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Smallholders and agro-food value chains in South Africa: Emerging practices, emerging challenges
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013)
A key emerging strand in the development of smallholder
agriculture in South Africa is the effort to integrate smallholders
into corporate food retail value chains. In this, the
private sector and government have a ...
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA and the occupation of the Guinea Savannah
(2015)
The US, EU and African agricultural modernisation
G8 New Alliance on Food Security and Nutrition (NAFSN), USAID and US foreign policy
AGRA – Gate Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation – philanthro-capitalism
Corporate ...
Corporate concentration and food security in South Africa: is the commercial agro-food system delivering?
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)
Although the current agro-food system in South Africa has the technical and organisational capacity to meet domestic food needs, there are major problems with access to food and with the nutrient content of existing food ...
The disjunctures of land and agricultural reform in South Africa: Implications for the agri-food system
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013-08)
Land reform was introduced in South Africa in the 1990s to redress the injustices of colonialism
and apartheid. But compromises in the transition to democracy saw a trade-off between political
participation on one side ...
Corporate power in the agrofood system and South Africa’s consumer food environment
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016-05)
This report maps the extent of corporate power in the South African agro-food system using a value chain
approach. It identifies major corporate actors in the various nodes of the agro-food system as of 2014.
Some nodes ...
Contesting the food system in South Africa: Issues and opportunities
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Rising food prices have become a growing concern
globally and in southern Africa. In South
Africa, where food availability is not an issue
at present, the response has been to try to improve
access to food, mostly ...
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. ...
Smallholders and agro-food value chains in South Africa: Emerging practices, emerging challenges
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
A key emerging strand in the development of smallholder agriculture in South Africa is the effort to integrate small-holders into corporate food retail value chains. In this, the private sector and government have a common ...
Contesting the food system in South Africa: issues and opportunities
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This report widens the debate about
food production and distribution in South Africa
to consider some of the entrenched power dynamics that shape the way these happen, and to
consider whether a more radical transformation ...
Status report on land and agricultural policy in South Africa
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
A strategy that seeks to insert smallholders into
the large-scale, industrial, export-oriented model
can only succeed in broadening and diversifying
the producer base slightly. The large-scale model
also brings ...