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Workshop report: Farmworkers’ living and working conditions
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) has, with the support of the Atlantic Philanthropies through its Rural Research and Information Networking Project, engaged in supporting identified information ...
Synthesis report: Land divided: Land and South African Society in 2013, in comparative perspective
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
Three institutions, the Centre for Law and Society at the University of Cape Town, the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Stellenbosch and the Institute for Policy, Land and Agrarian Studies ...
Proceedings of the second innovation lab: Supporting smallholders into commercial agriculture: a social dialogue and learning project
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
The Southern Africa Food Lab (SAFL) and the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape (PLAAS) are engaged in a project called Supporting Smallholders into Commercial Agriculture: ...
Efficacy of rights based management within an ecosystems approach to fisheries - Small pelagics in South Africa
(2013)
• South Africa issued long-term fishing rights (2006 to 2020) for most commercial species Long-term rights a form of Rights Based Management (RBM) approach
• Has committed itself to introduce an Ecosystems Approach to ...
Beyond the 'problem' narrative: Towards an agenda for improved policy and practice in land reform
(2013)
The ‘problem’ narrative
•Land reform is too slow: it must be speeded up and better ways found of acquiring land at reasonable cost
•Land reform beneficiaries are not productive enough: they must be ‘disciplined’ or land ...
Social protests and water service delivery in South Africa
(2013-09-13)
• To identify the key drivers of water-related social protests, roles of organization and mobilization and dynamics of perceived deprivation.
PLAAS Workshop Report: National Land Workshop for Civil Society: Johannesburg, 2–4 October 2013
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
A number of recent government policies and bills seem to suggest that land may increasingly be transferred into the hands of traditional leaders and other elite strategic partners, rather than to communities, who will ...
Supporting smallholders into commercial agriculture: A social dialogue and learning project
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
The Southern Africa Food Lab (SAFL) and the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape (PLAAS) are engaged in a project called Supporting Smallholders into Commercial Agriculture: ...
Biofuels investments in Tanzania: Policy options for sustainable business models
(2013-03-14)
Biofuels: globally advocated as an environmentally friendly alternative source for energy
US and Brazil: global producers of biodiesel and ethanol
Southern African Nations: the “Middle East” of biofuels
-Chief ...
Social Protests and Water Service Delivery in South Africa
(2013-09-13)
To develop:
• Clear understandings of the linkage between social protests and water service delivery.
• An evaluation framework to enable government, municipalities and other stakeholders to more effectively address ...