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    The potential of agriculture and land reform to generate jobs 

    Cousins, Ben; Genis, Amelia; Clarke, Jeanette (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2018)
    Extremely high levels of unemployment contribute to poverty and inequality, and are one of South Africa’s most intractable problems. Can the agricultural sector help to address the problem? And how can land reform be ...
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    Towards a national minimum wage: what do we know about wages and employment in agriculture? 

    Hall, Ruth (2014)
    • Agriculture is a good sector to learn from when considering a national minimum wage because: – It is historically a low-wage sector – It has been shedding jobs – It is enormously diverse – A minimum wage was introduced ...
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    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 ...
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    Inclusive business models in agriculture? Learning from smallholder cane growers in Mozambique 

    Sulle, Emmanuel; Hall, Ruth; Paradza, Gaynor (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)
    Amidst the increasing corporate investment in African farmland the term ‘inclusive business model’ has become a catchphrase touted as an opportunity for incorporating smallholder farmers alongside large-scale commercial ...
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    Large-scale commercial agriculture in Africa: Lessons from the past 

    Smalley, Rebecca (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)
    African agriculture is in a phase of rapid commercialisation. Planners and investors in sub-Saharan Africa urgently need to consider how the choice of business model, the local context and the political environment affect ...
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    Can agriculture contribute to inclusive rural economies? 

    du Toit, Andries (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
    If agricultural development is to contribute to economic growth, it has to do more than increase the productivity or efficiency of farming. It also needs to contribute to employment in the rural non-farm sector. This ...
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    Changes in South Africa’s global agricultural trade regime, 1996–2013 

    Williams, Ethan (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014-10)
    This paper presents an examination of the major trends in South African international trade in agricultural products between the years 1996 and 2013. The analysis covers three broad areas: (1) the changing weight of key ...
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    Training of trainers module for gender sensitive community engagement in large scale land based investments in agriculture 

    Mbaya, Sue (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2019)
    WHY THIS TRAINING OF TRAINERS (ToT) MODULE? In 2013, the African Union (AU) commissioned an assessment study on the occurrence of large-scale land-based investments in agriculture (LSLBI). The study was commissioned under ...
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    Understanding land acquisitions in Namibia’s communal land: Impacts and policy implications 

    Muduva, Theodor (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
    Large-scale land acquisitions by both foreign and local investors for agriculture, forestry and wildlife purposes, among others, remain a major challenge for African governments. Between 2000 and 2011, the Namibian ...
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    Commercialisation, deagrarianisation and the accumulation/reproduction dynamic: Massive maize production schemes in the Eastern Cape, South Africa 

    Mtero, Farai (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012-12)
    The post-apartheid era has seen the South African government trying to reverse ‘deagrarianisation’ in the former homelands by introducing ‘modern’ farming techniques and agribusiness principles. This paper situates the ...
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