Browsing Conference Papers and Reports by Author "Hall, Ruth"
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Agricultural investment, gender and land in Africa: Towards inclusive equitable and socially responsible investment
Hall, Ruth; Osorio, Martha (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations; the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa; the Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC); ... -
Beyond the 'problem' narrative: Towards an agenda for improved policy and practice in land reform
Hall, Ruth (2013)The ‘problem’ narrative •Land reform is too slow: it must be speeded up and better ways found of acquiring land at reasonable cost •Land reform beneficiaries are not productive enough: they must be ‘disciplined’ or land ... -
Commercial farming and agribusiness in South Africa and their changing roles in Africa’s agro-food system
Hall, Ruth; Cousins, Ben (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)Our paper is on commercial farming and agribusiness in South Africa and their changing roles in Africa’s agro-food system, as a response to debates and theoretical propositions about internal agrarian change in BRICS ... -
Commercialisation of land and ‘land grabbing’ in Southern Africa: Implications for land rights and rural livelihoods
Hall, Ruth (2015)This project is conceived as a response to widespread concerns about the ‘land grab’ phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa, and the dearth of grounded studies to understand how these deals are structured, who facilitates them, ... -
Critical agrarian studies in the 21st century
Hall, Ruth (University of the Western Cape, 2023)Prof Ye Jingzhong welcomed participants. Prof Lin Wanglong, vice president of China Agricultural University, gave a welcoming speech on behalf of CAU. Prof Ruth Hall welcomed everyone and thanked COHD and CAU, on behalf ... -
Development of evidence-based policy around small-scale farming
Aliber, Michael; Hall, Ruth (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)How to support small-scale and larger commercial farmers, and to make sure that they are productive and contribute effectively to the rural economy and to national food security. -
Land reform futures
Hall, Ruth (2015)Overarching story • Away from pro-poor neo-liberalism towards the convergence of state resources, private capital and traditional authority • Elite capture of shrinking state resources – dangerous combination in context ... -
The political economy of land governance in Africa: The role of universities in decolonising curricula and promoting critical scholarship
Hall, Ruth; Isaacs, Moenieba (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, 2019-10-08)Decolonising the land requires decolonising our universities. In South Africa there is a live conversation about the need to decolonise our universities—an idea that expands beyond transforming our curricula, to drawing ... -
Towards a national minimum wage: what do we know about wages and employment in agriculture?
Hall, Ruth (2014)• Agriculture is a good sector to learn from when considering a national minimum wage because: – It is historically a low-wage sector – It has been shedding jobs – It is enormously diverse – A minimum wage was introduced ...