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The disjunctures of land and agricultural reform in South Africa: Implications for the agri-food system
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013-08)
Land reform was introduced in South Africa in the 1990s to redress the injustices of colonialism
and apartheid. But compromises in the transition to democracy saw a trade-off between political
participation on one side ...
Corporate power in the agrofood system and South Africa’s consumer food environment
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016-05)
This report maps the extent of corporate power in the South African agro-food system using a value chain
approach. It identifies major corporate actors in the various nodes of the agro-food system as of 2014.
Some nodes ...
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 ...
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 ...
Food trade and investment in South Africa: Improving coherence between economic policy, nutrition and food security
(Food trade and investment in South Africa: Improving coherence between economic policy, nutrition and food security, 2017-12)
South Africa must address a rising burden of diet-related chronic disease while also
continuing to combat persistent food insecurity and undernutrition (Muzigaba et al.
2016). The prevalence of stunting among children ...