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    Developmental social policies for the poor in South Africa: Exploring options to enhance impacts? 

    Jacobs, Peter; Ngcobo, Nonkululeko; Hart, Tim; Baipheti, Mompati (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2010)
    Options to enhance the developmental impact of South Africa’s comprehensive suite of social protection policies have attracted considerable research and policy interest. The country’s society safety nets appear to be ...
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    Regional fish trade in Africa: Potential for food security, reducing poverty and fisheries management 

    Hara, Mafaniso (2015)
    Sub-Saharan Africa: context • One of the regions in the world suffering from high rates of hunger and poverty. • 26% of the world’s hungry people were located in sub-Saharan Africa in 2010 (FAO and WFP,2010) • Chronic ...
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    Corporate concentration and food security in South Africa: is the commercial agro-food system delivering? 

    Greenberg, Stephen (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)
    Although the current agro-food system in South Africa has the technical and organisational capacity to meet domestic food needs, there are major problems with access to food and with the nutrient content of existing food ...
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    Opportunities and challenges in Tanzania’s sugar industry: Lessons for SAGCOT and the New Alliance 

    Sulle, Emmanuel; Smalley, Rebecca; Malale, Lameck (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
    Sugarcane outgrower schemes are central to several policy and donor strategies for driving agricultural growth and reducing poverty, including the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor project in Tanzania (SAGCOT). But ...
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    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 ...
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    Can smallholder avocado production reduce poverty and improve food security through internal markets? The case of Giheta, Burundi 

    Hakizimana, Cyriaque; May, J. (Taylor & Francis, 2018)
    The role of agriculture in rural development is widely documented in literature. Many analysts regard agriculture, specifically smallscale agriculture, as an effective instrument for poverty reduction and food security, ...
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    Seasonal food insecurity among farm workers in the Northern Cape, South Africa 

    Devereux, Stephen; Tavener-Smith, Lauren (Nutrients, 2019)
    Very little is known about seasonal hunger in South Africa, or about the food security and nutritional status of farm workers. This article identifies a pathway to seasonal hunger—through intra-annual fluctuations in ...
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    Social grants, remittances, and food security: does the source of income matter? 

    Waidler, Jennifer; Devereux, Stephen (Food Security, 2019)
    Large numbers of South Africans receive social grants (public transfers) or remittances (private transfers), and yet one in four South Africans is food insecure. The purpose of this paper is to address two questions: do ...
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    The New Alliance on food security and nutrition: What are the implications for Africa’s youth? 

    Hakizimana, Cyriaque (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016)
    The ‘New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition’ (hereafter the ‘New Alliance’) is a partnership which was established between selected African countries, G8 members, and the private sector to ‘work together to accelerate ...
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    Large-scale land acquisitions in Zambia: Evidence to inform policy 

    Chu, Jessica; Phiri, Dimuna (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
    Land in Zambia plays a vital role in sustaining livelihoods, ensuring food security and reducing poverty. If people are not able to access land (including communal interests, such as lands for grazing or access to water ...
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