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Multi-stakeholder process of co-designing small-scale fisheries policy in South Africa.
(Springer Verlag, 2016)
In 2005, a group of researchers, community-based organizations and lawyers got together with small-scale fishers to launch a class action law suit against the government of South Africa in its allocation system of Individual ...
The humble sardine (small pelagics): fish as food or fodder
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2016)
Background: The group of small pelagic fish is the largest species group landed globally. A significant proportion of
this nutrient-rich food is processed and lost to livestock feed, fish feed, fish oil, pet food and ...
Multi-stakeholder process of co-designing small-scale fisheries policy in South Africa
(Springer Nature, 2016)
In 2005, a group of researchers, community-based organizations and lawyers got together with small-scale fishers to launch a class action law suit against the government of South Africa in its allocation system of Individual ...
Challenging the stereotypes: small-scale black farmers and private sector support programmes in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This report represents one of the outputs of a research and social dialogue project undertaken over 18 months. It explores a number of private sector partnerships and projects launched in support of black farmers – some ...
Community opportunities in aquaculture: what are the possibilities and limits?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Aquaculture now contributes 47% of fish available for human
consumption – up from 9% in 1980. This shift to aquaculture
offsets the stagnation in the production from capture fisheries
(FAO 2012). By 2030, demand for ...
Plantation, outgrower and medium-scale commercial farming in Ghana: which model provides better prospects for local development?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape and Future Agricultures Consortium, 2016)
African governments are making important
policy choices in their quest to modernise
agriculture, with some promoting largescale
farming on plantations while
others promote small- or medium-scale
commercial farming.
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 ...
Labour regulation and the economy: The case of the food value chain
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2016)
Contrary to a popular narrative which seeks to attribute the country’s economic ills to labour legislation, this paper argues that the role of law in relation to the economy is constitutive, and that labour can also not ...