Bibliographies and references
Online literature catalogues
Conflict resolution
Links to mediation and conflict resolution methods, approaches and tool kits
- Conflict resolution network
- www.crnhq.org/index.php
- Site contains useful resources including downloadable manuals and toolkits
- Households in Conflict Network
- www.hicn.org/index.html
- Research into linkages between conflict, development and poverty
Development debates
Sites addressing key issues of development policy and practice
- Food crisis and the global land grab
- farmlandgrab.org/
- Governments and corporations are buying up land in other countries to grow food and make money.
- Intellectual Network for the South
- www.insouth.org
- Network analysing the new and emerging issues in the international arena, and the challenges and opportunities they pose for the South
Environment and integrated natural resource management
Resources on the state of environment and sustainable resource utilisation
- Biowatch
- www.biowatch.org.za
- South African NGO focused on issue of genetic modification and promotion of biological diversity and sustainable livelihoods.
- Green Facts
- www.greenfacts.org/
- Plain English summaries and digests of research on health and the environment
- NASCO
- www.nacso.org.na/
- Namibia Association of CBNRM Support Organisations
- Natural Resources Institute
- www.nri.org/homepage.html
- Multi-disciplinary centre for research, consultancy and education for the management of natural and human resources
- The groundwater and drought management project
- www.sadc-groundwater.org
- Information on groundwater and drought management in SADC
Fair trade and globalisation
Sites examining the impact of globalisation on small scale agriculture and the livelihoods of the poor
- Farmers rights
- www.farmersrights.org
- Farmers rights as defined by the International Treaty on Plant Genertic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- www.tradeobservatory.org/index.cfm
- IATP works with organizations around the world to analyze how global trade agreements impact domestic farm and food policies.
- Making markets work for the poor
- www.valuechains4poor.org/
- Value chain analysis tools and methodologies
- Oakland Institute
- media.oaklandinstitute.org/
- Research into land grabs in Africa by hedge fund investors
- Rethinking finance
- www.rethinkingfinance.org/
- Civil society website providing analysis and proposals to overcome the current global economic crisis
Information and communication technologies
Using ICTs for development and innovation
Knowledge hubs
Full text knowledge sources
Land and agrarian reform, agriculture and rural development
Southern African and international sites
- Abalimi Bezekhaya
- www.abalimi.org
- Urban agriculture NPO based in Cape Town supporting organic vegetable gardening groups in townships and informal settlments
- AFRA
- www.afra.co.za/
- Association for Rural Advancement
- African Agricultural Technology Foundation
- www.aatf-africa.org/
- Enabling affordable agricultural technologies for sustainable use by smallholders through innovative partnerships
- Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
- www.agra-alliance.org/
- Initative to examine "policies and institutions needed to achieve a uniquely African Green Revolution"
- ASNAPP
- www.asnapp.org/
- Agribusiness in sustainable natural African plant products
- Association for water and rural development (AWARD)
- www.award.org.za/home/
- an NGO in South Africa that works on water supply in the broader context of managing water resources and their wise use
- Border Rural Committee
- www.brc21.co.za/
- Eastern Cape rural development and land rights NGO
- CGIAR
- www.cgiar.org/
- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
- Church Land Programme
- www.churchland.co.za/default.asp?id=773
- A developmental NPO working on church land based in Pietermaritzburg
- Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development
- www.up.ac.za/academic/ecoagric/
- University of Pretoria
- Enabling the poor to get access to well located urban land
- www.urbanlandmark.org.za/
- Research based site with reports on urban land access and land rights
- FAO SD Dimensions
- www.fao.org/sd/
- Promoting sustainable management and use of land, water, and genetic resources, and strengthening agricultural research and extension systems
- Farmer First
- www.future-agricultures.org/farmerfirst/
- A review of 20 years of innovation in Farmer First extension and support
- Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
- e-fara.org/about-us/
- An umbrella organization bringing together and forming coalitions of major stakeholders in agricultural research and development in Africa.
