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28 November 2016
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26 August 2016
Inclusive Land Governance in Mozambique: Good Law, Bad Politics?
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper analyses inclusive land governance in Mozambique. It focuses on the country’s legal framework and the DUAT, the right to use and benefit from the land.
Journal Article
26 June 2016
Brazil’s Tropical Solutions for Africa: Tractors, Matracas and the Politics of ‘Appropriate Technology
Published by: Springer
This article focusses on mechanical farming technology sponsored by Brazil's South-South cooperation in Africa. Tractors and matracas are taken as symbols of different agricultural development pathways promoted by Brazilian players.
Journal Article
16 May 2016
Brazil’s Agricultural Politics in Africa: More Food International and the Disputed Meanings of ‘family farming’.
Published by: Elsevier
Brazil's influence in agricultural development in Africa has become noticeable in recent years. South–South cooperation is one of the instruments for engagement, and affinities between Brazil and African countries are invoked to justify the transfer of technology and public policies.
Opinion
24 March 2016
News
10 March 2016
Are China and Brazil transforming African agriculture?
China and Brazil are set to increase their influence in Africa, with the recently launched New Development Bank opening offices in Johannesburg this month and preparing to issue its first loans in April. New research on “China and Brazil in African Agriculture” published in acclaimed journal, World Development, reveals that the picture on the ground is far more complex and more contested than generic policy statements about South-South cooperation or win-win partnerships would have us believe.
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Rising Powers Young Researchers Conference
An excellent opportunity for young researchers to showcase their research, relevant to the political debates that will occur around 2016 being the first year of the Global Goals, the BRICS Summit in India and the G20 Summit in China.
Journal Article
6 January 2016
Brazil–Africa Agricultural Cooperation Encounters: Drivers, Narratives and Imaginaries of Africa and Development
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Brazilian development cooperation is increasingly in the spotlight. Africa is a major destination and agriculture tops the list of...