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HIV/AIDS, land-based livelihoods, and land reform in South Africa

Report to the International Food Policy Research Institute and the Department of Land Affairs, South Africa

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2006
Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, South Africa
Land & Food Security
food security
land reform
agrarian reform
land policies
This study is an effort to understand the relationship between HIV/AIDS and land reform in South Africa. It is conceptualised as a longitudinal study covering three years. The study is presently concluding its first year, which has focused on 10 sites in three provinces and the information herein is considered baseline data. Much of the analysis in this report pertains to the nature of land reform projects and land-based livelihoods, and infers the connection to HIV/AIDS rather than observes it directly.
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AIDS mortality and the role of natural resources in household food security in a rural district of South Africa

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2008
Africa, South Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
natural resources management
land degradation
climate change
food security
Although wild natural resources are a standard dietary component in southern Africa, little information exists on these resources' specific role in the maintenance of household food security among HIV-impacted households. In this context, the influence of cash savings or income generated through use or sale of natural resources (e.g., using fuelwood instead of electricity to be able to afford to buy food) is also not known.
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Mettre fin a la famine en Afrique

seuls les petits agriculteurs peuvent y parvenir

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2003
Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
farmers
poverty
land degradation
agriculture
land investments
Contrairement aux prévisions communément admises quant à l’aggravation du déclin économique de l’Afrique, une récente étude présente une vision alternative plus positive de l’avenir de ce continent. De nouveaux engagements politiques, une gestion du programme de développement sous égide africaine ainsi que l’accroissement de l’intérêt et des investissements dans les petites exploitations agricoles ont le potentiel d’arrêter, voire d’inverser la tendance spiroïdale de la famine, de la pauvreté, de la dégradation environnementale, des maladies et des guerres civiles.
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Ending hunger in Africa

only the small farmer can do it

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2002
Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
farmers
poverty
land degradation
agriculture
land investments
"In contrast to popular predictions of Africa’s worsening economic decline, recent research supports an alternative and more positive vision of Africa’s future. New political commitment and African ownership of the development agenda, combined with a renewed focus on and investments in smallholder-led agriculture, have the potential to halt or reverse the current downward spiral of hunger, poverty, environmental degradation, disease, and civil strife.
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THE MISSING MIDDLE:

A smallholding land subsidy programme

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2017
Southern Africa
Land & Food Security
Urban Tenure
advocacy
agricultural land management
land subdivision
urban planning
This learning brief suggests that one of the factors limiting the ability of the country to make good on its constitutional obligations relating to land reform is that we, as a country, have a missing middle – smallholder plots – when it comes to land reform.
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Providing effective settlement and implementation support for land reform

Strategy at a glance

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2007
South Africa
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
land reform
land rights
land tenure systems
A four page summary of a comprehensive 14 chapter base document highlighting strategy essentials

Reframing land reform as a joint programme of government

Area based integrated planning

Providing comprehensive support services

Securing rights, enhancinglivelihoods and enabling development
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Providing effective settlement and implementation support for land reform

Strategy at a glance

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2007
South Africa
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
land reform
land rights
land tenure systems
A four page summary of a comprehensive 14 chapter base document highlighting strategy essentials

Reframing land reform as a joint programme of government

Area based integrated planning

Providing comprehensive support services

Securing rights, enhancinglivelihoods and enabling development
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Lesotho : A Safety Net to End Extreme Poverty

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2013
Lesotho, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
farmers
food security
land management
natural disasters
rural areas
rural development
This report shows that while more inclusive growth is the ultimate solution to poverty in Lesotho, the country can and should use selective social transfers to reduce poverty more rapidly among the extreme poor. But because the majority of the transfers are received by people who are not among the extreme poor there is room for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of spending on safety nets which. These programs should be productive and concentrate on the extreme poor Basotho.
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Seaweed Aquaculture for Food Security, Income Generation and Environmental Health in Tropical Developing Countries

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2016
Tanzania, Japan, Malaysia, Madagascar, China, Namibia, Indonesia, Australia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Argentina, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Brazil, New Zealand, Central America, Northern America, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
climate change
To meet carbon emissions targets, more than 30 countries have committed to boosting production of renewable resources from biological materials andconvert them into products such as food, animal feedand bioenergy. In a post-fossil-fuel world, an increasingproportion of chemicals, plastics, textiles, fuels and electricity will have to come from biomass, which takesup land. To maintain current consumption trends theworld will also need to produce 50–70 percent more foodby 2050, increasingly under drought conditions and onpoor soils.
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Land Redistribution in South Africa

A Critical Review

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2012
South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Urban Tenure
Land & Food Security
agrarian reform
agriculture
farmers
farmland
food security
land administration
land management
land ownership
land reform
land rights
land tenure
land transfers
land use
landowners
leases
property rights
rural areas
rural development
tenant farmers
tenants
urbanization
This paper provides an overview of land reform in South Africa from 1994 to 2011, with the focus on the land redistribution. The government policies and associated implementation since 1994 have not generated expected social and economic results for a number of reasons. Even where land has been transferred, it appears to have had minimal impact on the livelihoods of beneficiaries, largely because of inappropriate project design, a lack of necessary support services and shortages of working capital, leading to widespread underutilization of land.