Browsing Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) by Subject "Resources"

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    • Commons Governanace in South Africa 

      The CROSCOG project team (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
      The commons (or common-pool resources)1 are the most important resources in southern Africa. The livelihoods of the majority and economies of most countries depend on them. Although common property regimes are often ...

    • Contested resources: Challenges to the governance of natural resources in Southern Africa 

      Benjaminsen, Tor Arve (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2002)
      Papers from the International Symposium on ‘Contested Resources: Challenges to Governance of Natural Resources in Southern Africa. Emerging perspectives from Norwegian-Southern African collaborative research’ held at The ...

    • A fresh start for rural development and agrarian reform? 

      Hall, Ruth (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
      The commons (or common-pool resources)1 are the most important resources in southern Africa. The livelihoods of the majority and economies of most countries depend on them. Although common property regimes are often ...

    • Narratives of scarcity: Framing the global land rush 

      Scoones, Ian; Smalley, Rebecca; Hall, Ruth; Tsikata, Dzodzi (Elsevier, 2019)
      Global resource scarcity has become a central policy concern, with predictions of rising populations, natural resource depletion and hunger. The narratives of scarcity that arise as a result justify actions to harness ...

    • Oranges and labourers: The potential for job creation in the citrus sub-sector of South Africa 

      Genis, Amelia (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2018-06)
      Rural employment is a key policy issue in South Africa, yet the National Development Plan (NDP) of 2012 suggests that one million jobs can be created in agricultural production, processing and related activities. The plan ...