Phineas Khazamula Chauke

Phineas Khazamula Chauke is a seasoned researcher and author of books who served as a school headmaster before joining the University of Venda (Univen) as lecturer in 2002. He obtained a PhD Agric) at Univen in 2006 specialising in Agricultural Policy. Both his Masters and PhD degrees focused on land reform topics, especially as regards its impact on the disenfranchised over the many years of implementing apartheid legislation especially the Natives Land Act No 27 of 1913 and other associated policies. He recently (2021) published a book entitled "Unpacking the impact of land dispossession for effective land restitution research in South Africa". His phenomenal career rise saw him achieving not only a PhD degree but also assuming the position of Head of Department: Agricultural Economics - at Univen where he served for 18 years before assuming research fellowship with the University of South Africa (Unisa) in 2021. He has supervised not less than 30 students, including more than 5 PhDs in agricultural policy, rural development, cooperatives and marketing. He also produced not less than 20 research reports for the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights.

Publications

Global Agricultural and Food Marketing in a Global Context: Advancing Policy, Management, and Innovation
Global Agricultural and Food Marketing in a Global Context: Advancing Policy, Management, and Innovation
Aluwani Maiwashe-Tagwi, Ailweli Solomon Mawela, Phineas Khazamula Chauke. © 2023. 236 pages.
Over 70% of food production is in the hands of farmers; however, numerous studies have shown that smallholder farmers do not have access to markets. The reasons for this failure...
A Systematic Literature Enquiry of the South African Agricultural Marketing Environment Pre-1913 to the Present
A Systematic Literature Enquiry of the South African Agricultural Marketing Environment Pre-1913 to the Present
Phineas Khazamula Chauke. © 2023. 18 pages.
Over a period of time, the South African agricultural sector has been divided into two sub-sectors, i.e., commercial and subsistence farming for whites and black farmers...