Search
Now showing items 11-20 of 30
CBNRM, poverty reduction and sustainable livelihoods: Developing criteria for evaluating the contribution of CBNRM to poverty reduction and alleviation in southern Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2004)
This research paper has been prepared as part of the Centre for Social Studies (CASS), University of Zimbabwe/ Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape (PLAAS) programme ‘Breaking New Ground: ...
Contested land tenure reform in South Africa: The Namaqualand experience
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2004)
The legacy of apartheid land policy in South Africa remains one of the most conspicuous manifestations of past injustices. To correct this legacy, diverse land reform efforts have centred on the constitutional
mandate for ...
Cape Town's African poor
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2004)
The typical ‘face of poverty’ in South Africa is no longer that of a rural woman engaged in subsistence agricultural production. Poverty today also refers to the large number of unemployed men who wait daily in vain on ...
Forgotten by the highway: Globalisation, adverse incorporation and chronic poverty in a commercial farming district
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2004)
This paper presents key findings from a livelihoods survey of households in four poor neighbourhoods in the Western Cape district of Ceres, one of the centres of South Africa’s deciduous fruit export industry (see Figure ...
Land and agrarian reform in South Africa: A status report 2004
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
This is the third in a series of ‘status
reports’ on land and agrarian reform
in South Africa published by the
Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies
(PLAAS). These reports set out to assess
progress, problems and ...
A critical appraisal of South Africa’s market-based land reform policy: The case of the Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD) programme in Limpopo
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
In 1996 less than 1% of the population
owned and controlled over 80% of
farm land. This 1% was part of the
10.9% of the population classified as white
(Stats SA 2000). Meanwhile, the 76.7% of
the population that is ...
South African fisheries reform – past, present and future?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
Two approaches to transformation of the South African fishery industry were adopted after the advent of democracy:
the broadening of access rights to new rights holders (individuals and companies) through state intervention ...
Civil society and social movements: Advocacy for land and resource rights in Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
Civil society formations in Africa have historically played an important part in the establishment of organising people in the pursuit
of common goals. The majority of Africa’s people reside in rural areas where they ...
The Information Management Body of Knowledge (IMBOK)
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
This text is offered primarily as a reference source for postgraduate students who are concerned with the way that information works for organisations. Although there are good books available, none cover the ground in the ...
Common property resources and privatisation trends in Southern Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
Access to common property resources (CPRs) is a significant part of the land resource base and therefore the livelihoods of many
poor rural people. However, despite their central importance, CPRs are declining throughout ...