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SEMINAR: The green transition in Africa and beyond – a tale of extractivism, fossil capitalism, and green (neo)colonialism

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SEMINAR: Navigating the green energy dilemma: a case study of geothermal development in Kenya

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Apply: PhD scholarships: Digital Agrarian Futures project

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Call for applications 2026: New Thinking on Integrating Biodiversity and Social Justice short course

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PLAAS mourns the passing of beloved PhD student, Avhatakali Sithagu Home SliderNews & Events

PLAAS mourns the passing of beloved PhD student, Avhatakali Sithagu

Tribute from her supervisor, Prof Andries Du Toit It is hard to convey the acute sense of shock and loss I feel at the news of the untimely death of Taki Sithagu, whom I had the privilege of supervising as a PLAAS PhD student since 2020. Taki was one of our Covid-19 intake students, so we never met physically: our…
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October 15, 2024
Seminar: Land, Water, and Power – Associate Professor Cristián Alarcón-Ferrari FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events Featured

Seminar: Land, Water, and Power – Associate Professor Cristián Alarcón-Ferrari

Land, Water, and Power A Comparative and Critical Political Ecology of Rural Development in Times of Sustainability Crises Date: Tuesday, 15 October 2024 Time: 12:00-13:00 SAST Venue: Zoom Register: https://shorturl.at/MfxP5 Who defines what rural development is, and how can it be understood within the wider context of capitalist development, conflicts and agrarian questions? Global climate change and sustainability conversations include…
PLAAS
October 9, 2024
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NELGA Masterclass: Food Systems and Land Governance News & Events

NELGA Masterclass: Food Systems and Land Governance

This masterclass forms part of the Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa lecture series, hosted by PLAAS. Date: 16 October 2024 Time: 10:00 to 13:00 SAST Venue: Zoom. Please register on this link: https://shorturl.at/YHKgs Globally, food systems are changing with profound impacts on Africa, and how land is used and governed. Beyond the orthodox ideas about increasing productivity,…
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September 30, 2024
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NELGA Masterclass: Climate Change and Land Governance News & Events

NELGA Masterclass: Climate Change and Land Governance

This masterclass forms part of the Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa lecture series, hosted  by PLAAS. Date: 17 September 2024 Time: 10:00 to 13:00 Venue: Zoom. Please register on this link: https://shorturl.at/HZRtN “Land governance concerns the rules, processes and structures through which decisions are made about access to land and its use, the manner in which the…
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September 5, 2024
Women’s land struggles in post-apartheid SA: a fight with no end Home SliderNews & EventsNews & Events Featured

Women’s land struggles in post-apartheid SA: a fight with no end

After 30 years in a democratic country, South African women, like many others around the world, are still asking for tangible change in their lives. One of the biggest sectors where we see the clear disparity between women’s and men’s experiences is access to land and housing. Over 40% of homes in South Africa are run by women, and this…
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September 2, 2024
PLAAS attends South Africa’s first Fisher Tribunal in Cape Town FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events Featured

PLAAS attends South Africa’s first Fisher Tribunal in Cape Town

Masifundise Development Trust and Coastal Links is hosting South Africa's first Fisher People Tribunal from 12 to 14 August 2024 at the Holy Trinity Church in Kalk Bay, Cape Town. Masifundise, a civil society organisation, has supported rural small-scale fishing (SSF) communities for the past 20 years, advocating for human rights and food sovereignty. Masifundise has been working with rural…
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August 12, 2024
Africa’s land professionals learn from the sector’s best at sixth Nelga pan-African short course FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events Featured

Africa’s land professionals learn from the sector’s best at sixth Nelga pan-African short course

“Land belongs to three groups of people: those who have died , those who are living today , and those who are not yet born .” - Professor Mamadou Goïta “Soil is spiritual, and land is not only about economics. When understanding land through the soil, it balances its economic and ecological value.” - Nelga short course participant Shumirai Guzha,…
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August 12, 2024
Public lecture: The great reshuffling – mobility, borders, and care at +2 degrees News & Events

Public lecture: The great reshuffling – mobility, borders, and care at +2 degrees

The world should brace for a demographic and cartographic reshuffling. The current trajectory of climate change and fossil fuels may render much of the Global South uninhabitable. Heat waves, combined with political collapse and economic inequality, are already driving people across the sea and desert. Migrants are also crossing borders at the cost of their lives. What would it take…
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June 24, 2024
Call for applications: Political Economy of Land Governance in Africa FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events Featured

Call for applications: Political Economy of Land Governance in Africa

Five-day university accredited online short course: 22 - 26 July 2024 Call for applications Why this course? Across Africa, the majority of both rural and urban residents have insecure tenure rights, either in law or in practice. They face the legacy of land dispossession, colonial legal codes, contested customary tenure systems, and growing pressure on land in the face of…
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June 6, 2024
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Digital Technology in Kenyan Agriculture: A Scoping Report

Recent developments in Kenya’s agriculture have seen a steady emergence of experimentation with a wide range of digital solutions targeting smallholder farmers. The inspirations driving these innovations and application of technology in the sector draw from the need to make agriculture efficient and cost effective and increase profits and food production, especially within the context of climatic change. Digital agriculture…
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May 27, 2024