- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
- Regional resilience and development
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation
- Global Trade and Competitiveness
- Local Economic Development and Planning
- Socioeconomic Development in Asia
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Regional Development and Innovation
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
University of Cape Town
2015-2023
University of Oxford
2023
Institute of Development Studies
2022-2023
Premier Research Group
2023
Indian Institute for Human Settlements
2023
University of Ghana
2023
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
2022
Pro-poor tourism means managing a business so that it makes sense for the operator and at same time benefits poor. Based on Pro-Poor Tourism Pilot Programme conducted in southern Africa, this article argues 'mainstream' commercial can do much to embrace pro-poor approaches. In particular, sector needs go further shifting from philanthropic approaches entail doing differently, with more committed changes strategy structures. The pilot programme case studies reveal range of potential companies...
The understanding of food security has seen major shifts since the original conceptualisations challenge. These changes in have been accompanied by different measurement approaches. Despite fact that world become increasingly urbanised and developing particular, is experiencing its own urban transition, remain predominantly informed a rural security. In instances where does take place, rural-oriented approaches are adopted, occluding critical challenges systemic drivers. This paper begins...
This paper examines African urban infrastructure and service delivery as an entry point for connecting aspirations with the harsh developmental imperatives of management, creating a dialogue between scholarly knowledge sustainable development policy aspirations. We note shift to multi-nodal governance highlight significance synthesis social, economic ecological values in normative vision what metropolis might aspire by 2030. The provides useful stimulus Africa's poly-crisis, demanding fresh...
Abstract Food access, stability and utilisation are key dimensions of food security at an urban scale. When the majority resided in rural areas, lived predominantly agrarian lifestyles, it made sense for state to govern through national agricultural ministries, focusing on availability dimension security. With transition a world, coupled with challenges currently experienced specifically Africa, these historical policy governance structures increasingly inadequate responding essential...
Global food insecurity levels remain stubbornly high. One of the surest ways to grasp scale and consequence global inequality is through a systems lens. In predominantly urban world, present useful lens engage wide variety (and global) challenges—so called ‘wicked problems.’ This paper describes collaborative research project between four system units, two European African. The purpose was seek out solutions what lay between, across within different approaches applied in understanding each...
Abstract Urban dwellers’ food and nutritional wellbeing are both dependent on infrastructure can be indicative of wider in urban contexts societal health. This paper focuses the multiple relationships that exist between to provide a thorough theoretical empirical grounding urgent work security nutrition context rapid transitions South. We argue systems thinking have not been well aligned, but such alignment is only timely overdue also fruitful for thematic areas research policy. draw...