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Biennial report 2016-2017
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2018)Besides research and postgraduate teaching, PLAAS undertakes training, provides advisory, facilitation and evaluation services and is active in the field of national policy development. Through these activities, and by ... -
The biofuels boom and bust in Africa: A timely lesson for the New Alliance initiative
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)Policies promoting biofuels development through financial incentives in Europe and in the United States of America are major drivers of the ‘land rush’ in many African countries. Yet, we know that most of the first projects ... -
The biofuels boom and bust in Africa: a timely lesson for the New Alliance initiative
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)Policies promoting biofuels development through financial incentives in Europe and in the United States of America are major drivers of the ‘land rush’ in many African countries. Yet, we know that most of the first projects ... -
Biofuels investments in Tanzania: Policy options for sustainable business models
(2013-03-14) Biofuels: globally advocated as an environmentally friendly alternative source for energy US and Brazil: global producers of biodiesel and ethanol Southern African Nations: the “Middle East” of biofuels -Chief ... -
Bjatladi community restitution claim
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)This diagnostic study examines the restitution case of the Bjatladi Communal Property Association (CPA) and the development and use of the land that has been restored to it in terms of the restitution programme. It ... -
Bjatladi community restitution claim
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-08)This report focuses on the restitution case of the Bjatladi Communal Property Association (CPA) and the development and use of the land that has been restored to it in terms of the restitution programme. It examines ... -
Bringing marginalised livelihoods into focus, 2008-2011
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Budgeting for land reform
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)The primary purpose of land reform in South Africa is to redistribute agricultural and other land in order to address the racially skewed pattern of landholding and promote development. Slow progress in land reform over ... -
Building back better after Covid-19: Why South Africa needs an equitable food system for small-scale farmers and fishers, street traders and consumers – and how to build it
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2021)This policy brief reports headline findings from research investigating the impacts of Covid-19 regulations and mitigation measures on actors in South Africa’s food system. The research focuses on fresh produce in Gauteng ... -
Building leaders for the UN Ocean Science Decade: A guide to supporting early career women researchers within academic marine research institutions
(Oxford University Press, 2023)Diverse and inclusive marine science is now recognized as essential for addressing the complex and accelerating challenges facing marine social-ecological systems (Blythe and Cvitanovic, 2020; Lawless et al., 2021). The ... -
Bureaucrats, investors and smallholders: contesting land rights and agro-commercialisation in the Southern agricultural growth corridor of Tanzania
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Since the triple crises of food, fuel and finance of 2007/8, investments in agricultural growth corridors have taken centrestage in government, donor and private sector initiatives. This article examines the politics of ... -
Business models in land reform
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)This paper reviews the types of business models, or landuse models, being implemented in land reform projects involving the transfer of rural land to communities and other groups in South Africa, under both the restitution ... -
Business models in land reform
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-08)This paper reviews the types of business models, or landuse models, being implemented in land reform projects involving the transfer of rural land to communities and other groups in South Africa, under both the restitution ... -
Can agriculture contribute to inclusive rural economies?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)If agricultural development is to contribute to economic growth, it has to do more than increase the productivity or efficiency of farming. It also needs to contribute to employment in the rural non-farm sector. This ... -
Can smallholder avocado production reduce poverty and improve food security through internal markets? The case of Giheta, Burundi
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)The role of agriculture in rural development is widely documented in literature. Many analysts regard agriculture, specifically smallscale agriculture, as an effective instrument for poverty reduction and food security, ... -
Can smallholder avocado production reduce poverty and improve food security through internal markets? The case of Giheta, Burundi
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)The role of agriculture in rural development is widely documented in literature. Many analysts regard agriculture, specifically smallscale agriculture, as an effective instrument for poverty reduction and food security, ... -
Cape Town's African poor
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2004)The typical ‘face of poverty’ in South Africa is no longer that of a rural woman engaged in subsistence agricultural production. Poverty today also refers to the large number of unemployed men who wait daily in vain on ... -
The case for re-strategising spending priorities to support small-scale farmers in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010-04)This paper summarises what is known about South Africa’s public expenditure trends in respect of small-scale farmers, and discusses the growing contradictions between the policy priority placed on small-scale farming and ... -
A case-study of the lekgophung tourism lodge, South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2002)The Lekgophung Lodge is a community-owned wildlife tourism lodge, located in the western part of the Madikwe Game Reserve in the North West Province of South Africa. The Lekgophung community is settled near the western ... -
Cash transfers for sustainable rural livelihoods? Examining the long-term productive effects of the Child Support Grant in South Africa
(Elsevier, 2020)Cash transfers have received increased scholarly and policy attention, as a means of reducing poverty in the global South. While cash transfers are primarily intended to prevent impoverishment and deprivation, several ...