26 Apr 2012The Afrobarometer survey conducted in South Africa towards the end of 2011 provides interesting insights into the charachteristics of South African citizens and their percpetions of society and the country's democracy. ...

10 Apr 2012Idasa releases a statement to convey its condolences on the passing of the late President wa Mutarika and congratulates Malawi with its swift transition to a new President, Joyce Banda.

23 Nov 2011Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme reports on its September 2011 training workshops.

27 Oct 2011This paper examines the role that local government might play in promoting food security for people living with HIV in a democratic governance context.It examines local government's role in food ...

12 Sep 2011The August conference organised by Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme was the first in a series of seminars aimed at promoting citizen participation and smallholder farmer engagement with discussions on climate ...

29 Aug 2011This trends and outlook report was prepared by the Agricultural Sector Development Programme of Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives. Download the full report below.

23 Aug 2011THE Land Bank's commitment to spend about R1 billion on emerging farmers over the next two years could unlock agriculture's long-term potential growth, the Institute for Democracy in SA said."It ...

19 Aug 2011The Public Expenditure and Smallholder Agriculture Project in African democracy institute, Idasa, has welcomed the Land Bank’s commitment to spend 1 billion rands on emerging farmers in the next two ...

15 Aug 2011For immediate releaseThe devastating drought in the Horn of Africa points to the impact of climate change on those most dependent on agricultural and natural resources. African democracy institute Idasa ...

21 Jul 2011While debate rages on how Africa will progress towards achieving the same levels of success attained by Asia a decade ago during the green revolution, conditions by which African economies ...

26 May 2011Leslie Nyagah of Idasa's Economic Governance Programme examines how agriculture development has taken shape on the continent. Read the full report here.

10 May 2011This research, conducted in Monrovia and its outskirts with the support of democracy institute Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme for Public Expenditure and Small-Scale Agriculture Project, presents findings on the impact ...

10 May 2011Research in Zambia shows budgeting and budget implementation are very important in securing food security and improving the livelihood of small scale farmers, yet very few scale farmers are involved ...

17 Mar 2011Idasa’s Agriculture project within our Economic Governance Programme has develop a toolkit that provides basic steps on how to mobilise a community – to put the community in control of ...

15 Mar 2011Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme hosted a conference in Nairobi where participants shared ideas and expertise, with the aim of empowering small-holder farmers in Africa. Challenges facing these farmers include poor ...

28 Feb 2011Read up on what's happening in Africa regarding agriculture and small-scale farming in these snippets provided by EGP's agriculture unit.

30 Jul 2010Africa could provide enough food to feed its population - this we know simply because of the sheer number of Africans who are currently engaged in rural smallholder agricultural activities. ...

12 May 2010African democracy institute Idasa will hold a "Governance and Small-scale Agriculture in West Africa" conference in Nairobi, Kenya from 8th to 10th November 2010 to focus discussions on addressing informational ...

31 Mar 2010Idasa’s Public Expenditure and Smallholder Agriculture Project held a conference with the theme, Governance and Small Scale Agriculture in Southern Africa, from November 9-11, 2009. The aim of the conference ...

04 Mar 2010By Manyewu Mutamba For more than a decade the South African Government has faltered in its efforts to tackle the dual challenge of revitalising smallholder agriculture in former homelands and ...

27 Aug 2009The Economic Governance Programme will be holding a conference on November 9th – 11th on Governance and Small-Scale Agriculture in Southern Africa’. The aim of the conference is to discuss ...

20 Mar 2009By: Leslie Nyagah In Africa, food security as a constituent part of the human security thesis has gained prominence due to a lack of austere frameworks to counter national and ...

11 Dec 2000International migrants have been employed on South African farms for many years.1 Why, then, has their presence in South Africa produced such controversy since 1994? First, the new South African ...