And mpat results

H/holds vulnerable to hunger at 13.4% in 2016 from 29.3%, 2002 (GHS, 2017) 794 471 (49.7% of 1.6 M) h/holds 4 327 252 (100% of 4.3 M) individuals benefitted from Food & Nutrition Security programmes.
Though improved over the past 15 years, vulnerability to hunger has increased by 2% over the past 5 years, from 11.4% in 2011 – 13.4% in 2016
Reduction in the rural unemployment rate	49.4% rural unemployment in 2013 (Broad def. QLFS, Q4, 2013) Overall unemployment rate was at 21.5% in 2008. (QLFS, Q4, 2008)	40% rural unemployment by 2019	48% (StatsSA QLFS Q2, 2017) 27.7% overall unemployment	A decline of 0.4% from 47.6% in Q1. Agriculture lost 40 000 jobs. Notably, SA’s economy lifted out of technical recession, with production growth rising 2.5% quarter-on-quarter, as compared to -0.6% in Q1, 2017. Agriculture the highest contributor at 33.6 % (Stats SA, Q2, 2017).

Sustainable land reform for agrarian transformation

Analysis – contextualising differences between agrarian reform and land reform

• A key precondition for land reform to be feasible and effective in improving beneficiaries' livelihoods is for such programs to fit into a broader policy aimed at reducing poverty and establishing a favourable environment for the development of a productive smallholder agriculture (World Bank, 2003)
• Whereas Land reform is concerned with rights in land, and their character, strength and distribution, agrarian reform focuses not only on these but also a broader set of issues i.e., the class character of the relations of production and distribution in farming and related enterprises, and how these connect to the wider class structure ( Cousins, 2016)
• Reforming land policies serves to change relationships within and between communities, as well as between communities and the State, and can be an intensely political process, negatively impacting on performance
• Agriculture is a catalyst for economic growth. The National Development Plan has identified primary agriculture as one of the key sectors for addressing food security, job creation and economic growth, especially for rural communities and small towns.