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Special PLAAS Seminar: What is the character of the agrarian question in contemporary Africa?

Land and agriculture remain critically important sources of livelihood across Africa, even as rates of  urbanization begin to increase. Yet rural poverty continues to be a major feature of African societies. Can policies that secure access to land and natural resources, and promote agricultural development, contribute to a wider process of social and economic renewal? What other sectors are also…
Deshnee Subramany
Deshnee SubramanyMay 10, 2019
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About Us

PLAAS is an independent Policy Research Institute within the Faculty for Economic and Management Sciences at the University of the Western Cape.

What We Do

We do research, policy engagement, teaching and training about chronic poverty, economic marginalisation and structural inequality in Southern Africa.

Our Focus

Our research concentrates on the role of land, agriculture, and natural resources in the livelihoods of marginalised and vulnerable people.

Contact

Tel: +27 (0)21 959 3733
Fax: +27 (0)21 959 3732

Mail: info@plaas.org.za

Address: University of the Western Cape Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535

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  • About
    • Who we are
    • Governance
    • PLAAS board members
    • Staff
    • Emeritus Professor Ben Cousins
    • PLAAS Research Fellows and Professors
  • Living Landscapes
  • Research
    • Current Projects
      • Medium-Scale Farmers in Rural Africa: Transformations in Belonging, Property, Kinship and Power
      • Zimbabwe’s Land Reform After 25 Years
      • Land Redistribution Initiative: Addressing Inequality in the 21st Century
      • Inclusive Urban Land Reform in South Africa
      • African food systems and Covid-19
      • Equitable access to land for social justice
      • Privatisation of customary land and implications for women’s land tenure security and livelihoods in Southern Africa
      • Livestock, climate change, and land reform
      • Digital tech in African agriculture
      • Resilient and Equitable Nature-based Pathways in Southern African Rangelands (REPAiR)
    • Past Projects
      • Elite capture in land redistribution: Winners and losers
      • Privatisation of customary land and implications for women’s land tenure security and livelihoods in Southern Africa
      • Women’s Land Rights for Inclusive Development and Growth in Africa
      • African food systems and Covid-19
    • Publications
  • SARChI Chair
    • SARChI Scholars
    • Agrarian Politics Podcast
    • Writeshop
      • Writeshop 2021
      • Writeshop 2022
      • Writeshop 2024
      • Writeshop 2025 – Africa
      • Writeshop 2026
    • Agrarian Conversations Webinars
    • Critical Agrarian Studies Books
    • Land Deal Politics Initiative
    • Sharing a Planet in Peril
  • Academic Programme
    • Postgraduate Diploma
    • Postgraduate Students
    • PhD Programme
    • NELGA
      • NELGA 2021
      • NELGA 2023
      • NELGA 2024
      • NELGA 2025
      • NELGA Climate Change and Land Governance in Africa 2025
    • Spring School
  • Blog
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