The dominant debates about land in South Africa often focus on the transfer of land from a few white hands to the black majority. The discussion seldom unpacks who constitutes the “black majority” as this is not a homogeneous group. In instances where the debate touches on land use, again the focus is often limited to agricultural production and whether or not small-scale farmers are productive. This narrow framework clearly has to be broadened and we need to ask deeper and more strategic questions than the ones we have been asking.
Search results
Showing items 1 through 9 of 48.-
Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsApril, 2017South Africa
-
Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsJuly, 2018Africa
The Association for Rural Advancement (AFRA) partnered with the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), a South African human rights organisation, to launch a class action lawsuit against the Government of South Africa on behalf of a class of farm dwellers known as labour tenants. Under the 1996 Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act, labour tenants were granted rights to apply for ownership of the land they occupied. However, the government has failed to implement this law, and 19,000 labour tenant claims remain pending.
-
Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsDecember, 2016Mozambique
O Centro Terra Viva – Estudos e Advocacia Ambiental (CTV) é uma instituição não governamental moçambicana, de investigação e intervenção ambiental, que congrega profissionais de diferentes áreas fundamentais para a gestão do ambiente e dos recursos naturais, com destaque para o Direito Ambiental, Conservação e Gestão Ambiental, Informação e Educação Ambiental, Economia Rural e Sociologia Ambiental.
-
Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsOctober, 2012Africa
-
Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsAugust, 2016Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Western Africa, Mali, Niger
Project goal is to reduce food insecurity and improve livelihoods of poor people living in African
drylands by restoring degraded land
and returning it to effective and sustainable
tree, crop and livestock production, thereby
increasing land profitability as well as landscape
and livelihood resilience. -
Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsJanuary, 2016Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Western Africa, Mali, Niger
The present document is a brief technical report highlighting activities relating to the options by context approach. The IFAD- funded project, “Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the
Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale” was launched in March 2015 and runs until March 2018. The project
action countries include: Niger, Mali, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya. This report will focus on activities carried out in the first -
Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsAugust, 2019Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Western Africa, Mali, Niger
Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale project brochure.
-
Library Resource
Will supermarkets be super for small farmers? (Feature article)
Institutional & promotional materialsDecember, 2003Eastern Africa, Eastern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, Africa, China, India, Ethiopia -
Library Resource
A level playing field for farmers (Feature article)
Institutional & promotional materialsDecember, 2003Americas, Central America, Africa -
Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsDecember, 2003Eastern Africa
The African Highlands Initiative works to enhance livelihoods and reverse natural resource degradation
through the development of innovative methods,practices,policies and approaches.
Land Library Search
Through our robust search engine, you can search for any item of the over 64,800 highly curated resources in the Land Library.
If you would like to find an overview of what is possible, feel free to peruse the Search Guide.