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Livelihoods after land reform: The South African case
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2012)
SA’s land reform regarded as a failure
– economic objectives – the spectre of ‘failed projects’
– changing the racial pattern of land ownership – too slow
• No consensus as to why, or what to do
• Even so, ambitious ...
Livelihoods after land reform: Namibia country report (2010)
(Land, Environment and Development Project, Legal Assistance Centre, 2010)
Livelihoods after land reform: Namibia country report (2010) Section B
(Land, Environment and Development Project, Legal Assistance Centre, 2010)
The first AALS farmers in Hardap obtained their land in 1992, and the most recent in 2003. In Omaheke, the first AALS farmer obtained his farm in 1992 and the most recent, a woman, in 2000. Thus in both regions the oldest ...
Large-scale land acquisitions in Zambia: Evidence to inform policy
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Land in Zambia plays a vital role in sustaining
livelihoods, ensuring food security and reducing
poverty. If people are not able to access
land (including communal interests, such as
lands for grazing or access to water ...
Commercialisation of land and ‘Land Grabbing': Implications for Land Rights and livelihoods in Malawi
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
This study investigates the processes and
impact of commercialisation of land in Malawi
– specifically the acquisition of huge tracts
of communal lands by foreign companies and
local elites for sugarcane production in ...
Livelihoods after land reform: The impacts of land reform on livelihoods in Namibia: Section B
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The first AALS farmers in Hardap obtained their land in 1992, and the most recent in 2003.
In Omaheke, the first AALS farmer obtained his farm in 1992 and the most recent, a woman,
in 2000. Thus in both regions the oldest ...
Social reproduction, accumulation and class differentiation: Small-scale sugarcane growers in Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012-12)
This paper argues that the rise and decline of small-scale sugarcane grower (SSG) production in
KwaZulu-Natal must be historically located within a changing structural relationship with
miller-processors, in turn conditioned ...
Commercialisation, deagrarianisation and the accumulation/reproduction dynamic: Massive maize production schemes in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012-12)
The post-apartheid era has seen the South African government trying to reverse ‘deagrarianisation’
in the former homelands by introducing ‘modern’ farming techniques and agribusiness
principles. This paper situates the ...
Understanding South African food and agricultural policy: Implications for agri-food value chains, regulation, and formal and informal livelihoods
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016-08)
In order to create credibility and sustainability between policies, to avoid political confusion and to
reassure “investor confidence”, a clear agri-food policy package needs to be in place. To achieve this,
policy ...
Livelihoods after land reform
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
In 1990, Namibia emerged from colonial rule with a skewed distribution of agricultural
land and high levels of poverty. The new government led by SWAPO Party initiated a
process to address the land question within the ...