About YARA
The Young African Researchers in Agriculture (YARA) network brings together young and early career African researchers in agriculture from all over the Continent in a new peer network.
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The Young African Researchers in Agriculture (YARA) network brings together young and early career African researchers in agriculture from all over the Continent in a new peer network.
Small Grants Programme
YARA Small Grants Programme 2019
In memory of Professor Ephraim Wadonda Chirwa
Professor Ephraim Chirwa, the Director of Research-Africa of the Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) Programme and a founding member of the Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC), passed away after a sudden illness on the morning of 15 July 2019. Read More
Latest Events
YARA-JPS-COHD-FAC 2019 Summer Writeshop-Workshop
The YARA-JPS-COHD-FAC Writeshop-Workshop aims to improve young researchers’ strategic knowledge about and practical skills on matters related to international journal publication and impact…Read More
YARA Theory Workshop
YARA in collaboration with the Institute for Poverty, Land, and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape organize a theory workshop for young African scholars from across the continent… Read More
YARA/PLAAS Public Debate
Presented by Prof Ruth Hall (UWC), Prof Kojo Amanor (University of Ghana) and Prof Issa Shivji (Director of Nyerere Resource Centre,Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology). Read More
News Highlights
Agricultural transitions: commodification, social differentiation and value chains
Agricultural transitions are concerned with the modernisation of agriculture and the relations between production, accumulation and policies. Read More
Agro-food regimes in contemporary capitalism and food sovereignty as an alternative
To understand contemporary transformations in African agriculture, one needs to locate these both historically and globally. Read More
Property Rights and the Agrarian Question in Africa
Property rights are foundational in different forms of society and in different modes of production. They define who has what powers over what kind of resources, for what purposes. Read More
The Political Economy of the Agrarian Question
The political economy of the Agrarian Question (AQ) cannot be understood outside the political economy of the world capitalist system (and its imperialist manifestation) as it has developed historically and impacted on Africa over the last five centuries. Read More
