Now showing items 23-42 of 42

    • Joint ventures in agriculture: Lessons from land reform projects in South Africa 

      Lahiff, Edward; Davis, Nerhene; Manenzhe, Tshililo (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)
      Recent years have witnessed renewed interest in ‘inclusive business models’ in agriculture, as part of wider discussions about growing agricultural investment in lower income countries. Inclusive models aim to include ...
    • Joint ventures in agriculture: Lessons from land reform projects in South Africa 

      Lahiff, Edward; Davis, Nerhene; Manenzhe, Tshililo (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2012)
      This report presents findings from research on joint ventures in South Africa’s agricultural sector. The South African experience presents major specificities linked to its history and its recent land reform programme, ...
    • Large-scale land deals in Southern Africa voices of the people 

      Hall, Ruth; Gausi, Joseph; Matondi, Prosper; Nhancale, Camilo; Phiri, Dimuna; Zamchiya, Phillan; Muduva, Theodor (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)
      This book presents case studies of large-scale land deals in Southern Africa. It aims to provide an accessible and vivid window into the lived realities and responses of rural people who are affected by such deals. For ...
    • Large-scale land deals in Southern Africa: Voices of the people 

      Hall, Ruth; Gausi, Joseph; Matondi, Prosper; Muduva, Theodor; Nhancale, Camilo; Phiri, Dimuna; Zamchiya, Phillan (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      This book of case studies addresses situations in which commercial projects are planned on land held by rural communities. These include big farming projects by foreign and local companies, farmers becoming out-growers selling ...
    • Large-scale land deals in Southern Africa: voices of the people 

      Hall, Ruth; Gausi, Joseph; Matondi, Prosper; Muduva, Theodor; Nhancale, Camilo; Phiri, Dimuna; Zamchiya, Phillan (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      This book presents case studies of large-scale land deals in Southern Africa. It aims to provide an accessible and vivid window into the lived realities and responses of rural people who are affected by such deals. For ...
    • PLAAS annual report 2013 

      PLAAS (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)
      This Act is most commonly associated with the consolidation of the colonial ‘land grab’, which had gathered force during the previous 200 years, and with helping to create the framework for the infamous ‘Black Spot ...
    • PLAAS Annual Report 2020 

      PLAAS (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2021)
      In our previous Annual Report, I remarked that 2019 seemed to be a year of the gathering storm. Little did we know what was coming. As we looked forward to 2020, we knew that it was going to be a significant year. For one ...
    • A qualitative study on resource barriers facing scaled container-based sanitation service chains 

      Ferguson, Charlie; Mallory, Adrian; Ancianob, Fiona; Russell, Kory; Lopez Valladares, Hellen del Rocio (International Water Association publishers, 2022)
      Container-based sanitation (CBS) is an increasingly recognised form of off-grid sanitation provision appropriate for impoverished urban environments. To ensure a safely managed and sustainable service, a managing organisation ...
    • Rangelands at equilibrium and non-equilibrium recent developments in the debate around rangeland ecology and management 

      Bayer, Wolfgang; Hahn, Brian; Hiernaux, Pierre; Hoffman, Timm; Illius, Andrew; Kerven, Carol; O’Connor, Tim; Richardson, David; Sandford, Stephen; Vetter, Susanne; Ward, David; Waters-Bayer, Ann (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2003)
      The debate on equilibrium vs non-equilibrium dynamics in pastoral systems emerged in the early 1980s, when economists, ecologists and social scientists began to challenge the widespread claims of overgrazing and degradation ...
    • Rethinking food security Agro-food systems change and the Right to Food in Southern Africa (Malawi) 

      Joala, Refiloe; Chadza, William; Mable, Patrick; Kumwembe, Gracewell; Kambwiri, Alfred (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2019)
      This information resource serves as a practical guide aimed at state officials and policymakers on the right to food and critical perspectives on changing agro-food systems within the context of climate change. It does so ...
    • Review of land reforms in Southern Africa 

