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Evidence from three models of land and agricultural commercialization: Impacts on local livelihoods in Zambia
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2016)
The approach favoured by most donors is to stimulate growth in smallholder agriculture by a variety of interventions ranging from production technology to market development. Some, however, contend that agricultural ...
Not enough state land to meet land reform targets
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
Arguments that state land should be used to meet land redistribution targets are misleading. Very little state land is suitable for this purpose. Official data from 2002 show that only 2% of the total of 12.6 million ha ...
45% of black South Africans want land
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
A comprehensive study of the demand for land carried out in 2005/6 reveals that one third of black South Africans want access to land for food production, and another 12% want land for a variety of other reasons (Aliber ...
Strategies to support South African smallholders as a contribution to government’s second economy strategy: Volume 1: Situation analysis, fieldwork findings and main conclusions
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Within the ambit of the Accelerated and Shared
Growth Initiative of South Africa, government is
leading a process to define a Second Economy
Strategy. One of the opportunities that has been
identified is the agricultural ...
Status report on land and agricultural policy in South Africa, 2010
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Agriculture plays numerous roles in society. The
most obvious is to produce food (and, to a lesser
extent, fibre). While agriculture is the mainstay
of the rural economy, it also shapes social
relations and landscapes. ...
The case for re-strategising spending priorities to support small-scale farmers in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010-04)
This paper summarises what is known about South Africa’s public expenditure trends in respect of small-scale farmers, and discusses the growing contradictions between the policy priority placed on small-scale farming and ...
South Africa’s Child Support Grant and the dignity of female caregivers
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)
The Child Support Grant is social assistance paid for children living with low income caregivers. The experiences of applying for the grant, using the grant, and being a grant recipient were explored with almost two hundred ...
Deflating the fallacy of food deserts: Local food geographies in Orange Farm and inner city Johannesburg
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016-08)
The availability and accessibility of food is constrained by the environments where people live, work and
purchase goods, and the pathways which they use to traverse these. This recognition has given rise to
innovative ...
The state and land legislation in Botswana
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014-10)
This paper aims to understand the political and legal dynamics involved in aspects of local
government in Botswana as exemplified by legislative enactments. Mawhood (1985) suggests
that such structures are charged with ...
Examining the performance of the South African economics departments, 2005-2014
(Wiley, 2017)
This study examines the teaching and research activities of 17 Economics Departments in 2005-2014 by consulting the information from each university’s faculty prospectus, publication in accredited local and international ...