Tag: land acquisition

• Agr[ar]ian change below the radar screen : rising farmland acquisitions by domestic investors in west Africa : what are the implications for food production and smallholder farming?

  Abstract: A 2010 survey in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger determined the scale of land acquisition by domestic investors in West Africa. Most acquisitions took place after 2000. Most investors are urban. Formal tenure on customary land is difficult. A move to involve smallholders should be encouraged. Author(s): Hilhorst, Dorothea H.M.; Nelen, Joost; Traoré,…

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  January 1, 2011

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  agricultural land, food security, land acquisition, private sector, small farms, west africa

• Annual World bank conference on land and poverty : conference agenda

  Abstract: The theme of the 2011 conference was “Countries strengthen land governance”. In a period of land grabbing, better land governance can encourage investment, steer urban growth and improve social welfare. It also helps countries overcome a legacy of inequality, dispossession and conflict. Author(s): World Bank Source(s): , Published: 2011 World bank, Washington, DC (English…

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  benin, Brazil, China, colombia, ethiopia, ghana, Governance, India, institution building, land acquisition, land rights, land tenure, malawi, namibia, poverty alleviation, private sector, Public administration, South Africa

• Rights and resources initiative : supporting forest tenure, policy and market reforms

  Abstract: The Rights & Resources Initiative promotes reforms that secure local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ rights to own, control and benefit from land and forests. It aims to double the global forest area under local ownership and administration, with secure rights to use products, by 2015. Author(s): Source(s): , Published: 2010 Rights and resources initiative…

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  forest management, Governance, indigenous populations, land acquisition, land rights, natural resources

• Food crisis and the global land grab : governments and corporations are buying up farmland in other countries to grow their own food or simply to make money

  Abstract: This blog serves as a resource for those monitoring or researching the global rush to buy up or lease farmlands abroad to secure basic food supplies or simply for profit. Author(s): Source(s): , Published: 2009 Asian peasant coalition (APC) etc.], [Quezon City etc. (English ISBN/ISSN: / Link: http://farmlandgrab.org/

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  food security, information networks, land acquisition, land rights, land tenure, social justice

• Land grab or development opportunity? : agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa

  Abstract: The first detailed study of large scale land acquisitions in Africa analyses the modalities and likely impacts. highlighting the possible opportunities if things are managed well and warns of the risks to food security and rural development if contracts are not properly negotiated and enforced. Author(s): Cotula, Lorenzo Source(s): , viii, 120 p., ill.,…

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  agricultural land, commodity prices, ethiopia, food security, foreign investments, ghana, land acquisition, madagascar, mali, rural development, sudan

• Outsourcing’s third wave : buying farmland abroad

  Abstract: The fear of rising food prices and trade bans have prompted rich food importers from the Middle East and China to acquire vast tracts of poor countries’ farmland. Is this beneficial foreign investment or neocolonialism? Author(s): Source(s): , The Economist [4] p., ill., graph, map, photogr The Economist Published: 2009 Economist newspaper, London (English…

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  Asia, colonialism, food security, foreign investments, land acquisition, poverty, Public Sector