Agricultural growth and food security -- Promoting smallholder agriculture in South Africa -- Description of the EFO, the survey methodology and household demographics -- Decision making for organic crop production choices at Embo, Centocow and Muden -- Co-research to investigate the agriculture knowledge and information system at Embo -- Risk attitudes of smallholders at Embo: implications for participation in EFO -- Does sequential harvesting affect potato quality and quantity at Embo? -- Is the Ezemvelo Farmers' Organisation serving its members? -- Organisational and contractual challenges -- How can the competitiveness of the EFO supply chain be improved? -- Food insecurity coping strategies at Embo -- Did additional farm income affect household consumption patterns? -- Did the commercialisation of organic crops affect nutrition? -- Did food security improve when smallholders accessed a niche market for organic produce?.