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Supporting smallholders into commercial agriculture: A social dialogue and learning project
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)The Southern Africa Food Lab (SAFL) and the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape (PLAAS) are engaged in a project called Supporting Smallholders into Commercial Agriculture: ... -
Supporting smallholders into commercial agriculture: The role of private sector partnerships
(2016-07-25)• SSCA is a research project started by the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) and the South Africa Food Lab (SAFL). • Commenced in April 2012 with a specific focus on private sector support to ... -
Survey methodology in violence-prone Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Couth Africa
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009)This article discusses the methodological challenges of a service delivery survey in Khayelitsha, atownship in Cape Town, South Africa. The survey aimed to gain a better understanding of the relationshipbetween citizen ... -
Sustainable development: What's land got to do with it?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2001)Ahead of the September 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa is reviewing its plans and progress towards sustainable development. This paper argues that more attention needs to be given ... -
Sustaining family businesses through business incubation: an Africa-focused review
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024)The influence of business incubation systems on family businesses in African economies has not been thoroughly investigated despite the potential contribution of family businesses to Africa’s economic expansion and the ... -
A synthesis of evidence from five commodity studies
(GTAC, 2020-03-31)This is the second of three papers which draw together and summarise the key findings from the extensive research conducted as part of a project to develop a draft policy framework for employment-intensive land reform. The ... -
A synthesis of evidence from four local municipality studies: Sakhisizwe Local Municipality – Eastern Cape, Nkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality – KwaZulu-Natal, Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality – Limpopo, Matzikama Local Municipality – Western Cape
(2020-03-31)This paper sets out to provide an accessible summary of the key findings which have emerged from the extensive research conducted as part of a project to develop a draft policy framework for employment intensive land reform. ... -
Synthesis report: Land divided: Land and South African Society in 2013, in comparative perspective
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)Three institutions, the Centre for Law and Society at the University of Cape Town, the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Stellenbosch and the Institute for Policy, Land and Agrarian Studies ... -
A systematic literature review of factors affecting the adoption of technologies in food waste management
(Elsevier, 2021)Food waste has become a growing topic in many disciplines. The study explore factors affecting the adoption of technologies in food waste management. There are limited studies in literature on factors that affect the ... -
Systematic review of the job demands and resources of academic staff within higher education institutions
(Sciedu Press, 2021)The Higher Education sector has been through an array of changes, such as globalisation, massification, lack of job security, decolonisation and a number of technological advancements. These changes have impacted ... -
Systematic review of the literature on ‘informal economy’ and ‘food security’: South Africa, 2009-2014
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016-07)Despite the importance of the informal food economy in fulfilling the daily and weekly food needs of a large proportion of South Africa’s low-income population, it appears little research exists on the exact nature of ... -
Taking togetherness apart: From digital footprints to geno-digital spores
(SAGE, 2021)Increasingly, the lines of our lives are prescribed, mediated, drawn and knotted together by digital technologies. It has been argued that ‘digital footprints’, as a trail of user data points collected from online communities ... -
A tale of two dorpies: Case studies from Limpopo and a perspective on land reform and rural development policy
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2011)“Rural development is about enabling rural people to take control of their destiny, thereby dealing effectively with rural poverty through the optimal use and management of natural resources” (MRDLR 2009:14). -
The tale of two publics: Media, political representation and citizenship in Hout Bay,
(HSRC Press, 2017)This chapter makes the case that access to the spaces of public debate in post-apartheid South Africa is about the challenge of political representation as much as it is about the challenge of access to communication ... -
Tanzanian food producers, vendors and traders need direct relief measures in the face of the Covid-19
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2021)Key messages • Tanzania’s responses to Covid-19 pandemic have shifted over time. An initial ambiguous position refrained from imposing hard lockdown restrictions measures and focused on local remedies. In the second ... -
The targeting of zero-rated basic foodstuffs under value-added tax (VAT) in South Africa
(Bureau for Economic Research (BER), 2013)Since the inception of VAT in South Africa, various studies have been conducted to investigate the distributional impact of the tax as well as the effectiveness of zero-rating as tool to alleviate the burden on poor ... -
The technological culture of war
(SAGE, 2008)The article proceeds from the argument that war is a social institution and not a historical inevitability of human interaction, that is, war can be “unlearned.” This process involves deconstructing/dismantling war as an ... -
The Technological culture of war
(Sage, 2008)The article proceeds from the argument that war is a social institution and not a historical inevitability of human interaction, that is, war can be “unlearned.” This process involves deconstructing/dismantling war as an ... -
Telecentre functionality in South Africa: re-enabling the community ICT access environment
(Journal of Community Informatics, 2013)Despite the availability and capabilities of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in low and middle-income countries, the use of these constantly evolving tools remains limited for the majority of resource-poor ... -
Temporary academics in South African higher education institutions: their lived precarity experiences
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2023)Temporary academic appointments are increasingly prevalent in higher education institutions across the globe. The lived experiences of temporary academic staff within South African higher education institutions were explored. ...