Browsing Policy Briefs by Author "Sulle, Emmanuel"
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Agricultural investment corridors in Africa: Making the voices of women and smallholder farmers count
Sulle, Emmanuel; Smalley, Rebecca (UWC PLAAS, 2023)Development corridors can improve livelihood opportunities for people living in far-flung areas – but only if they focus on smallholder farming, pastoralism, fishing, and infrastructure for small-scale trade. Land rights ... -
The biofuels boom and bust in Africa: A timely lesson for the New Alliance initiative
Sulle, Emmanuel (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)Policies promoting biofuels development through financial incentives in Europe and in the United States of America are major drivers of the ‘land rush’ in many African countries. Yet, we know that most of the first projects ... -
The biofuels boom and bust in Africa: a timely lesson for the New Alliance initiative
Sulle, Emmanuel (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)Policies promoting biofuels development through financial incentives in Europe and in the United States of America are major drivers of the ‘land rush’ in many African countries. Yet, we know that most of the first projects ... -
Inclusive business models in agriculture? Learning from smallholder cane growers in Mozambique
Sulle, Emmanuel; Hall, Ruth; Paradza, Gaynor (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 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 ... -
Inclusive business models in agriculture? Learning from smallholder cane growers in Mozambique
Sulle, Emmanuel; Hall, Ruth; Paradza, Gaynor (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 ... -
International and regional guidelines on land governance and land-based investments: An agenda for African states
Sulle, Emmanuel; Hall, Ruth (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)Global and regional guidelines have been developed in the period 2009–2014 to improve land governance in the context of large-scale land acquisitions in developing countries. These provide an opportunity for affected ... -
International and regional guidelines on land governance and land-based investments: An agenda for African states
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Opportunities and challenges in Tanzania’s sugar industry: Lessons for SAGCOT and the New Alliance
Sulle, Emmanuel; Smalley, Rebecca; Malale, Lameck (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)Sugarcane outgrower schemes are central to several policy and donor strategies for driving agricultural growth and reducing poverty, including the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor project in Tanzania (SAGCOT). But ... -
Opportunities and challenges in Tanzania’s sugar industry: Lessons for SAGCOT and the New Alliance
Sulle, Emmanuel; Smalley, Rebecca; Malale, Lameck (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)Sugarcane outgrower schemes are central to several policy and donor strategies for driving agricultural growth and reducing poverty, including the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor project in Tanzania (SAGCOT). But ... -
Reframing the New Alliance agenda: A critical assessment based on insights from Tanzania
Sulle, Emmanuel; Hall, Ruth (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013)A dedicated investment in smallholder farmers to enable them to improve their land use and productivity is critical to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth in African countries. The New Alliance for Food Security and ... -
Reframing the New Alliance agenda: A critical assessment based on insights from Tanzania
Sulle, Emmanuel; Hall, Ruth (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)A dedicated investment in smallholder farmers to enable them to improve their land use and productivity is critical to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth in African countries. The New Alliance for Food Security and ... -
Tanzanian food producers, vendors and traders need direct relief measures in the face of the Covid-19
Sulle, Emmanuel; Kissoly, Luitfred; Qamara, Rose; Lukanga, Editrudith; Mbisso, Daniel; Mzinga, Joe (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2021)Key messages • Tanzania’s responses to Covid-19 pandemic have shifted over time. An initial ambiguous position refrained from imposing hard lockdown restrictions measures and focused on local remedies. In the second ... -
The voices of smallholders and women in Tanzania’s agricultural corridor
Sulle, Emmanuel (UWC PLAAS, 2023)The Tanzanian government created the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) with the vision of modernising and commercialising agriculture in Tanzania and thereby bringing about a ‘green revolution’. However, ... -
The voices of women and smallholder farmers in Angola’s Lobito Corridor
Duarte, Ana; Sulle, Emmanuel (UWC PLAAS, 2023)The development of the Benguela railway in the Lobito Development Corridor links Angola’s interior with its coastal port of Luanda. This corridor has boosted the mobility of the poor, as well as professionals –teachers, ... -
The voices of women and smallholder farmers in Kenya’s Lamu Corridor
Chome, Ngala; Sulle, Emmanuel (UWC PLAAS, 2023)The Lamu Corridor Project in Kenya promises to develop infrastructure to connect a vast area covering Northern Kenya, South Sudan, and Southern Ethiopia with global markets. Driven mainly by oil and mineral transport ... -
The voices of women and smallholder farmers in Mozambique’s Beira and Nacala corridors
Gonçalves, Euclides; Sulle, Emmanuel (UWC PLAAS, 2023)Over the past two decades, the Beira and Nacala agricultural corridors have attracted capital investment and technology transfer. However, the flow of both has been unpredictable as they depend on the intervention of ...