This masterclass forms part of the Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa lecture series, hosted by PLAAS.

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 ...

Marxist agrarian political economy has focused largely on the problematic of accumulation and its politics, but the dynamics of social reproduction in rural contexts remain somewhat undertheorised.

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 ...

Faustina Obeng Adomaa is a Ghanaian, and PhD candidate of the Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands. She is a critical geographer whose work is at the ...

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, ...

This report sketches the outlines of our research agenda on the intersections of climate change, agrarian change, and rural livelihoods. The report marks an important change for us. For more than ...

Júlio Onofre Rainde is a Mozambican citizen based in Nampula, north of the country. His background is in Agriculture, and he holds a Masters degree in Public Policy. Currently he is pursuing a PhD in ...

Briefing note on “Legal pluralism and poor implementation hold back women’s land rights in Africa: What can we do?” ...

PLAAS hosts workshop on women’s land tenure security in Southern Africa ...