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Creating learning and action space in South Africa’s post-apartheid land redistribution program
(SAGE Publications, 2017)
This paper uses the case of South Africa’s latest land redistribution strategy known as the Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy, to explore whether, and how, research can have direct and positive impacts on beneficiaries ...
Land reform futures
(2015)
Overarching story
• Away from pro-poor neo-liberalism towards the convergence of state resources, private capital and traditional authority
• Elite capture of shrinking state resources – dangerous combination in context ...
Commercial farming and agribusiness in South Africa and their changing roles in Africa’s agro-food system
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)
Our paper is on commercial farming and agribusiness in South Africa and their changing roles in Africa’s agro-food system, as a response to debates and theoretical propositions about internal agrarian change in BRICS ...
Another countryside? Policy options for land and agrarian reform in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 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 ...
LEGEND state of the debate report 2016 - Strengthening land governance: Lessons from implementing the Voluntary Guidelines
(Legend, 2017)
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance
of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context
of National Food Security (VGGT) are a globally agreed
standard. Achieving this normative consensus in ...
Emancipatory rural politics: confronting authoritarian populism
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
A new political moment is underway. Although there are significant differences in how this is constituted in different places, one manifestation of the new moment is the rise of distinct forms of authoritarian populism. ...
The impact of land property rights interventions on investment and agricultural productivity in developing countries: a systematic review
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
We conducted a systematic review on the effects of land tenure recognition interventions on agricultural productivity, income, investment and other relevant outcomes. We synthesise findings from 20 quantitative studies and ...
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. ...
A Toolkit for Participatory Action Research
(International Development Research Centre (IDRC)-Canada, 2017)
This Guide is drawn from experience in the action research project “Bottom-up accountability initiatives and largescale
land acquisitions in Africa”. The project aimed to bring the international soft law instrument, the ...
Submission to the portfolio committee on rural development and land reform on extension of security of tenure bill of 2015
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2016)
1.1. The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) welcomes the initiative to amend the Extension of Security of Tenure Act, 62 of 1997.
1.2. PLAAS is a constituent unit of the School of Government at the ...