National food security in countries of sub-Saharan Africa requires an abundant supply of
cheap and nutritious food for the burgeoning population. At the same time agriculture is a …

It is remarkable that despite wide-ranging, in-depth studies over many years, almost no
conservation agriculture (CA) studies consider gender and gender relations as a potential …

Africa is often portrayed in both contemporary and historical accounts as a continent of
people on the move (de Bruijn et al. 2001, IOM 2005). Great migrations Ï gure in the myths of …

This article tells the story of two indigenous, drought-tolerant grains, finger millet and
sorghum, once grown in northern Malawi. Sorghum essentially disappeared from the …

Human Rights and African Airwaves focuses on Nkhani Zam'maboma, a popular Chichewa
news bulletin broadcast on Malawi's public radio. The program often takes authorities to task …

Rural–urban migration and networks are fundamental for many livelihoods in sub-Saharan
Africa. Remittances in cash and kind provide additional income, enhance food security and …

Much development research is not explicit about its methodology or philosophical
foundations. Based on the extended case method of Burawoy and the philosophy of critical …

Interest in migrant social networks and social capital has grown substantially over the past
several decades. The relationship between “host” and “migrant” communities remains …

One commonly used definition of a farming system is that of Dixon et al (2001):'… a
population of individual farm systems that have broadly similar resource bases, enterprise …

Drawing on original survey data and interviews, this article explores forms of exclusion,
solidarity, and mutual recognition taking shape in Johannesburg among the city's new …