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‘What is the value of the constitution?’: Value chains, livelihoods and food security in SA’s large- and small-scale fisheries
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016-10)
This
paper
seeks
to
assess
the
state
of
knowledge
in
relation
to
the
interrelated
subjects
of
value
chains,
livelihoods,
food
systems,
and
regulatory
dynamics
in
South
Africa’s
large-‐
and
s ...
Job creation in agriculture, forestry and fisheries in South Africa: An analysis of employment trends, opportunities and constraints in forestry and wood products industries
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2018-04)
This report is one of five studies of opportunities and constraints related to employment creation in rural South Africa, with a view towards informing policy. South African forestry and wood products industries are well ...
Trade, food and nutrition security in South Africa: The cases of sugar and poultry
(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 ...
Systematic review of the literature on ‘informal economy’ and ‘food security’: South Africa, 2009-2014
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016-07)
Despite the importance of the informal food economy in fulfilling the daily and weekly food needs of a
large proportion of South Africa’s low-income population, it appears little research exists on the exact
nature of ...
Women’s participation in fish value chains and value chain governance in Malawi: A case of Msaka (Lake Malawi) and Kachulu (Lake Chilwa)
(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 ...
Trade and investment in fish and fish products between South Africa and the rest of SADC: Implications for food and nutrition security
(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 ...
Community opportunities in commercial agriculture: Possibilities and challenges
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017-11)
Aquaculture has potential to contribute towards food and nutrition security, job creation and
income for South African communities, provided that the challenges and limitations for their
participation in commercial ...
Going nowhere fast? Changed working conditions on Western Cape fruit and wine farms: A state of knowledge review
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016-09)
This
state
of
the
knowledge
review
sets
out
to
identify
the
main
research
themes
and
findings
in
the
literature
on
labour
relations
and
conditions
on
Western
Cape
fruit
farms
over
the
past
...
Transforming traditional land governance systems and coping with land deal transactions
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This study aimed to gain insight into how land deals have affected traditional Tanzanian land-based interactions and
networks, and what coping mechanisms those affected have deployed. Case studies of land deal transactions ...
Foodways of the poor in South Africa: How value-chain consolidation, poverty & cultures of consumption feed each other
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016)
South African food systems are in a dynamic process of transition due to changes in food value chain
regimes which have major impacts on the poor. However, these transitions are also shaped by demandside
drivers emerging ...