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Large-scale land acquisitions in Zambia: Evidence to inform policy
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Land in Zambia plays a vital role in sustaining
livelihoods, ensuring food security and reducing
poverty. If people are not able to access
land (including communal interests, such as
lands for grazing or access to water ...
Commercialisation of land and ‘Land Grabbing': Implications for Land Rights and livelihoods in Malawi
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
This study investigates the processes and
impact of commercialisation of land in Malawi
– specifically the acquisition of huge tracts
of communal lands by foreign companies and
local elites for sugarcane production in ...
Livelihoods after land reform: The impacts of land reform on livelihoods in Namibia: Section B
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The first AALS farmers in Hardap obtained their land in 1992, and the most recent in 2003.
In Omaheke, the first AALS farmer obtained his farm in 1992 and the most recent, a woman,
in 2000. Thus in both regions the oldest ...
Livelihoods after land reform
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
In 1990, Namibia emerged from colonial rule with a skewed distribution of agricultural
land and high levels of poverty. The new government led by SWAPO Party initiated a
process to address the land question within the ...
Scoping study on the development and sustainable utilisation of inland fisheries in South Africa: Volume 2. Case studies of small-scale inland fisheries
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Small- scale fishing on inland waters is a widespread livelihood activity which has been overlooked in
environmental policy and management arrangements flowing from South Africa’s democratic Constitution.
This has ...
Scoping study on the development and sustainable utilisation of inland fisheries in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
South Africa’s inland fishery resource endowment has been overlooked as a means of supporting sustainable
livelihoods in the democratic era, lacking a guiding policy and legislation aligned with the country’s rightsbase ...
Research Report to Programme to Support Pro-Poor Policy Development in South Africa (PSPPD)
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This report documents research conducted on small-scale informal self-employment at the margins of the
South African economy. Despite high levels of poverty and unemployment South Africa has, by
developing country ...
Rural livelihoods in South Africa: complexity, vulnerability and differentiation
(Blackwell Publishing, 2013)
The livelihoods of South Africa’s rural African poor have long been characterized by diverse activities, and intertwined with urban opportunities. This paper examines the interlinked nature of land, employment and rural ...