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Tenure security for women farm workers
(PLAAS, 2005-06)Welcome to the third issue of Umhlaba Wethu, the quarterly update on land and agrarian reform in South Africa from the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape. In this edition, we bring ... -
The terrain of urbanisation process and policy frameworks: A critical analysis of the Kampala experience
(Cogent OA, 2017)Kampala is urbanising in an unplanned manner, but without a clear picture of the underlying dynamics. The city is characterised by lack of proper zoning of economic activities and construction of physical infrastructure ... -
The terrain of urbanisation process and policy frameworks: A critical analysis of the Kampala experience
(Cogent OA, 2017)Kampala is urbanising in an unplanned manner, but without a clear picture of the underlying dynamics. The city is characterised by lack of proper zoning of economic activities and construction of physical infrastructure ... -
Testing for the Fisher hypothesis in Namibia
(Journal of Emerging Issues in Economics, Finance and Banking, 2013-07)This paper analyses the relationship between interest rate and inflation in Namibia. The objective is to test whether the Fisher hypothesis holds in the long run. Using monthly data for the period 1992:01 – 2011:12, the ... -
Testing for the fisher hypothesis in Namibia
(Globalbiz Research, 2013)This paper analyses the relationship between interest rate and inflation in Namibia. The objective is to test whether the Fisher hypothesis holds in the long run. Using monthly data for the period 1992:01 – 2011:12, the ... -
Thematic study: Agricultural value chains in South Africa and the implications for employment-intensive land reform
(GTAC, 2020)This paper is part of a larger research initiative intended to formulate policy options for land reform in South Africa and facilitate employment and livelihoods through small-scale agriculture. The report examines small-scale ... -
Thematic study: Climate change and its impacts on the feasibility and sustainability of small-scale systems of agricultural production, in communal areas and on farms transferred through land reform
(GTAC, 2020-03-31)This paper is intended to provide context and support discussion on the potential impacts of climate on small-scale farming systems in South Africa and the resulting socio-economic impacts, including in the context of black ... -
Thematic study: Conceptualising finance to support labour-intensive land redistribution
(GTAC, 2020-01)This paper seeks to provide an overview and understanding of how South Africa’s smallholder farmers and small-scale black commercial farmers (‘SFs & SSBCFs’) presently finance their agricultural operations (excluding land ... -
Thematic study: International experiences of support policies for smallholders: A review and an exploration of underlying rationale and narratives
(GTAC, 2020)This thematic study on International experiences of policies supporting smallholder production is part of the background papers of the ‘GTAC/CBPEP/EU study on employment-intensive rural land reform in South Africa.’ It ... -
Thematic study: The strengths and weaknesses of systems of land tenure and land administration in South Africa and the implications for employment intensive land reform
(GTAC, 2020)The CBPEP/GTAC Project: Employment intensive land reform in South Africa: policies, programmes and capacities aims to formulate a set of options for rural land reform in South Africa aimed at generating a large number of ... -
Theorising with sociomateriality: interdisciplinary collaboration in socio-technical learning environments
(Educational Research for Social Change, 2022)In this paper, we explore the possibilities offered by sociomateriality for academics to engage with complex learning environments. The focus is on a longitudinal design-based research (DBR) study that includes an ... -
‘This land is not for sale’: Post-1994 resistance art and interventionism in Cape Town’s precarious publics
(Elsevier, 2021)The control, regulation and commodification of space has been fundamental in reinforcing structural racism and social identities. In a city such as Cape Town, where colonial architecture and heritage as well as apartheid ... -
The threat of Covid-19 on food security: A modelling perspective of scenarios in the informal settlements in Windhoek
(MDPI, 2023)Due to the heterogeneity among households across locations, predicting the impacts of stay-at-home mitigation and lockdown strategies for COVID-19 control is crucial. In this study, we quantitatively assessed the effects ... -
Tillage practices affect weeds differently in monoculture vs. crop rotation
(Elsevier, 2020)Reduced tillage practices are widely considered to be more sustainable than conventional tillage practices, but many producers remain reluctant to reduce tillage due to difficulties controlling weeds. Crop rotation is often ... -
Too dependent to participate: ward committees and local democratisation in South Africa
(Routledge, 2009)Will participatory local government structures help deepen democracy in South Africa? That is the proclaimed purpose of the ward committee system, the centre- piece of post-apartheid local government reform, intended to ... -
A Toolkit for Participatory Action Research
(International Development Research Centre (IDRC)-Canada, 2017)This Guide is drawn from experience in the action research project “Bottom-up accountability initiatives and largescale land acquisitions in Africa”. The project aimed to bring the international soft law instrument, the ... -
Tourism taxation, politics and territorialisation in Tanzania’s wildlife management
(Medknow Publications, 2017)Tourism activities occurring on communal lands such as Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are increasing in Tanzania. This is the result of natural resources governance reforms aimed to empower communities to manage and ... -
Towards a framework for interdisciplinary collaborative online learning spaces
(Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, 2022)This paper presents the findings from a longitudinal, inter-institutional Design-Based Research (DBR) study that commenced in 2020 with a focus on developing design principles for interdisciplinary collaborative ... -
Towards a framework to implement a digital agriculture value chain in South Africa for small-scale farmers
(AOSIS, 2022)Digital technology adopted in agriculture value chains (AVCs) improves efficiency. There is a need to understand why some actors benefit more than others in AVCs and why this pattern at a global level is replicated ... -
Towards a learner-centred approach: Interactive online peer assessment
(Researchgate, 2016-01)The tremendous workload produced by multiple assessments that aim for a learnercentered approach to learning in huge classes and the inability to provide results timeously, often results in lecturers’ maintaining ...