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Addressing the right to food through agriculture cooperatives : a case study of Zimbabwe and Tanzania
Mini Dissertation (LLM (Multidisciplinary Human Rights))--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/105329 Addressing the right to food through agriculture cooperatives : a case study of Zimbabwe and Tanzania Persaud, Sarojini tatenda.mushaikwa@up.ac.za Mushaikwa, Tatenda Prudence UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Right to food Agriculture cooperatives Capitalist food systems Rural development Sustainable food systems Mini Dissertation (LLM (Multidisciplinary Human Rights))--University of Pretoria, 2025. This study primarily investigates the role of agricultural cooperatives in realizing the right to food in Zimbabwe and Tanzania. While cooperatives are often discussed within a food security framework, this research conceptualizes them through a human rights lens. It highlights that food is a legal entitlement rather than a policy aspiration. Using a desktop qualitative approach, the study analyses international, regional, and national legal frameworks to assess how each country’s legislation and policies support or constrain cooperatives in advancing the right to food. Despite a post-independence history of state-led cooperative initiatives, Tanzania has strengthened cooperative structures that enhance the right to food. In contrast, Zimbabwe’s agricultural cooperative sector faces regulatory gaps, financial mismanagement, and weak institutional support. The country’s challenges reveal that failures in realizing the right to food often stem less from scarcity and more from governance deficits. The study further argues that agricultural cooperatives serve as a counterweight to capitalist food systems, which prioritize profit over equitable access and often marginalize rural farmers. The research concludes that agricultural cooperatives can transform food systems, promoting inclusive and sustainable access to food, provided they are grounded in human rights principles. These cooperatives should be protected from political interference, and supported through a robust legal framework, investment, and institutional backing. Centre for Human Rights LLM (Multidisciplinary Human Rights) Unrestricted Faculty of Laws SDG-02: Zero Hunger SDG-10: Reduces inequalities 2025-11-18T08:13:28Z 2025-11-18T08:13:28Z 2026-04 2025-03-18 Mini Dissertation * D2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/105329 Disclaimer Letter en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Right to food Agriculture cooperatives Capitalist food systems Rural development Sustainable food systems Addressing the right to food through agriculture cooperatives : a case study of Zimbabwe and Tanzania |
| title | Addressing the right to food through agriculture cooperatives : a case study of Zimbabwe and Tanzania |
| title_full | Addressing the right to food through agriculture cooperatives : a case study of Zimbabwe and Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Addressing the right to food through agriculture cooperatives : a case study of Zimbabwe and Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Addressing the right to food through agriculture cooperatives : a case study of Zimbabwe and Tanzania |
| title_short | Addressing the right to food through agriculture cooperatives : a case study of Zimbabwe and Tanzania |
| title_sort | addressing the right to food through agriculture cooperatives a case study of zimbabwe and tanzania |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Right to food Agriculture cooperatives Capitalist food systems Rural development Sustainable food systems |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/105329 |