In response to the social unrest and following a presentation by the HSRC to the National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee (NICOC) the Department ....
The dissemination exercise is aimed at sharing the research results with local and regional actors so that they are well informed about the innovation....
To ensure a comprehensive understanding of the regions key innovators, innovations, networks and infrastructure, which will shape the regional innovat....
Specific objectives of this exercise will include:
-Undertaking a deeper analysis of the impact of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic on informa....
Major global outbreaks, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), had a heavy impact on food and....
The Municipal Innovation Maturity Index (MIMI) is a tool for assessing the capabilities of municipalities to support innovation for improved basic ser....
This paper investigates the effect of social capital on entrepreneurship among smallholder farmers in rural South Africa. Farmers gain access to socia....
This chapter investigates the conceptual and empirical linkages between social grants and agricultural entrepreneurship among rural households in the ....
This policy brief describes how municipalities can benefit from RIAT and what they should do to maximise the
benefits of these tools.....
The strategy that is currently proposed to support learners who qualify to transition to this path advocates for availing special bursaries, scholarsh....
This study investigates the gender differences in water access and its welfare effects using a sample of 291 irrigators from two irrigation schemes in....
Smallholder farmers in developing countries are characterised by low uptake of improved farm inputs and weak links to markets. Among other reasons, th....
Organising smallholder farmers into groups has become an important and preferred mechanism through which the South African government and other rural ....
Local municipalities are at the coalface of service delivery. We expect officials at this sphere of delivering basic social services to communities to....
This paper investigates the impact of entrepreneurial competencies on food security among rural farming households in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (SA)....
Social grants are an important instrument of social protection in South Africa, reaching millions of the poor each month. Although social grants have ....
Developing entrepreneurship is key to achieving the rural poverty reduction goals in South Africa. The concern that social grants, which benefit milli....
Social grants have become an increasingly popular means of improving the welfare of poor households in South Africa and beyond. While the goals of the....
This study examined the role of social grants to smallholder producers' incentives to sell maize marketable surplus. The study used the generalized pr....
Innovation demonstrations are an important means of first-time testing and fine-tuning innovations outside of the laboratory. Through demonstrations, ....
South Africas National Development Plan entrenches the importance of a capable developmental state for the countrys social and economic development. L....
The Rural Innovation Assessment Toolbox (RIAT) geospatial project aimed to improve the municipality officials' understanding of the RIAT data, and thu....
This study aimed to assess the impact of adoption of improved maize varieties on household food security among smallholder farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, S....
This literature review report has been prepared as part of the project commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FA....
This report outlines and specifies clear guidelines for multisectoral coordination of Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) at the national, provincial an....
This South Africa Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) status report was prepared for the National Development Agency (NDA) as part of the NDA's legislat....
This report defines and elaborates on the multi-level Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) information system to be managed through a digital platform wh....
The Municipal Innovation Maturity Index (MIMI) is a tool for assessing the capabilities of municipalities to innovate, or support innovation, for impr....
The report identifies capacity gaps, constraints and sustainable capacity development options towards the creation of robust and well-coordinated mult....
Extensive evidence indicates that fruit and vegetable (F+V) consumption leads to reduced chances of diet related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). How....
The aim of this report is to describe the innovation activities, the nature and patterns of interaction among innovation actors as well as the extent ....
The aim of this report is to present the characteristics of the innovation landscape in Frances Baard District Municipality as informed and contextual....
Farmer-led institutional innovations have been touted as the key to improving the management of water resources in irrigation schemes. However, little....
This report seeks to analyse findings from the Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) held with participants from various locations in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalan....
This report presents the progress made on the IDRC-funded study, titled: The coherence of agro-food policies with NCD prevention policies in South Afr....
A healthy diet is crucial to building a strong immune system, but how do we encourage people to eat better? Looking at data from the 2018 General Hous....
This paper analyses the heterogeneous effects of membership of a farmer group on access to water, use of inorganic fertiliser, household incomes, and ....
This report is a consolidation of individual reports emanating from 4 different research activities which sought to understand the impacts of the Covi....
South Africa and countries at similar stages of their economic evolution prioritise science, technology and innovation (STI) in their policies and str....
Improving the production of a variety of foods by subsistence farmers has been identified as a key strategy for improving dietary diversity. However, ....
Irrigation plays an important role in improving smallholder agricultural production and/or productivity, household food security and rural poverty red....
