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Commercial farming and agribusiness in South Africa and their changing roles in Africa’s agro-food system
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)
Our paper is on commercial farming and agribusiness in South Africa and their changing roles in Africa’s agro-food system, as a response to debates and theoretical propositions about internal agrarian change in BRICS ...
Workshop report: A critical response to government’s farm worker proposals: ‘Strengthening the relative rights of people working the land’
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)
On Wednesday 30 April 2014, a group of people (30 to be specific) which consisted of farmworkers/ farm-dwellers, activists, students, and academics met to discuss the ‘final policy proposals’ on Strengthening the relative ...
Another countryside? Policy options for land and agrarian reform in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Land reform in South Africa is a political project that has foundered. For years, the process has been
variously described as being ‘in crisis’, ‘at a crossroads’, ‘at an impasse’ or simply ’stuck’. This still
seems as ...
LEGEND state of the debate report 2016 - Strengthening land governance: Lessons from implementing the Voluntary Guidelines
(Legend, 2017)
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance
of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context
of National Food Security (VGGT) are a globally agreed
standard. Achieving this normative consensus in ...
Emancipatory rural politics: confronting authoritarian populism
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
A new political moment is underway. Although there are significant differences in how this is constituted in different places, one manifestation of the new moment is the rise of distinct forms of authoritarian populism. ...
The impact of land property rights interventions on investment and agricultural productivity in developing countries: a systematic review
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
We conducted a systematic review on the effects of land tenure recognition interventions on agricultural productivity, income, investment and other relevant outcomes. We synthesise findings from 20 quantitative studies and ...
The rise of BRICS: implications for global agrarian transformation
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
This article introduces this collection, which focuses on the economic and political rise of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and its implications for global agrarian transformation. ...
A Toolkit for Participatory Action Research
(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 ...
Class dynamics in contract farming: the case of tobacco production in Mozambique
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
This paper examines the class relations emerging in a contract farming scheme in Mozambique. Debates in the literature about contract farming characterise this market arrangement as leading to farmers losing control over ...
Digital literacy: The quest of an inclusive definition
(AOSIS, 2018)
Forces of globalisation and economic competition enhanced by, among others, the
digital technologies, are radically transforming the social context. Digital technologies are
characterised by a powerful and pervasive ...