Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS): Recent submissions
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Community-based natural resources management: Experiences and lessons linking communities to sustainable resource use in different social, economic and ecological conditions in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)The project, which started in 1996 in partnership with the South African Department of Land Affairs (DLA), supports communities that have a stake in nature conservation areas through ownership, or a claim to ownership, ... -
Cattle ownership and production in the communal areas of the Eastern Cape, South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)This report documents a study of the social and economic structure of cattle ownership and production in the communal tenure areas of the Eastern Cape (i.e. the former Bantustans of Transkei and Ciskei). The report ... -
'It is not easy to challenge a chief ': Lessons from Rakgwadi
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2001)When Thoko Didiza was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs in 1999, one of her earliest policy decisions was to stop work on the draft Land Rights Bill and to announce her intention to transfer the title ... -
Small-scale fisheries (SSF) policy: A handbook for fishing communities
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Joint ventures in agriculture: Lessons from land reform projects in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2012)This report presents findings from research on joint ventures in South Africa’s agricultural sector. The South African experience presents major specificities linked to its history and its recent land reform programme, ... -
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 ... -
Sistemas agro- alimentares em mutação: O impacto dos grandes agro-investidores sobre o direito à alimentação. Estudos de caso em Moçambique
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2016)Este livro apresenta estudos de caso sobre os sistemas agro-alimentares em mutação na África Austral, no contexto dos grandes investimentos em terra e dos grandes investimentos no campo dos agro-negócios. Ao registar os ... -
Changing agro-food systems: The impact of big agro-investors on food rights. Case studies in Mozambique and Zambia
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2016)This book presents case studies on changing agro-food systems in Southern Africa within the context of large-scale land-based and agri-business investments. By capturing the testimonies of local people in rural settings, ... -
Large-scale land deals in Southern Africa voices of the people
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)This book presents case studies of large-scale land deals in Southern Africa. It aims to provide an accessible and vivid window into the lived realities and responses of rural people who are affected by such deals. For ... -
Another countryside? Policy options for land and agrarian reform in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 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 ... -
Smallholders and agro-food value chains in South Africa: Emerging practices, emerging challenges
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)A key emerging strand in the development of smallholder agriculture in South Africa is the effort to integrate small-holders into corporate food retail value chains. In this, the private sector and government have a common ... -
Decentralised land governance: Case studies and local voices from Botswana, Madagascar and Mozambique
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2011)Decentralisation has been on the Southern African development agenda for a long time. It is a concept which appears deceptively simple. The principle of subsidiarity holds that decision making about local development ... -
Contested resources: Challenges to the governance of natural resources in Southern Africa
(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 ... -
At the crossroads: Land and agrarian reform in South Africa into the 21st century
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), and National Land Committee (NLC), 2000)These conference proceedings are published at a time of extraordinary fluidity and uncertainty as to the future of the ambitious programmes of land and agrarian reform1 initiated by the first democratic government in 1994. ... -
Current state of extension and advisory services in South African fisheries
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)The fishing industry can be divided into marine, recreational, aquaculture and inland sub-sectors. The marine sub-sector is the main commercial fishing sector comprised of industrial fishing and also smallscale fishing, ... -
Extension of Security of Tenure Bill of 2015
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016)The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) welcomes the initiative to amend the Extension of Security of Tenure Act, 62 of 1997. PLAAS is a constituent unit of the School of Government at the University ... -
Expropriation Bill of 2015
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is a constituent unit of the School of Government at the University of the Western Cape. PLAAS engages in research, training, policy development and advocacy ... -
Draft Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Framework Bill and Policy
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is a constituent unit of the School of Government at the University of the Western Cape. PLAAS engages in research, training, policy development and advocacy ... -
Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)The attached position papers were written by researchers based at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape, and at the Centre for Law and Society, University of Cape ... -
Current state of extension and advisory services in South African fisheries
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)The fishing industry can be divided into marine, recreational, aquaculture and inland sub-sectors. The marine sub-sector is the main commercial fishing sector comprised of industrial fishing and also smallscale fishing, ...