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  1. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    March, 2015
    Myanmar

    Documentary by the Land Core Group Myanmar, where 70% of the Myanmar population are smallholder farmers, about the challenges faced by poor farmers from land grabbing and land dispossession in rural Myanmar...Interviews with land activists and dispossessed farmers in different parts of the country... sections on: resistance to land-grabbing; Myanmar land law and policies (where customary tenure and women's land rights are not explicitly recognised); efficiency of smallholder practice...

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2011

    Agricultural investments made by developing countries and multilateral development banks (MDBs) have declined in recent decades. This decline is associated with a slowdown in the growth of agriculture productivity. Most development institutions have recognized the damage caused by this past neglect, in part evident in rising food prices, and renewed attention to agriculture and agribusiness is emerging. But this renewed interest will need to deliver results, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the MDBs have had the least success but where the needs and opportunities are enormous.

  3. Library Resource

    A Critical Review

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    May, 2012
    South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa

    This paper provides an overview of land reform in South Africa from 1994 to 2011, with the focus on the land redistribution. The government policies and associated implementation since 1994 have not generated expected social and economic results for a number of reasons. Even where land has been transferred, it appears to have had minimal impact on the livelihoods of beneficiaries, largely because of inappropriate project design, a lack of necessary support services and shortages of working capital, leading to widespread underutilization of land.

  4. Library Resource

    Interagency Report to the Mexican G20 Presidency

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    June, 2012

    Global agriculture will face multiple challenges over the coming decades. It must produce more food to feed an increasingly affluent and growing world population that will demand a more diverse diet, contribute to overall development and poverty alleviation in many developing countries, confront increased competition for alternative uses of finite land and water resources, adapt to climate change, and contribute to preserving biodiversity and restoring fragile ecosystems.

  5. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2015
    Western Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ghana

    For decades, policymakers and development practitioners have debated benefits and threats of property rights formalization and private versus customary tenure systems. This paper provides insights into the challenges in understanding and empirically analyzing the relationship between tenure systems and agricultural investment, and formulates policy advice that can support land tenure interventions. We focus on Ghana, based on extensive qualitative fieldwork and a review of empirical research and policy documents.

  6. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Africa

    The objective of this paper is to
    determine the ability of farmers in Africa to detect climate
    change, and to ascertain how they have adapted to whatever
    climate change they believe has occurred. The paper also
    asks farmers whether they perceive any barriers to
    adaptation and attempts to determine the characteristics of
    those farmers who, despite claiming to have witnessed
    climate change, have not yet responded to it. The study is

  7. Library Resource
    August, 2012

    The recent surge in food and fuel prices
    has prompted countries with high dependence on food imports
    to try and lock in future food supplies through direct
    investment in agricultural production in other countries.
    The price surges also led to a wave of proposals to invest
    in biofuels investments in agricultural land. While such
    investment can provide large benefits, it also carries
    considerable risks both to investors and citizens in the

  8. Library Resource
    April, 2013
    Bosnia and Herzegovina

    The agricultural season in Bosnia and
    Herzegovina (BH) begins earlier than in most European
    countries, shipping costs are relatively low, and land and
    labor prices are more favorable than in other southern
    European countries. As a result, the country's
    agriculture sector should be well positioned to compete on
    the export markets. With 20.6 percent of all employed in BH,
    agriculture remains an important sector for employment,

  9. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Indonesia

    This paper analyzes the trends and
    evolution of public spending in the agriculture sector in
    Indonesia, as well as the impact of public spending on
    agricultural growth. It finds that, in line with empirical
    work undertaken in other countries, public spending on
    agriculture and irrigation during the period 1976-2006 had a
    positive impact on agricultural growth, while public
    spending on fertilizer subsidies had the opposite effect.

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