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The next great trek? South African commercial farmers move north
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This paper analyses the shifting role of South African farmers, agribusiness and capital elsewhere in southern Africa and the rest of the continent. It explores recent expansion trends, investigates the interests and agendas ...
Rights without illusions: The potential and limits of rights-based approaches to securing land tenure in rural South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011-05)
Summarising the trajectory of tenure policy and law making from 1994 through to the present, the paper shows how discourses of rights, citizenship and democracy shape policies and legislation. We assess the policies and ...
Nasruddin’s key: Poverty measurement and the government of marginal populations
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This paper considers the role of ‘measurement’ and other forms of poverty knowledge in a context where the nature and direction of global economic growth is creating ‘surplus populations’ suffering various forms of ...
The role of foreign investment in Ethiopia’s smallholder-focused agricultural development strategy
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Recent foreign agricultural investment in Africa has generated a great deal of interest and criticism,
with western media warning of a neo-colonial ‘land grab’.
This paper moves beyond this narrow assessment by examining ...
'Land belongs to the community’: Demystifying the ‘global land grab’ in Southern Sudan
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Sudan is among the global ‘hotspots’ for large-scale land acquisitions. Although most of this
investment activity was thought to be focused in the Northern part of the country, recent research
indicates that a surprising ...
Household livelihoods and increasing foreign investment pressure in Ethiopia’s natural forests
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Foreign investment in Ethiopia’s forestry sector is currently limited, but agricultural investments
that affect forests — largely through forest clearing — are commonplace. We describe the nature
of forest investments ...
The mining-conservation nexus: Rio Tinto, development ‘gifts’ and contested compensation in Madagascar
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This paper traces a genealogy of land access and legitimisation strategies culminating in the recent
convergence of multinational mining and conservation in southeast Madagascar. Drawing on empirical
research carried out ...
Commercial biofuel land deals & environment and social impact assessments in Africa: Three case studies in Mozambique and Sierra Leone
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
The rapid increase in attempts by foreign investors to acquire large tracts of land in Africa for biofuel
developments has generated substantial concern about their potential negative impact on the
communities living in ...
Nasruddin's key: poverty measurement and the government of marginal populations
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape., 2011)
This paper considers the role of ‘measurement’ and other forms of poverty knowledge
in a context where the nature and direction of global economic growth is creating
‘surplus populations’ suffering various forms of ...