Small-scale farmers on land degradation in Komatipoort

Dataset for a qualitative study on small-scale farmers' perceptions of land degradation in Komatipoort and how it influences their livelihoods. The researcher adopted a case study design in particular instrumental case study. The study had both exploratory and descriptive research purposes. Data was collected from twelve purposively sampled participants who are small-scale farmers in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga and had provided their written consent to participate in the study. With the participants' consent, the interviews were audio recorded. The researcher transcribed the interviews and data was analysed using thematic analysis. The themes and sub-themes emerged are summarized in the table uploaded.

关于科马蒂普特（Komatipoort）小规模农户对土地退化的认知及其对生计影响的定性研究数据集。研究者采用案例研究设计，具体为工具性案例研究。本研究兼具探索性与描述性研究目的。数据来源于12名目的抽样选取的参与者，他们均为姆普马兰加省（Mpumalanga）科马蒂普特的小规模农户，并已提供参与研究的书面知情同意。在参与者同意下，访谈过程进行了音频录制。研究者对访谈内容进行转录，并采用主题分析法（thematic analysis）对数据进行分析。研究所呈现的主题及子主题已在上传的表格中进行汇总。