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Assoc. Prof 

Mdiniso­, Joyce Mnesi

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department: Anthropology & Development Studies
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9618-4956
Research Interest(s): Rural development, Socio-economic development, Eco-tourism, Environmental management.
Active Community Engagement: Member of XX ISA Congress of Sociology Association
Biography: Assoc. Prof Joyce M. Mdiniso is employed as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zululand. She has published and co-published with various authors and postgraduate students in both national and international accredited journals. She has reviewed book chapters and journal articles, presented papers, and chaired sessions at local, national, and international conferences. Assoc. Prof Mdiniso has supervised and successfully graduated postgraduate students at Honours, Master’s, and PhD levels. She has also been involved in notable international collaborative projects, including the Erasmus+ SUCSESS Project and the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund Project. Her excellence in academia has been recognised through several awards, including the Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards for Teaching and Learning (2019), Supervision (2021), and Community Engagement (2023), as well as the 2025 Faculty Excellence Award in Supervision at the University of Zululand.
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    Assessing the sustainability of agricultural projects towards improving rural livelihood in South Africa
    2021
     | Adonis & Abbey Publi...
    The agricultural projects are regarded as the key instrument in improving rural livelihood by creating employment opportunities, improving economy and food provision. This qualitative study on the sustainability of agricultural projects was conducted in Msinga Local Municipality. The data was collected through the use of five focus group discussions with agricultural cooperatives who were sampled using the purposive sampling method. The qualitative data was analyzed through the use of content analysis. The critical aspects of the findings reveal that the sustainability of agricultural projects in the Msinga area face many challenges, such as disease outbreak, and conditions of climate change and as a result they need a support from the government to improve their livelihoods. There is a need to provide lessons to the rural farmers about ways of adapting to the climate change by strictly aligning with the national climate change adaptation strategy of the Republic of South Africa.
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