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Making the most of agricultural investment

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2010
Honduras
United States of America
Kenya
Mali
United Kingdom
Ghana
Papua New Guinea
Ethiopia
Colombia
Mozambique
Japan
South Africa
Mexico
Malaysia
Malawi
Madagascar
Italy
Netherlands
Argentina
India
Vietnam
Brazil

Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in agricultural investment. In many cases, this new momentum has translated into large-scale acquisitions of farmland in lower- and middle-income countries. Partly as a result of sustained media attention, these acquisitions have triggered lively if polarised debates about “land grabbing”. Less attention has been paid, however, to alternative ways of structuring agricultural investments that do not involve large-scale land acquisitions.

اللامركزية والضرائب على الملكية الريفية

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2004
Italy

تم إعداد هذا الدليل الخاص باللامركزية والضريبة على الملكية الريفية لمساعدة القائمين على إدارة الأراضي الذين يشاركون في تصميم وتنفيذ نظم الضريبة على الملكية الريفية، في وضع يشهد تزايد دعوة مؤسسات حيازة الأراضي إلى دعم نقل مسؤولية الخدمات إلى الحكومات المحلية. ويتوقع من عملية اللامركزية هذه أن تحسّن تقديم الخدمات عبر إيكالها إلى المستوى الحكومي الأقرب من المستفيدين منها. وإذ يتسع نطاق الخدمات التي توكل بها الحكومات المحلية، فإن العديد من البنى الحكومية الريفية ما زالت تفتقر إلى الموارد اللازمة للاضطلاع بالمسؤوليات الجديدة الملقاة على عاتقها.

Selected indicators of food and agriculture development in Asia-Pacific region, 1990-2000

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2001
Fiji
Bangladesh
Samoa
China
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Laos
Tonga
Iran
Pakistan
Thailand
Nepal
Republic of Korea
Philippines
Solomon Islands
Malaysia
Myanmar
Cambodia
India
Bhutan
Maldives
Papua New Guinea
Mongolia
Asia

A comprehensive and detailed compilation of statistics on farming, livestock, fishery, forestry and nutrition in Asia-Pacific countries for the above period. A handy comparison of changes over the past decade in the use of agricultural land and farm inputs and production of crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry in Asia-Pacific where nearly 60 percent of the about 3.2 billion people in 1999 were engaged in farming and related activities.

Investment in land and water

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2002
Laos
Bangladesh
Vietnam
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Cambodia
India
Pakistan
Republic of Korea
China
Thailand
Asia

A report of the proceedings of the October 2001 regional consultation on the above theme, the document explains the urgent need for arresting and reversing the decline in investment in land and water development in Asia-Pacific countries. Land and water investment priorities include coping with worsening land degradation, increasing productivity of the region’s large rainfed areas and modernising wasteful water delivery and irrigation systems.

Evaluation of the regional consultation of Francophone Africa

Reports & Research
November, 2010
Africa
Burundi
Madagascar
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Côte d'Ivoire
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Senegal
Togo
Finland
France
Germany

This regional evaluation is based on discussions and outputs of the consultation meeting of Francophone Africa on the Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land and other natural resources that was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 23-25 June 2010. The opinions expressed in this evaluation are those of the participants at the consultation meeting and do not necessarily reflect those of FAO.

La décentralisation et l'impôt sur la propriété rurale

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2004
Canada

Le présent guide sur La décentralisation et l'impôt sur la propriété rurale a été préparé pour aider les administrateurs des terres qui participent à la conception et à la mise en œuvre de systèmes d'imposition sur la propriété rurale. Les institutions foncières sont de plus en plus souvent appelées à soutenir la décentralisation des services vers les collectivités locales. L'un des objectifs de la décentralisation est d'améliorer la prestation de services au niveau administratif le plus proche de ces services.