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    • 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 ...
    • The context of land and resource rights struggles in Africa 

      Saruchera, Munyaradzi (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
      Africa’s poor are heavily dependent on land and natural resources for livelihood, but some governments continue to resist transferring full resource management rights to them. This risks the loss or degradation of these ...
    • 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, ...
    • Draft Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Framework Bill and Policy 

      Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is a constituent unit of the School of Government at the University of the Western Cape. PLAAS engages in research, training, policy development and advocacy ...
    • Elite land grabbing in Namibian communal areas and its impact on subsistence farmers’ livelihoods 

      Odendaal, Willem (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
      This brief examines some emerging trends and dynamics in changing power relations in rural Namibian communities due to emerging new elites and the threats to subsistence farmers’ access to communal land and ...
    • Elite land grabbing in Namibian communal areas and its impact on subsistence farmers’ livelihoods 

      Odendaal, Willem (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
      Large scale land acquisitions by foreign investors in Africa for agricultural purposes continue to capture attention worldwide. In recent years Namibia has received some proposals from multi-national agricultural ...
    • Employment-intensive land reform in South Africa 

      GTAC (GTAC, 2020)
      The Capacity Building Programme for Employment Promotion (CBPEP) is an EU-funded initiative aimed at assisting the Government of South Africa to attain its goal of reducing unemployment, by building state and institutional ...
    • Enhancing food and nutrition security in a corporate-dominated food system 

      Greenberg, Stephen (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017)
      South Africa faces a ‘dual burden’ of malnutrition, with persistent under-nutrition coinciding with rising rates of diet-related NCDs (e.g. diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers). According to a recent national ...
    • Evidence from three models of land and agricultural commercialisation: Impacts on local livelihoods in Zambia 

      Matenga, Chrispin Radoka; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016)
      Zambia needs to undergo structural transformation triggered by increased agricultural and rural labour productivity if it is to achieve improved growth and broad-based poverty reduction. The current experience, however, ...
    • Evidence from three models of land and agricultural commercialization: Impacts on local livelihoods in Zambia 

      Matenga, Chrispin Radoka (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2016)
      The approach favoured by most donors is to stimulate growth in smallholder agriculture by a variety of interventions ranging from production technology to market development. Some, however, contend that agricultural ...
    • Examining livelihoods and reconsidering rural development in the former homelands of South Africa 

      Neves, David (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017)
      Persistent poverty and under-development in South Africa’s former homeland communal areas have been little changed by post-apartheid ‘rural development’ policy. Rural development policy has often been characterised by ...
    • Expropriation Bill of 2015 

      Hall, Ruth (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is a constituent unit of the School of Government at the University of the Western Cape. PLAAS engages in research, training, policy development and advocacy ...
    • Extension of Security of Tenure Bill of 2015 

      Hall, Ruth (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016)
      The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) welcomes the initiative to amend the Extension of Security of Tenure Act, 62 of 1997. PLAAS is a constituent unit of the School of Government at the University ...
    • Final Report 

      Cousins, Ben; Alcock, Rauri; Aliber, Michael; Geraci, Marisia; Losch, Bruno; Mayson, David; de Satgé, Rick (GTAC, 2020-03-31)
      This study focuses on the potential contribution of redistributive land reform to employment creation. Can land redistribution be undertaken in a manner that also creates jobs, and if so, through which types of land use ...
    • Foodways of the poor in South Africa: How poor people get food, what they eat, and how this shapes our food system 

      Kroll, Florian (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017)
      Foodways are the set of strategies shaping what food people choose as well as how and where they access and consume it. Informed by culture and social context, the foodways of the poor simultaneously respond to and ...
    • Fresh produce production under irrigation by small-scale farmers in South Africa 

      Bunce, Brittany (GTAC, 2020-03-31)
      This report documents the status of fresh produce production under irrigation by small-scale farmers2 in South Africa and investigates the potential for expanding current levels of production, with an emphasis on land ...
    • A fresh start for rural development and agrarian reform? 

      Hall, Ruth (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
      The commons (or common-pool resources)1 are the most important resources in southern Africa. The livelihoods of the majority and economies of most countries depend on them. Although common property regimes are often ...
    • A fresh start for rural development and agrarian reform? 

      Hall, Ruth (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2009-07-29)
      The new cabinet ushered in after the 2009 national elections features new and renamed ministries. Those expected to take the lead in a new initiative to resuscitate the rural economy are the Ministry of Rural Development ...
    • From ‘willing seller, willing buyer’ to a people-driven land reform 

      Lahiff, Edward (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2005)
      The concept of ‘willing seller, willing buyer’ has dominated the discourse on land reform in South Africa since 1994. Now, following the national Land Summit of July 2005, it appears that government is willing to abandon ...