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The potential of agriculture and land reform to generate jobs
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Extremely high levels of unemployment contribute to poverty and inequality, and are one of South Africa’s most intractable problems. Can the agricultural sector help to address the problem? And how can land reform be ...
Inclusive business models in agriculture? Learning from smallholder cane growers in Mozambique
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)
Amidst the increasing corporate investment in African farmland the term ‘inclusive business model’ has become a catchphrase touted as an opportunity for incorporating smallholder farmers alongside large-scale commercial ...
Large-scale commercial agriculture in Africa: Lessons from the past
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)
African agriculture is in a phase of rapid commercialisation. Planners and investors in sub-Saharan Africa urgently need to consider how the choice of business model, the local context and the political environment affect ...
Can agriculture contribute to inclusive rural economies?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
If agricultural development is to contribute to economic growth,
it has to do more than increase the productivity or efficiency
of farming. It also needs to contribute to employment in the
rural non-farm sector.
This ...
Understanding land acquisitions in Namibia’s communal land: Impacts and policy implications
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Large-scale land acquisitions by both foreign and local investors
for agriculture, forestry and wildlife purposes, among others,
remain a major challenge for African governments. Between
2000 and 2011, the Namibian ...
The new alliance on food security and nutrition: what are the implications for Africa’s youth?
(Future Agricultures Consortium, 2016)
Young people are a growing proportion of Africa’s population and most live in poverty in rural areas. Despite urbanisation, in absolute numbers the rural youth are growing and agricultural development needs to prioritise ...
Reconciling living customary law and democratic decentralisation to ensure women’s land rights security
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The recent Constitutional Court
judgment rendering the Communal
Land Rights Act (CLARA) unconstitutional
(Tongoane and Others v Minister
for Agriculture and Land Affairs and
Others) must not be allowed to throw
dec ...
Plantation, outgrower and medium-scale commercial farming in Ghana: which model provides better prospects for local development?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape and Future Agricultures Consortium, 2016)
African governments are making important
policy choices in their quest to modernise
agriculture, with some promoting largescale
farming on plantations while
others promote small- or medium-scale
commercial farming.