Food systems and rural wellbeing: challenges and opportunities

J Woodhill, A Kishore, J Njuki, K Jones, S Hasnain - Food Security, 2022 - Springer
The future wellbeing of billions of rural people is interconnected with transforming food
systems for equity, nutrition, environmental sustainability, and resilience. This article tackles …

The community land act in Kenya opportunities and challenges for communities

L Alden Wily - Land, 2018 - mdpi.com
Kenya is the most recent African state to acknowledge customary tenure as producing lawful
property rights, not merely rights of occupation and use on government or public lands. This …

Plantations, outgrowers and commercial farming in Africa: agricultural commercialisation and implications for agrarian change

R Hall, I Scoones, D Tsikata - The Journal of Peasant Studies, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Whether or not investments in African agriculture can generate quality employment at scale,
avoid dispossessing local people of their land, promote diversified and sustainable …

Which type of producer organization is (more) inclusive? Dynamics of farmers' membership and participation in the decision‐making process

M Mwambi, J Bijman, P Mshenga - Annals of Public and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Producer organizations (POs) provide benefits to smallholders by alleviating market access
challenges. However, whether all farmers benefit from a PO is still a question. Limited …

[图书][B] Routledge handbook of sustainable and regenerative food systems

J Duncan, M Carolan, JSC Wiskerke - 2021 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The future of food is uncertain. Rising levels of malnutrition, inequality, and environmental
degradation point to the failure of food systems to deliver safe and healthy food for all. As …

The political economy of sugar in Southern Africa–Introduction

A Dubb, I Scoones, P Woodhouse - Journal of Southern African …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In this introductory paper we review historic and contemporary development of sugar cane
production across the southern Africa. We argue that the region's sugar industry provides a …

Food systems at the rural-urban interface

FJ Proctor, JA Berdegué - Handbook on urban food security in the …, 2020 - elgaronline.com
While the demand for food is increasing in unprecedented terms, the food basket of the
consumer is changing with an increased demand for more diversified diets, changes in food …

Unpacking the 'emergent farmer'concept in agrarian reform: Evidence from livestock farmers in South Africa

LC Gwiriri, J Bennett, C Mapiye… - Development and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
South Africa has historically perpetuated a dual system of freehold commercial and
communal subsistence farming. To bridge these extremes, agrarian reform policies have …

Africa's evolving employment structure

FK Yeboah, TS Jayne - 2016 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Using nationally representative, multi-year survey data for nine African countries, this study
documents trends in the sectoral composition of Africa's work force. The study highlights …

Emerging from below? Understanding the livelihood trajectories of smallholder livestock farmers in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

LC Gwiriri, J Bennett, C Mapiye, S Burbi - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the context of current agrarian reform efforts in South Africa, this paper analyses the
livelihood trajectories of 'emergent'farmers in Eastern Cape Province. We apply a rural …