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Experience of ‘hybrid organisations in promoting meaningful rural livelihoods: Lessons from Africa, India and the Americas
(2010)
A Ford Foundation Rural Livelihoods Learning Group carried out a study into ‘hybrid’
organisations and strategies between July 2008 and September 2009. Twenty –one case
studies were completed of hybrid organisations ...
Commercialisation of land and ‘land grabbing’ in Southern Africa: Implications for land rights and rural livelihoods
(2015)
This project is conceived as a response to widespread concerns about the ‘land grab’ phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa, and the dearth of grounded studies to understand how these deals are structured, who facilitates them, ...
Land use and rural livelihoods: Have they been enhanced through land reform?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2003)
It is often assumed that transferring land to rural households will provide people with valuable assets that can be productively used
to enhance their livelihoods. Unfortunately, few rural people or land reform beneficiaries ...
Land reform, sustainable rural livelihoods and gender relations: A case study of Gallawater A farm: Volume 2
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2000)
There is an ongoing debate about the
sustainability of South African
communal rangelands as old views
on overgrazing and degradation are being
widely challenged. The degradation issue
has recently received renewed ...
Land reform, sustainable rural livelihoods and gender relations: A case study of Gallawater A farm: Volume 1
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2000)
The research project aimed to investigate the impact of land reform
processes on sustainable rural livelihoods and on gender relations in
South Africa by examining a case study in the Eastern Cape province.
Valuing the commons: Rural livelihoods and communal rangeland resources in the Maluti District, Eastern Cape
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)
The ‘hidden’ value of wild resources, trees and grazing resources on
communal rangelands is often overlooked by conventional economic
assessments, even though their contribution to people’s lives is enormous.
There is ...
The new alliance on food security and nutrition: what are the implications for Africa’s youth?
(Future Agricultures Consortium, 2016)
Young people are a growing proportion of Africa’s population and most live in poverty in rural areas. Despite urbanisation, in absolute numbers the rural youth are growing and agricultural development needs to prioritise ...
Africa's land rush: rural livelihoods and agrarian change
(James Currey, 2015)
This book is 'the most historically grounded, lucid and nuanced understanding to date of the complex political economy of the contemporary rush for land in Africa' according to Professor Adebayo Olukoshi, Director of of ...
Cash transfers for sustainable rural livelihoods? Examining the long-term productive effects of the Child Support Grant in South Africa
(Elsevier, 2020)
Cash transfers have received increased scholarly and policy attention, as a means of reducing poverty in the global South. While cash transfers are primarily intended to prevent impoverishment and deprivation, several ...
Harnessing public food procurement for sustainable rural livelihoods in South Africa through the national school nutrition programme: A qualitative assessment of contributions and challenges
(MPDI, 2021)
This paper examines how public food procurements contributes to sustainable rural
livelihoods through local sourcing of school food, what has become known as ‘home-grown’ school
feeding. Specifically, it draws on in-depth ...