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Investments in agriculture and other sectors that require land may be essential for economic development and food security, but what are the costs and benefits for local landholders and the environment?" Read more about challenges concerning land & investments.

Responsible Land Investments

To invest responsibly in land, it is important to recognize and respect the land rights of local communities and avoid social and environmental harm. Explore our ‘Responsible Land Investment’ pages to find out more on how to approach this, drawing from lessons learned from other projects.

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Land rights for cocoa farmers aren’t just good stewardship, they’re smart business

Afrique

Ghana

Amérique latine et Caraïbes

Asie

Global

Last week the World Cocoa Foundation, a membership organization of more than 100 cocoa companies, held its annual partnership meeting in Berlin, Germany. The aim of the meeting is for governments, cocoa companies and farmers to identify and tackle the sector’s largest sustainability challenges. A 90-minute session was devoted to the topic of land tenure. The prominence of the session, as well as the seniority of the presenters – the Head of Sustainable Sourcing for Hershey’s and the Deputy Director General of Cote d’Ivoire’s Land Agency among them – is a powerful signaling effect.

Blog post

One Company’s Journey to Better Respect Land: Illovo Sugar Africa

Malawi

Mozambique

République-Unie de Tanzanie

Zambie

Afrique du Sud

Global

Our sugar is made from sugarcane. And sugarcane is not planted in trees or in the air, it’s planted in the ground, in the soil, on land. It’s the bedrock of our investment.

—Illovo Land Champion

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Total Hectares in deals

Land Matrix - Large-Scale Land Acquisitions

Total Area (ha) calculated as the sum of all deals, in a gven country over the period 2000-2015.

Measurement unit:

Hectares (ha)

Source: Land Matrix

Library

Agriculture et paysannerie en Algérie : de la période coloniale aux politiques agricoles et rurales d’aujourd’hui

Articles et Livres

novembre 2019

Afrique septentrionale

Algérie

Date: 5 novembre 2019

Source: Foncier & Développement

Cet ouvrage de Omar Bessaoud aborde des thèmes cruciaux et des problématiques qui émergent ces derniers mois dans les débats publics, au sein des associations et des divers cercles et think tank nationaux (sécurité alimentaire du pays, compétitivité de l’agriculture, effets du changement climatique, foncier rural…).

Combler le fossé de l’information : comment l’accès aux contrats fonciers peut servir les droits des communautés

Manuels et directives

août 2019

Global

Date: Août 2019

Source: Farmlandgrab, CCSI

Land Deals, Wage Labour, and Everyday Politics

Publication évaluée par des pairs

juin 2019

Ghana

This article explores the question of political struggles for inclusion on an oil palm land deal in Ghana. It examines the employment dynamics and the everyday politics of rural wage workers on a transnational oil palm plantation which is located in a predominantly migrant and settler society where large-scale agricultural production has only been introduced within the past decade.

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Organizations working on Land & Investments

Habitat para Humanidade Brasil

Habitat para a Humanidade Brasil (HPH Brasil) é uma organização não-governamental, sem fins lucrativos, que tem como causa a promoção da moradia como um direito humano fundamental e como meta a eliminação de todas as formas de moradia inadequada. HPH Brasil faz parte da rede internacional Habitat for Humanity (HFH), presente em mais de 90 países.

iniciativa para Terras Comunitárias - F (iTC - F)

Uma organização, não-governamental Moçambicana, sem fins lucrativos, com a missão de complementar os esforços do Governo de Moçambique na implementação da Lei de Terras no que concerne à proteção dos direitos das comunidades rurais sobre a terra e outros recursos naturais e a promoção do desenvolvimento económico, através de parcerias entre comunidades e os sectores público ou privado.

Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (LMAF)

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos (ກະຊວງ ກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ in Lao language) is a ministry of the government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The minister of Agriculture and Forestry is H.E. Sitaheng Rasphone.

Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning (Kenya) (MOLPP)

Mission

To facilitate efficient land administration and management, acess to adequate and affordable housing, social and physical infrastructure for national development