Food security census kicks off in KZN
Experts are trying to get a clearer picture about
households and their ability to access food.
The KwaZulu-Natal leg of a national nutrition and food security census kicked off on Monday.
It's part of a country-wide research project by the Human Science Research Council, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Science and Innovation.
It began in September and is expected to wrap up around the same time later this year.
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KZN and the Eastern Cape form part of the final leg of the research.
The HSRC's Dr Thokozani Simelane says households across KZN's 11 districts will be surveyed.
"These census of food we'll try to establish as to what people are eating, how many times do they eat, are people producing their own food who buying it from the superstore. And if so we will also try to establish if the food that people are eating at households in the province is new nutritional to give them the first status of health.”
