A peachy outlook for KZN poverty alleviation

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Driving through the Impendle area of rural KwaZulu-Natal, one sees peach trees growing in the yards of almost every homestead dotted across the rolling countryside. Peaches have long been an important source of nutrition for the mostly impoverished households in this traditional authority area. Now a pilot research project is investigating whether economic value can be added to these peach trees, allowing Impendle's residents, and other residents of these traditional authority areas, to create jobs and generate income.

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