security status in the area.
Sixhonkxhweni village is a rural village situated in uMqanduli town formally demarcated under King Sabata Dalidyebo Local Municipality. The Household Food Insecurity Survey indicates that the majority of the respondents depend more on social grants for their livelihood (54.8-75.9%). Agriculture forms the second largest main livelihood coping strategy (38.7-45.2%). However, water for irrigation is still a huge barrier for both household and cooperative agricultural practices.
Households were categorised into food security categories using the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) . Most households across the district are in the category of moderately food insecure. This is followed by fewer households that are mildly food insecure. We have very few outliers across the district that are food secure and severely food insecure. Household food security is predominantly affected by external incomes including salaries, remittances, grants and pensions. These sources of income are not stable and hence the instability in household food security.
- Main Household livelihood strategy (Please note that the Nutrition Surveillance was compiled for the entire local municipality for all Mqanduli’s villages)
|
Main Livelihood Strategy |
King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality |
|
Cooperative |
(39.4%) |
|
Employment |
13.6% |
|
Grant |
75.8% |
|
Trade/Business |
1.5% |
|
Labour/ Wages |
3.0% |
|
Household Farming |
10.6% |
- Type of Land Ownership
|
Type of Land Ownership |
King Sabata Dalindyebo |
|
Communal |
25% |
|
Coop Members’land |
47.1% |
|
Lease Agreement |
2.9% |
|
Permission to Occupy |
23.5% |
|
Non Specific |
1.5% |
3.Household food security categories.
|
Food Security Categories |
King Sabata Dalindyebo Municiplaity |
|
Food Secure |
13.4% |
|
Mildly Food insecure |
23.9% |
|
Moderately Food Insecure |
53.7% |
|
Severely Food Insecure |
9.0% |
