Browsing Policy Briefs by Subject "Policy"

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    • Agricultural commercialisation in Meru County, Kenya: What are the policy implications? 

      Hakizimana, Cyriaque (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2016)
      Our study aimed to engage these debates. The study was carried out in Kenya’s Meru County and examined three agricultural farming models: outgrowers, medium-scale commercial farms and a plantation. This was part of the ...

    • 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 ...

    • Policy options for land reform in South Africa: New institutional mechanisms? 

      Cliffe, Lionel (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-10)
      Since the 2005 Land Summit, new approaches to land reform have been on the agenda, yet there remains little clarity on the way forward. The main focus has been on means of accelerating the redistribution of land through ...

    • Space, markets and employment in agricultural development: South Africa 

      Neves, David; Hakizimana, Cyriaque (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      Growth in the agricultural sector has long been assumed to automatically benefit the rural non-farm sector, mainly through production or consumption ‘linkages’, including expenditure by farmers and their workers. However ...