Environmental Awareness--Using Non-Formal Education to Impart Skills and Knowledge to Improve Crop Yield: The Case of Manyeledi Community, South Africa

Autor/in	Teane, Florah Moleko
Titel	Environmental Awareness--Using Non-Formal Education to Impart Skills and Knowledge to Improve Crop Yield: The Case of Manyeledi Community, South Africa
Quelle	In: International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 30 (2021) 4, S.299-313 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1038-2046
DOI	10.1080/10382046.2020.1788777
Schlagwörter	Informal Education; Agricultural Production; Agricultural Education; Rural Areas; Natural Resources; Environmental Education; Poverty; Community Involvement; Nongovernmental Organizations; Environmental Influences; Sustainability; Universities; Foreign Countries; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Agriculture; Production; Landwirtschaft; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Ausbildung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Armut; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Nachhaltigkeit; University; Universität; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This article sheds light on how non-formal education was used as a tool to provide knowledge and skills for Manyeledi community members who are engaged in subsistence farming, to improve their crop yield. Manyeledi is a rural village in the North-West province, which, like most rural areas, is experiencing environmental degradation caused by the depletion of natural resources, and poor farming practices. The environmental challenges experienced by this community include among others, the less arable land, changing climatic conditions and poor rainfall. A growing number of Manyeledi households live in abject poverty, where subsistence agriculture is the only source of livelihood. The community lacks the advanced farming skills needed to deal with the arid land and an acid soil. The paper provides insight into a community engagement project spearheaded by Bokamoso Impact Investment (BII), a non-governmental organisation that works to increase the crop production of marginalised groups. Through the above project, the environmental awareness campaign was launched to impart skills and knowledge that helped the Manyeledi community to deal with the environmental challenges. The training which the project members received through Non-formal education developed a heightened sense of awareness, of the need to improve their farming methods in order to enhance their livelihood sustainability. The study was qualitative in nature and observation and a one-on-one and focus group interviews were employed to collect data. The finding was that the skills and knowledge imparted by the NGO and the University of South Africa, improved the community's farming methods, which boosted crop production. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01