Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Author "Hara, Mafaniso"
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Backing small-scale fishers: Opportunities and challenges in transforming the fish sector
Isaacs, Moenieba; Hara, Mafaniso (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)Globally, small-scale fisheries play a significant role in food security, poverty reduction and income generation (Béné et al 2007; Heck et al 2007; Béné et al 2010; FAO 2003). At the 2008 Global Conference on Small-Scale ... -
Between a rock and a hard place: the need for and challenges to implementation of Rights Based Fisheries Management in small-scale fisheries of Southern Lake Malawi
Hara, Mafaniso; Njaya, Friday (Elsevier, 2016)There has been a decline in commercially valuable fish species, especially the Chambo (Oreochromis spp.), in southern Lake Malawi. Although there might be lack of reliable and scientifically backed evidence, most experts ... -
Commons governance in Southern Africa
Hara, Mafaniso; Matose, Frank; Wilson, Doug; Raakjær, Jesper; Magole, Lapologang; Magole, Lefatshe; Demotts, Rachel; Njaya, Friday; Turner, Stephen; Buscher, Bram; Haller, Tobias; Mvula, Peter; Binauli, Lucy; Chabwela, Harry; Kapasa, Cyprian; Mhlanga, Lindah; Nyikahadzoi, Kefasi (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2009-06-28)This Policy Brief is based on synthetic studies undertaken by participants in the Cross Sectoral Commons Governance in Southern Africa (CROSCOG) project between 2007 and 2009, funded by the European Commission (European ... -
Community opportunities in aquaculture, What are the possibilities and limits?
Hara, Mafaniso; Njokweni, Gugu; Semoli, Belemane (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 ... -
Community opportunities in aquaculture: what are the possibilities and limits?
Hara, Mafaniso; Njokweni, Gugu; Njokweni, Belemane (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 ... -
Community opportunities in commercial agriculture: Possibilities and challenges
Hara, Mafaniso; Njokweni, Gugu; Semoli, Belemane (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017-11)Aquaculture has potential to contribute towards food and nutrition security, job creation and income for South African communities, provided that the challenges and limitations for their participation in commercial ... -
Community response: decline of the Chambo in Lake Malawi's Southeast arm
Hara, Mafaniso (Springer, 2011)Small-scale fisheries are a major source of food and employment around the world. Yet, many small-scale fishers work in conditions that are neither safe nor secure. Millions of them are poor, and often they are socially ... -
Crew members in South Africa’s squid industry: Whether they have benefited from transformation and governance reforms
Hara, Mafaniso (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2008-10)Although crew members form bedrock of the squid industry, they have not benefited from the transformation and governance reforms because: the harvesting technique necessitates incentivisation of individual effort; they are ... -
Current state of extension and advisory services in South African fisheries
Hara, Mafaniso; Isaacs, Moenieba (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2012)The fishing industry can be divided into marine, recreational, aquaculture and inland sub-sectors. The marine sub-sector is the main commercial fishing sector comprised of industrial fishing and also small-scale fishing, ... -
Current state of extension and advisory services in South African fisheries
Hara, Mafaniso; Isaacs, Moenieba (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)The fishing industry can be divided into marine, recreational, aquaculture and inland sub-sectors. The marine sub-sector is the main commercial fishing sector comprised of industrial fishing and also smallscale fishing, ... -
Current state of extension and advisory services in South African fisheries
Hara, Mafaniso; Isaacs, Moenieba (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)The fishing industry can be divided into marine, recreational, aquaculture and inland sub-sectors. The marine sub-sector is the main commercial fishing sector comprised of industrial fishing and also smallscale fishing, ... -
A decade of fisheries co-management in Africa: Going back to the roots? Empowering fishing communities? Or just an illusion?
Hara, Mafaniso; Nielsen, Jesper R (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2002)This paper provides an overview of co-management in Africa and the historical, political and paradigmatic reasons for the shift. The historical context is important when analysing the performance of the regime. The main ... -
Efficacy of rights based management within an ecosystems approach to fisheries - Small pelagics in South Africa
Hara, Mafaniso (2013)• South Africa issued long-term fishing rights (2006 to 2020) for most commercial species Long-term rights a form of Rights Based Management (RBM) approach • Has committed itself to introduce an Ecosystems Approach to ... -
Efficacy of rights-based management of small pelagic fish within an ecosystems approach to fisheries in South Africa
Hara, Mafaniso (Taylor & Francis, 2013)South Africa’s small pelagics fishery is moving towards a management strategy using an ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF), with rights-based management (RBM) as the key rights allocation system. While EAF strives to ... -
Establishing an economically and biologically sustainable and viable inland fisheries sector in South Africa – pitfalls of path dependence
Hara, Mafaniso (Water Research Commission, 2022)Small-scale fisheries play a significant role in livelihoods and food and nutrition security for millions of people around the world. However, these benefits are under threat, especially in developing countries such as ... -
Fragmented participation in management of the fishery for small pelagic fish in South Africa – inclusion of small-rights holders is a complex matter
Hara, Mafaniso; Rogerson, J.; de Goede, J.; Raakjaer, Jesper (NISC (Pty) Ltd (National Inquiry Services Centre), 2014)The reasons why most small-rights holders do not participate in management of the fishery for small pelagic fish (‘small pelagics’) in South Africa, despite legislation and policy encouraging their participation, were ... -
Improving policy coherence for food security and nutrition in South Africa: a qualitative policy analysis
Thow, Anne Marie; Greenberg, Stephen; Hara, Mafaniso; Friel, Sharon; du Toit, Andries; Sanders, David (Springer Netherlands, 2018)Like most other low and middle-income countries, South Africa must address a rising burden of diet-related chronic disease in a situation of persistent food insecurity and undernutrition. Supply-side policy interventions ... -
An institutional approach for developing South African inland freshwater fisheries for improved food security and rural livelihoods
Hara, Mafaniso; Backeberg, Gerhard (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
Nunan, Fiona; Hara, Mafaniso; Onyango, Paul (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 ... -
Mainstreaming of HIV and Aids into South African fisheries policy
Isaacs, Moenieba; Hara, Mafaniso (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2008)HIV/Aids is one of the most serious health, economic and social issues facing southern Africa today (UNAIDS; Heywood 2004). Although only 10% of the world’s population lives in Sub-Saharan Africa, 64% of the 39.5 million ...