What drives policy reform after long periods of policy inertia? What factors shape the
effectiveness of policy implementation following reform decisions? These questions …

Outgrower schemes are increasingly seen as a way to empower smallholders economically,
while addressing their production constraints. This article examines an outgrower sugar …

This paper utilized national data obtained mainly from published sources as well as
information obtained from field visits, key informant interviews, reports and records in the …

Over the last 20 years sugar production in southern Africa has been characterised by both
the geographic dispersal and the heightened concentration of (formerly) South African sugar …

This review of the micro-nutrient policy process in Zambia serves as a companion piece to
two parallel studies in Malawi and South Africa. All three studies employ the Kaleidoscope …

Introduction Sugar ranks among the most widely consumed, traded, sensitive, and protected
commodities on the global and intra-regional stages. Recent developments in the sugar …

The linked growth between agriculture and agro-processing is central to industrialisation.
However, the failure to industrialise in these sectors has contributed to services dominating …

Micronutrient deficiencies are common across the developing world and have major effects
on the health outcomes of its population. Although this is well understood, many countries …

Globally, the functional strategies remain a cornerstone for competitiveness and is viewed
as a game plan management for positioning the organization in its chosen market arena for …

We discuss three cases of corporate-smallholder partnerships in South Africa's former
homelands, which have tried to bridge the problem of low productivity by supplying …