REPAiR is a new three-year research project that critically explores whether and how equitable, contextual, community-led ...

REPAiR is a new three-year research project that critically explores whether and how equitable, contextual, community-led approaches to nature-based solutions can support adaptability and resilience ...

Since colonial times, the extraction and export of natural resources have defined Africa’s insertion and subordinate status in the global capitalist economy. After a period of relative stagnation, ...

Global capital accumulation involves international trade, a flow of profits, interest, and rent from investments, and wealth owned by a country’s investors in other countries. With the increased role ...

Marital status, urbanisation, and violence: a three-pronged threat to women’s land rights in South Africa.

Globally, food systems are changing with profound impacts on Africa, and how land is used and governed. Beyond the orthodox ideas about increasing productivity, this masterclass delves into the ...

Francis Guedes is a Brazilian PhD student in Agroecosystems at UFSC – Brazil, who researches dairy farming in distinct productive organization forms in Cuba. In different roles in the field and in ...

NELGA short course in ‘the political economy of land governance’ goes to West Africa ...

PLAAS is an independent Policy Research Institute within the Faculty for Economic and Management Sciences at the University of the Western Cape. Our research concentrates on the role of land, ...

PODCAST Ep 12: China’s ‘Going Out’ Policy And Global Agrarian Change ...

PLAAS is an independent Policy Research Institute within the Faculty for Economic and Management Sciences at the University of the Western Cape. Our research concentrates on the role of land, ...