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    • The value components of contract farming in contemporary capitalism 

      Dubb, Alex (Wiley, 2018)
      Contract farming (CF) has generally been understood as, essentially, a market institution—by both (approving) “mainstream” and (critical) “radical” perspectives. Analyses of relations of production have, meanwhile, tended ...
    • Valuing the commons: Rural livelihoods and communal rangeland resources in the Maluti District, Eastern Cape 

      Ntshona, Zolile (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)
      The ‘hidden’ value of wild resources, trees and grazing resources on communal rangelands is often overlooked by conventional economic assessments, even though their contribution to people’s lives is enormous. There is ...
    • Vulnerability and social protection at the margins of the formal economy 

      Neves, David; du Toit, Andries (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2006)
      This report sets out the results of an in-depth study of livelihood strategies and ‘coping mechanisms’ among poor people in one very specific, but highly significant context of poverty in South Africa. Its core concrete ...
    • Waking up from the dream: The pitfalls of 'fast-track' development on the Wild Coast 

      Kepe, Thembela (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2001)
      The main aim of this study was to explore the issues involved in reconciling the policy objectives of land reform, environmental conservation and the private sector profit-oriented rural development initiative in ...
    • Women's land rights in Africa: Scorecard 2019 

      Mbaya, Sue (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2019)
      This Scorecard is for: MEASURING how committed governments are to women’s land rights in each country. COMPARING how women are confronting their governments about land rights. LEARNING how women are tackling their ...
    • Zimbabwe's new land crisis: Large-scale land investments at Chisumbanje 

      Matondi, Prosper; Nhliziyo, Clemence (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      Zimbabwe’s investments in agriculture, after a contested Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) underpinned by often violent land occupations (these were largely contained by the state by 2005), have triggered a ...