Category - Policy Analysis

Paper By Munetsi Madakufamba (Executive Director, Southern African Research and Documentation Centre [SARDC1]) and Neto Nengomasha (Senior Researcher, SARDC) Presented at the Virtual Conference hosted by Nanjing Agricultural University, 21 03 2021 Post-harvest losses among smallholder farmers in the Southern African region have been a major concern with losses as high as 40 percent of harvested crops. This has increased pressure on food security with rapidly expanding population, poor infrastructure to move crops to the market and price volatility.

by Munetsi Madakufamba, Joseph Ngwawi, Phyllis Johnson, Professor Godfrey Dzinomwa, Admire Ndhlovu, Tanaka Chitsa and Nyarai Kampilipili The paper gives an overview of energy and resources in SADC and highlights the prospects and challenges for China-SADC cooperation.

by Munetsi Madakufamba This paper explores the political economy of industrialization in Southern Africa. It analyses the capacity challenges facing the African continent in general and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region in particular.