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Dialogue of theory and empirical evidence: A weighted decision and tenurial niche approach to reviewing the operation of natural resource policy in rural southern Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2005)Considerable research has been conducted on community-based natural resource management in rural southern Africa. Many interesting insights have accumulated from the literature on the research issues of earlier generations. ... -
Dietary patterns, food insecurity, and their relationships with food sources and social determinants in two small island developing states
(MDPI, 2022)Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have high burdens of nutrition-related chronic diseases. This has been associated with lack of access to adequate and affordable nutritious foods and increasing reliance on imported ... -
Different realities and narrow responses in a shifting agricultural system
(PLAAS, 2013-09)Protests by farm workers in De Doorns in the Hex River Valley of the Western Cape in November 2012 – and the subsequent responses by organised agriculture, as well as attempts by unions to support the workers –illustrate ... -
Differentiation and development: The case of the Xolobeni community in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
(PLAAS, 2019-11-15)Most agrarian scholars argue that long historic processes of colonialism, capitalist development and implementation of neo-liberal structural policies in Sub-Saharan Africa have resulted in deagrarianisation and its sub-genre ... -
Digital development, inequalities & the Sustainable DevelopmentGoals: What does‘Leave No-One Behind’mean for ICT4D?
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)The United Nations’Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) place greatemphasis on inequalities and pledge toleave no-one behind. For thefield of digital development, this objective presents a particularchallenge. While ... -
Digital literacy: The quest of an inclusive definition
(AOSIS, 2018)Forces of globalisation and economic competition enhanced by, among others, the digital technologies, are radically transforming the social context. Digital technologies are characterised by a powerful and pervasive ... -
Digital tech in African agriculture: livelihoods, climate change and food system transformation
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, 2023)Background: The digital revolution in global agriculture has begun and this includes digital technology in African agriculture. We now see the use of a variety of digital tools on the continent, such as drones, precision ... -
Digital tech in African agriculture: the case of German actors
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, 2024)This study examines German actors involved in the digitalisation of agriculture in Africa. In order to understand the underlying structures, a typology was developed on the basis of literature. This typology was then applied ... -
Digital technologies and sustainable livestock systems in rural communities
(John Wiley & Sons, 2017)The 43rd Committee on World Food Security (CFS) convention reiterated the importance of livestock towards eliminating food insecurity across the globe. Livestock provides extensive services and products which are critical ... -
Digital technology in Kenyan agriculture: a scoping report
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)Recent developments in Kenya’s agriculture have seen a steady emergence of experimentations with a wide range of digital solutions targeting smallholder farmers. The inspirations driving these innovations and application ... -
Digital technology in Kenyan agriculture: a scoping report
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)Recent developments in Kenya’s agriculture have seen a steady emergence of experimentations with a wide range of digital solutions targeting smallholder farmers. The inspirations driving these innovations and application ... -
Digital technology in Zambian agriculture: a scoping report
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)Digital technologies in agriculture have been identified as a game changer in agrifood systems (IFPRI, 2020). Policy makers, researchers and corporate interests make claims about how digital technologies in agriculture are ... -
Digital technology in Zambian agriculture: a scoping report
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)Digital technologies in agriculture have been identified as a game changer in agrifood systems (IFPRI, 2020). Policy makers, researchers and corporate interests make claims about how digital technologies in agriculture are ... -
Directions for land reform – what might another Green Paper propose? Alternative options and their ideological underpinnings
(2012)International and SA debates: 4 broad approaches & loose coalitions • “Modernist-conservative”/modernisation: support the existing structure of agriculture (capital intensive farming in large units) but deracialise LSCF ... -
Dirty money as legal fees in Namibia and Zimbabwe: are lawyers laundering proceeds of crime?
(Emerald group holding, 2022)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the contentious issue whether lawyers become launderers when they accept dirty money as legal fees. Lawyers represent criminal defendants who may wish to pay for their legal ... -
The disjunctures of land and agricultural reform in South Africa: Implications for the agri-food system
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013-08)Land reform was introduced in South Africa in the 1990s to redress the injustices of colonialism and apartheid. But compromises in the transition to democracy saw a trade-off between political participation on one side ... -
The distribution of land in South Africa: An overview
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Do I need ethnic culture to be free? A critique of Will Kymlicka's liberal nationalism
(AJOL, 2002)As part of a vigorous debate about the politics of multiculturalism, Will Kymlicka has sought to find grounds within liberal political theory to defend rights for cultural groups. Kymlicka argues that the individual's ... -
Do share allocations to the indigenous investor drive the demand for IPOS?
(MDPI, 2023)The purpose of this paper was to investigate the impact of allocating shares to the indigenous (Bumiputera) investors on the oversubscription ratio of IPO. This factor is unique to Malaysian IPOs and would enable us to ... -
Do Share Allocations to the Indigenous Investor Drive the Demand for IPOs?
(MDPI, 2023)The purpose of this paper was to investigate the impact of allocating shares to the indigenous (Bumiputera) investors on the oversubscription ratio of IPO. This factor is unique to Malaysian IPOs and would enable us to ...