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In search of South Africa’s second economy: Chronic poverty, vulnerability and adverse incorporation in Mt. Frere and Khayelitsha
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2007)Since 2003, South African policy discourse about persistent poverty has been dominated by the notion that poor people stay poor because they are trapped in a ‘second economy’, disconnected from the mainstream ‘first world ... -
In search of South Africa’s ‘second economy’: Chronic poverty, economic marginalisation and adverse incorporation in Mt Frere and Khayelitsha
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007-11)Since 2003, South African policy discourse about persistent poverty has been dominated by the notion that poor people stay poor because they are trapped in a ‘second economy’, disconnected from the mainstream ‘First- World ... -
Inclusive business models in agriculture? Learning from smallholder cane growers in Mozambique
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)Amidst the increasing corporate investment in African farmland the term ‘inclusive business model’ has become a catchphrase touted as an opportunity for incorporating smallholder farmers alongside large-scale commercial ... -
Inclusive business models in agriculture? Learning from smallholder cane growers in Mozambique
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)Amidst the increasing corporate investment in African farmland the term ‘inclusive business model’ has become a catchphrase touted as an opportunity for incorporating smallholder farmers alongside large-scale commercial ... -
The informal sector’s role in food security: A missing link in policy debates?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016-09)This paper aims to review what is currently known about the role played by the informal sector in general and informal retailers in particular, in the accessibility of food in South Africa. The review seeks to identify ... -
Informal social protection in post-apartheid migrant networks: Vulnerability, social networks and reciprocal exchange in the Eastern and Western Cape, South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2009-01)This paper considers the dynamics of informal social protection in the context of chronic poverty and vulnerability in post-apartheid migrant networks. It argues that in poor and marginalised households in South Africa, ... -
Insecure tenure and labour – farm dwellers and workers
(PLAAS, 2009-09)This edition of Umhlaba Wethu centres attention on the many challenges farm dwellers and workers experience and continue to face. These challenges reflect in their long pursuit of secured tenure rights and a living wage ... -
Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)The attached position papers were written by researchers based at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape, and at the Centre for Law and Society, University of Cape ... -
An institutional approach for developing South African inland freshwater fisheries for improved food security and rural livelihoods
(Water Research Commission, 2014)South Africa has over 4 700 storage dams, about 700 of which are owned and controlled by Government. Public dams were primarily constructed for domestic, irrigation and industrial water supply. Over time secondary uses for ... -
Institutions and Co-Management in East African Inland and Malawi Fisheries: A Critical Perspective
(Elsivier, 2015)Institutions matter within natural resource management. While there are many examples of analyses of the nature and influence of institutions within fisheries, there are fewer examples of how institutions inform the practice ... -
The interaction between the land redistribution programme and the land market in South Africa: A perspective on the willing-buyer/willing-seller approach
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2002)The debate rages on, in South Africa and elsewhere, about the desirability and efficacy of the willing-buyer/willing-seller approach to land redistribution. In South Africa, the willing-buyer/willing-seller approach is ... -
International and regional guidelines on land governance and land-based investments: An agenda for African states
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)Global and regional guidelines have been developed in the period 2009–2014 to improve land governance in the context of large-scale land acquisitions in developing countries. These provide an opportunity for affected ... -
International and regional guidelines on land governance and land-based investments: An agenda for African states
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International comparative study of strategies for settlement support provision to land reform beneficiaries
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)The provision of sound planning and adequate settlement support within land reform has the potential to make a profound impact on the livelihoods of many South Africans. However, the process of providing settlement support ... -
International comparative study of strategies for settlement support provision to land reform beneficiaries
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-08)This paper provides some insights into international experience and attempts to distil the key areas of strategic value for consideration in developing a national strategy for support provision to land reform beneficiaries ... -
Interrogating the logic of accumulation in the sugar sector in Southern Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Over the last 20 years sugar production in southern Africa has been characterised by both the geographic dispersal and the heightened concentration of (formerly) South African sugar capital. This paper argues that key ... -
Interrogating the logic of accumulation in the sugar sector in Southern Africa
(2016)Introduction to regional patterns of sugar production accumulation by way of data analysis for key (formerly ‘South African’) firm Illovo across 6 countries ‘Centrifugal’ logic throws-up a diversity of routes of ... -
Intertwined histories: JPS at 50, La Via Campesina at 30
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)The Journal of Peasant Studies was founded 50 years ago, in 1973, amidst an oil price crisis, the end of the gold standard and the beginning of the debt crisis, an agrarian famine in Bangladesh, and what some consider the ... -
Intra-party cohesion in Zimbabwe’s ruling party after Robert Mugabe
(Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2023)Some mainstream political scientists apply the trilogy of exit, voice and loyalty in studying intra-party cohesion. This approach applies more neatly in liberal than in repressive contexts. I therefore make three modifications ... -
Introduction: Agrarian change, rural poverty and land reform in South Africa since 1994
(Blackwell Publishing, 2013)This introduction sketches the context and dynamics of agrarian change, rural poverty and land reform since the end of apartheid in 1994, drawing attention to structural continuities and new elements in the countrysides ...