Questions
1. Wiesmann (1998) put forward a hypothesis for the understanding of smallholder actions and practices (e.g. household strategies): what was it?
2. Name two structural components of the cultural and social system of African smallholder societies.
3. Strategies of action in smallholder societies are primarily based on subsistence-oriented land-use systems. The social
and cultural system must harmonise and optimise these individual strategies in order to ensure social security and balance.
In which four areas?