Seeds of hope, seeds of despair: towards a political economy of the seed industry in southern Africa
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This article examines agricultural biotechnology and the impact it has had on the seed industry and small farmers throughout southern Africa. The author, arguing the seed industry has gone through considerable changes due to liberalization and privatization, maintains certain biotechnological innovations threaten to undermine local seed production, but insists the Zimbabwe's maize program, in which nearly every farmer was given hybrid maize, has been very successful.
Publication Name: Third World Quarterly
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0143-6597
Year: 2001
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Peacebuilding and the new regionalism in southern Africa
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This article examines the difficulties of establishing sustainable peacebuilding strategies in southern Africa within the context of 'new' security and 'new' regionalism'. The author asserts that in order for peacebuilding to fulfill its potential for advancing human security it must met long-term developmental, political, economic and social objectives through regional solutions, which are not necessarily compatible in Southern Africa.
Publication Name: Third World Quarterly
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0143-6597
Year: 1999
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Narratives of Southern African Farms
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A literary genre of farm narrative, basically exemplified by Schreiner, Lessing and Coertzee is explored in order to explore the alternative narratives available. The pioneering myth and logic provided by the narratives of entrapment or regression serves to open up overlooked issues of autonomy and local community.
Publication Name: Third World Quarterly
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0143-6597
Year: 2005
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