Cooperatives have historically been, and still are, important institutions in the global economic landscape, and have strong roots in food and agriculture. Conventional agriculture cooperatives work to increase the marketing power of farmers by pooling their products to achieve economies of...
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by Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development in 2013
by ESRS Congress in 2013
This conference aims at increasing our knowledge of the effects of the crisis in the different regions of Europe and beyond, and to add to our understanding of the processes that contribute to vulnerability and resilience of people and places.
The economic crisis has Europe in its hold....
by Urban Land Mark in 2013
Urban LandMark's Tenure Security Facility Southern Africa Programme 2012, supported by Cities Alliance and with co-funding from UKaid, is providing small-sale, targeted advisory services on incrementally securing tenure in slum upgrading. The work aims to contribute to improved access to land...
Professor Ben Cousins of the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at UWC holds the South African Research Chair in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (funded by the National Research Foundation). He supports and...
by PLAAS in 2012
Please submit by 17 August 2012
Background
The global ‘food price crisis’ of 2007/2008 among other factors intensified large investors’ and governments’ attention on land and agriculture in Africa. The last few years have seen a dramatic ...