      Kleinbooi, Karin (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
      Land, and access to land, is one of the most important assets for the poor in southern Africa, both rural and urban, and probably contributes more than any other factor to their economic survival and the quality of ...
    • Review of land reforms in Southern Africa, 2010 

      Kleinbooi, Karin (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2010)
      This book forms part of a learning programme on ‘Land Reform From Below: Decentralised Land Reform in Southern Africa’. Supported by the Austrian Development Agency, the programme was launched in 2007, and has since provided ...
    • Securing land and resource rights in Africa: Pan-African perspectives 

      Alinon, Koffi; Ayeb, Habib; Claassens, Aninka; Cousins, Ben; Greenberg, Stephen; Ismail, Abdel Mawla; Kameri-Mbote, Patricia; Marongwe, Nelson; Simo, John Mope; Ng’ong’ola, Clement; Odhiambo, Michael; Omoweh, Daniel; Ouédraogo, Hubert; Saruchera, Munyaradzi; Tawfic, Rawia; Wanjala, Smokin (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
      Across the African continent the land and resource rights of the rural poor are threatened by inappropriate policies and institutions (including global treaties); unequal social, political and economic relations; the ...
    • Sistemas agro- alimentares em mutação: O impacto dos grandes agro-investidores sobre o direito à alimentação. Estudos de caso em Moçambique 

      Joala, Refiloe; Zamchiya, Phillan; Ntauazi, Clemente; Musole, Patrick; Katebe, Ceasar (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2016)
      Este livro apresenta estudos de caso sobre os sistemas agro-alimentares em mutação na África Austral, no contexto dos grandes investimentos em terra e dos grandes investimentos no campo dos agro-negócios. Ao registar os ...
    • Sistemas agroalimentares em mutação O impacto dos grandes agroinvestidores sobre o direito à alimentação: Estudos de caso em Moçambique 

      Joala, Refiloe; Zamchiya, Phillan; Ntauazi, Clemente; Musole, Patrick; Katebe, Ceasar (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016)
      Este livro apresenta casos de estudo que oferecem algumas perspectivas do rápido processo de mudança em curso nos sistemas agro-alimentares africanos, e na África Austral em particular, no contexto dos investimentos ...
    • Small-scale fisheries (SSF) policy: A handbook for fishing communities 

      Masifundise Development Trust; Too Big to Ignore (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
      The Marine Living Resources Act, 18 of 1998 (MLRA), excluded smallscale and artisanal fishers who catch and sell fish to sustain livelihoods. Furthermore, it also excluded those involved in post harvesting and other activities ...
    • Small-scale fisheries (SSF) policy: A handbook for fishing communities 

      Unknown author (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2018)
    • Smallholders and agro-food value chains in South Africa: Emerging practices, emerging challenges 

      Aliber, Michael; Armour, Jack; Chikazunga, Davison; Cousins, Ben; Davis, Nerhene; Greenberg, Stephen; Khumalo, Lusito D; Lewis, Marc; Louw, Andre; Nkomo, Mandla; Paradza, Gaynor (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013)
      A key emerging strand in the development of smallholder agriculture in South Africa is the effort to integrate smallholders into corporate food retail value chains. In this, the private sector and government have a ...
    • Smallholders and agro-food value chains in South Africa: Emerging practices, emerging challenges 

      Greenberg, Stephen (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
      A key emerging strand in the development of smallholder agriculture in South Africa is the effort to integrate small-holders into corporate food retail value chains. In this, the private sector and government have a common ...
    • A Toolkit for Participatory Action Research 

      Hall, Ruth; Brent, Zoe; Franco, Jenny; Isaacs, Moenieba; Shegro, Tsegaye (International Development Research Centre (IDRC)-Canada, 2017)
      This Guide is drawn from experience in the action research project “Bottom-up accountability initiatives and largescale land acquisitions in Africa”. The project aimed to bring the international soft law instrument, the ...