Browsing Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) by Author "Hara, Mafaniso"
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Mainstreaming of HIV and Aids into South African fisheries policy
Isaacs, Moenieba; Hara, Mafaniso (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2008-11)This research investigated the drivers and the impact of HIV and Aids in fishing communities in South Africa, in order to assist the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism: Marine and Coastal Management ... -
Policy Brief 55: Food in the time of coronavirus: Why we should be very, very afraid
Hall, Ruth; Du Toit, Andries; Ramantsima, Katlego; Mtero, Farai; Gumede, Nkanyiso; Hara, Mafaniso; Isaacs, Moenieba; Monjane, Boaventura; Yeni, Sithandiwe (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, 2020-04-01)The social legitimacy of the ‘COVID-19 lockdown’, government’s regulations imposed to contain the spread of the virus, is most likely to run aground unless an urgent plan can be made to ensure that everyone in the country ... -
Property and accessing rights in public dams
Hara, Mafaniso; Ngwexana, Bulelwa (2017)South Africa has great potential for development and enhancement of inland fisheries through use of storage dams and lakes This potential remains largely under/unutilised Inland fisheries could promote rural livelihoods ... -
Recommendations for revisions to inland fishery access rights and property rights regimes
Hara, Mafaniso (2011)• Deliverable Aims: • Evaluate and analyse existing property rights and access rights currently governing inland fisheries in South Africa • Recommend reforms or changes to the existing property rights regimes and access ... -
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 ... -
Shallow waters: social science research in South Africa's marine environment
Sowman, M.; Scott, D.; Green, L.J.F.; Hara, Mafaniso; Hauck, M.; Kirsten, K.; Paterson, B.; Raemaekers, S.; Jones, K.; Sunde, J.; Turpie, J.K. (Taylor & Francis, 2013)This paper provides an overview of social science research in the marine environment of South Africa for the period 1994–2012. A bibliography based on a review of relevant literature and social science projects funded under ... -
South African fisheries reform – past, present and future?
Isaacs, Moenieba; Hara, Mafaniso; Nielsen, Jesper Raakjar (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)Two approaches to transformation of the South African fishery industry were adopted after the advent of democracy: the broadening of access rights to new rights holders (individuals and companies) through state intervention ... -
Towards support for development of guidelines for voluntary guidelines for small-scale fisheries: Malawi process
Hara, Mafaniso; Sowman, Merle (2015)• Malawi used as case to support development of the guidelines • One of a number of cases worldwide -
Trade and investment in fish and fish products between South Africa and the rest of SADC: Implications for food and nutrition security
Hara, Mafaniso; Greenberg, Stephen; Thow, Anne Marie; Chimarito, Sloans; du Toit, Andries (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017-10)This paper looks at the dynamics of intra-regional trade and investment in fish and fish products between South Africa and the rest of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region, and the implications of this ... -
Trade, food and nutrition security in South Africa: The cases of sugar and poultry
Greenberg, Stephen; Thow, Anne Marie; Hara, Mafaniso (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017-10)The purpose of this paper is to consider the role that trade plays in food and nutrition security in South Africa. Despite an established commercial food system, South Africans experience high levels of food and nutrition ... -
A typology of fisheries management tools: using experience to catalyse greater success
Selig, Elizabeth R; Kleisner, Kristen M; Ahoobim, Oren; Arocha, Freddy; Cruz-Trinidad, Annabelle; Fujita, Rod; Hara, Mafaniso; Katz, Laure; McConney, Patrick; Ratner, Blake D; Saavedra-Dıaz, Lina M; Schwarz, Anna-Maree; Thiao, Djiga; Torell, Elin; Villasante, Sebastian; Troëng, Sebastian (John Wiley & Sons, 2016)Fisheries provide nutrition and livelihoods for coastal populations, but many fisheries are fully or over-exploited and we lack an approach for analysing which factors affect management tool performance. We conducted a ... -
Value chain analysis of Lake Malawi fish: a case study of Oreochromis spp (Chambo)
Phiri, Letson Yoyola; Dzanja, Joseph; Kakota, Tasokwa; Hara, Mafaniso (Center for Promoting Ideas (CPI), 2013)Chambo has potential of improving fishers’ socio-economic status in Malawi. The paper examines Chambo value chain whose findings will improve fish marketing by actors along the chain. Quantitative value chain analysis used, ... -
Women’s participation in fish value chains and value chain governance in Malawi: A case of Msaka (Lake Malawi) and Kachulu (Lake Chilwa)
Manyungwa-Pasani, Chikondi L.; Hara, Mafaniso; Chimatiro, Sloans K. (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017-05)This paper helps to fill an important gap that exists in gender responsive fish value chains by analysing the factors that influence women’s participation in fish value chains and value chain governance in Malawi. The study ...