Dr Peter Jacobs is a research specialist in the Economic, Performance and Development research programme. He holds an MA in Economic from Fordham University (New York), and obtained a PhD in Economics from the same university in 2002.
Before joining the HSRC in May 2007 on a part time secondment, he was a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). He has also worked on land reform policy issues at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC).
His areas of research interest include the economics of agrarian change and rural development, with special emphasis on land reform and small?scale farming, agro-food markets (recently completed a multi-year project ?NRF/RCN) and food security.
Dr Jacob?s publication record spans the authoring and co-authoring of more than 40 conference presentations and journal articles. He co-edited a special issue of the AGREKON, on the subject of household food security in South Africa. His peer-reviewed articles appeared in journals such as ROAPE, Agenda, Africa Insight, AGREKON and Development in Practice. He has contributed chapters to several books (like ?Another Countryside?) and provided expert input to a volume debating options to boost public support for African smallholder farmers. |
