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Cookie cutter cooperatives in the KwaZulu-Natal school nutrition programme.

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dc.contributor.authorBeesley, Alan.
dc.contributor.authorBallard, Richard James.
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-20T07:23:02Z
dc.date.available2013-11-20T07:23:02Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-04
dc.description.abstractThis article examines an initiative by the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government to increase the income opportunities emerging from the school feeding programme. Since the inception of the programme, small medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) had been enlisted to provide schools with ingredients. However in 2006, the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government replaced some SMMEs with women’s cooperatives. By 2009, 12 of the original 42 cooperatives had collapsed, and some schools being serviced by these cooperatives complained of unreliable delivery of ingredients. This article examines the interface between policy and implementation through a case study of four cooperatives in one district. Our data suggests that some cooperatives struggled to take root as a result of a variety of factors which we discuss under the themes of viability, membership and skills. The top down creation of these cooperatives according to inflexible guidelines also resulted in significant problems.en
dc.identifier.citationBeesley, A. and Ballard, R. 2013. Cookie cutter cooperatives in the KwaZulu-Natal school nutrition programme. Development Southern Africa. 30(2): 250-261.en
dc.identifier.issn0376-835X
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2013.801195en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/10035
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis.en
dc.subjectSchool children--Food--KwaZulu-Natal.en
dc.subjectSchool children--Nutrition--KwaZulu-Natal.en
dc.subjectSchool lunchrooms, cafeterias etc.en
dc.subjectFood service management--KwaZulu-Natal.en
dc.subjectSmall business--KwaZulu-Natal.en
dc.subjectWomen in cooperative societies--KwaZulu-Natal.
dc.subject.otherSchool nutrition programmes.en
dc.subject.otherSmall medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs)en
dc.subject.otherTop-down development.en
dc.titleCookie cutter cooperatives in the KwaZulu-Natal school nutrition programme.en
dc.typePeer reviewed journal articleen

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