Browsing Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) by Title
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Rethinking rural transformation in South Africa
(PLAAS, 2011-05)In this edition we describe a civil society workshop convened by the Foundation for Human Rights (FHR) and the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) entitled ‘Re-thinking Rural Transformation in South ... -
Retribalisation in post-apartheid South Africa: new “traditional” laws & their impacts on rural women
(2011)• The rise of traditional leaders – in political, economic, governmental, judicial & legislative terms – amounts to a modern, post-apartheid retribalisation of the countryside • Deleterious effect on rights • Roots of ... -
Review of land reforms in Southern Africa
(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
(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 ... -
A review of support services for smallholder and small-scale agricultural producers
(GTAC, 2020)The CBPEP/GTAC Project: Employment intensive land reform in South Africa: policies, ‘programmes and capacities aims to formulate a set of options for rural land reform in South Africa aimed at generating a large number of ... -
Revisiting unresolved questions: land, food and agriculture
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2011)This article explores three articles from the perspective of 2011. They are Makhosazane Gcabashe and Alan Mabin’s ‘Preparing to negotiate the land question’ (Transformation 11), Tom Bennett’s ‘Human rights and the African ... -
Rights and representation support justice across aquatic food systems
(Nature Research, 2022)Injustices are prevalent in food systems, where the accumulation of vast wealth is possible for a few, yet one in ten people remain hungry. Here, for 194 countries we combine aquatic food production, distribution and ... -
Rights without illusions: The potential and limits of rights-based approaches to securing land tenure in rural South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011-05)Summarising the trajectory of tenure policy and law making from 1994 through to the present, the paper shows how discourses of rights, citizenship and democracy shape policies and legislation. We assess the policies and ... -
The rise and decline of smallscale sugarcane production in South Africa: A historical perspective
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013-12)South Africa’s sugar industry has long been distinguished by its large number of small-scale sugarcane growers (SSGs) farming on ‘communal’ land and its peculiar, privately administered regulatory structure. In recent ... -
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. ... -
The rise of Soya in Zambia and the integration of smallholder farmers
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2018)After six decades of policy experimentation, and efforts to promote economic diversification and reduce the country’s over-reliance on copper mining, Zambia has failed to fully capitalise on the country’s agricultural ... -
The role of family in the township informal economy of food and drink in KwaMashu, South Africa
(Emerald, 2018)The purpose of this paper is to provide a qualitative investigation of family employment dynamics in the KwaMashu township economy. Using a small area census research method, the researchers identified 1,556 businesses ... -
The role of foreign investment in Ethiopia’s smallholder-focused agricultural development strategy
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)Recent foreign agricultural investment in Africa has generated a great deal of interest and criticism, with western media warning of a neo-colonial ‘land grab’. This paper moves beyond this narrow assessment by examining ... -
The role of social security in respecting and protecting the dignity of lone mothers in South Africa: Final report
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)This is the final report of a project entitled ‘Lone Mothers in South Africa: The role of social security in respecting and protecting dignity’. The project was inspired by research undertaken for the South African ... -
The role of social security in respecting and protecting the dignity of lone mothers in South Africa: Summary of findings and recommendations
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study explored lone mothers’ experiences of social security in South Africa in terms of whether it protects and respects their dignity. Interviews were undertaken with almost two hundred low income lone mothers ... -
The Role of Social Security in Respecting and Protecting the Dignity of Lone Mothers in South Africa: Summary of Findings and Recommendations
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)This study explored lone mothers’ experiences of social security in South Africa in terms of whether it protects and respects their dignity. Interviews were undertaken with almost two hundred low income lone mothers and ... -
Rural jobs: Commodity sector possibilities and constraints – the case of smallholder irrigation schemes in the Eastern Cape
(2015-10-10)• NDP – 1 million new jobs in agriculture; largely premised on expanding the area under irrigation • Cousins – “The evidence from Tugela Ferry and other irrigation schemes shows that where [small-scale farmers] have ... -
Rural land redistribution in South Africa: Contrasting visions and models
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2019)There is widespread agreement that land reform in South Africa is in deep trouble. However, there are very different perspectives on what should be done to address the failure to meaningfully redistribute land and resolve ... -
Rural livelihoods in South Africa: complexity, vulnerability and differentiation
(Blackwell Publishing, 2013)The livelihoods of South Africa’s rural African poor have long been characterized by diverse activities, and intertwined with urban opportunities. This paper examines the interlinked nature of land, employment and rural ... -
Rural resource grabs or necessary inward investment? The politics of land and water in Africa
(International Institute for Environment and Development, 2015)What has happened since the furore broke over the corporate land rush in Africa? Field-based research has exposed new realities that challenge the linear suggestions of a ‘grab’. As the process unfolds and our understanding ...