- Future Agricultures Consortium
- www.future-agricultures.org/
- Debate and policy dialogue on the future of agriculture in Africa focusing on Ethiopia, Kenya and Malawi.
- Global donor platform for rural development
- www.donorplatform.org/content/view/184/172
- Perspectives of major donors on rural development and smallholder agriculture
- ID21
- www.id21.org/rural/
- Communicating rural development research
- IFPRI
- www.ifpri.org/
- International Food Policy Research Institute
- IISD
- www.iisd.org/
- International Institute for Sustainable Development
- International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development
- www.agassessment.org/
- Global and Sub-global Assessments of local and institutional knowledge and experiences
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
- http://www.ifoam.org/
- Site promoting agricultural production systems that sustain the health of soils, ecosystems and people.
- Livelihoods after land reform
- www.lalr.org.za/
- Case studies from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia examining the extent to which land redistribution in southern Africa is achieving poverty reduction and livelihood improvement objectives
- ODI Rural Policy and Goverance Group
- www.odi.org.uk/rpgg/
- Research to inform debates on rural poverty reduction and sustainable development
- Oxfam
- www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/learning/landrights/index.html
- Land rights in Africa
- Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies
- www.plaas.org.za/
- Research institute specialising in land related research
- Rural 21
- www.rural21.com/fulltext-archive.html
- International journal on rural development
- Rural innovation systems portal
- portals.kit.nl/smartsite.shtml?id=7587
- Innovation for agrioculture and rural development
- Rural poverty portal
- www.ruralpovertyportal.org/
- A website encouraging dialogue about eradicating rural poverty
- SARPN
- www.sarpn.org.za/rpp/land.php
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network
- SciDevnet
- http://www.scidev.net/en/
- Science and development network
- SEED
- www.seed.org.za
- Innovative permaculture programme for Schools Environmental Education and Development
- Southern Africa Trust
- www.southernafricatrust.org/index.php
- The Southern Africa Trust supports processes to deepen and widen participation in policy dialogue with a regional impact on poverty
- Sustainable Africa
- allafrica.com/sustainable/
- The site is a digital-commons project of the AllAfrica Foundation
- Terra Viva
- www.terravivagrants.org/
- A website with information on grants in the agriculture, energy, environment and natural resource sectors
- UN Division for Sustainable Development
- www.un.org/esa/sustdev/
- Secretariat to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
- Wahenga
- www.wahenga.net
- Website of the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP) focusing on six Southern African countries
- World Bank
- go.worldbank.org/KD6G3BVDZ0
- Agriculture and rural development
Participatory planning and deliberative democracy
Sites focusing on participatory planning approaches and methods and the practice of deliberative democracy
Risk and vulnerability reduction
The assessment and management of risk and vulnerability is an dynamic and fast growing field which is key to development planning and management
Socio-economic rights
Organisations advocating rights based approaches to development
Urban land and development, poverty and vulnerability
Links to South African, regional and international websites focusing on urban development issues from the perspective of the poor
- African Centre for Cities - University of Cape Town
- www.acc.uct.ac.za/
- The African Centre for Cities (ACC) was established in 2007 to serve as a platform for interdisciplinary research on urban issues
- Development Action Group
- www.dag.org.za
- Development Action Group (DAG) is a leading non-profit organisation working throughout South Africa to fight poverty and promote integrated urban environments.
- National Income Dynamics Study
- www.nids.uct.ac.za/home/
- The National Income Dynamics Study undertaken by SALDRU at UCT examines income, consumption and expenditure of households over time. Site provides valuable research outputs
- Society, Work and Development Institute
- www.swopinstitute.org.za/
- SWOP at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg strives to conduct high quality research on the world of work.
- Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute
- www.spii.org.za/
- A South African think tank dedicated to the eradication of poverty and inequality
- Urban LandMark
- www.urbanlandmark.org.za/
- Working to enable poor households to gain access to well located urban land
Website and worksite development
Web and online collaboration specialists
Zimbabwe
Websites highlighting the struggle for human rights and democracy in Zimbabwe
Audio podcast