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Farmers' protests in India and agricultural reforms

Reports & Research
December, 2021
India
Land Conflicts
agricultural and rural legislation
farming systems
agriculture
conflicts
land dispute
contract farming
farmers
Abstracted from executive summary:

The Indian Central Government introduced three agricultural reform bills in June 2020. These Bills, known collectively as the farm laws, were passed by the Indian Parliament at the end of September. Opposition figures and protesting farmers complained there was little consultation over the legislation. On 19 November 2021, after nearly a year of mass protests against the laws, the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, made a surprise announcement that his Government would repeal the farm laws.
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Land Reform in Uzbekistan

Journal Articles & Books
June, 1998
Uzbekistan
rural development
agricultural and rural legislation
land reform
agrarian reform
farmland
agricultural land management
farming systems
agriculture
water
water management
FIRST PARAGRAPH OF CHAPTER: Uzbekistan emerged as an independent state in September l99l with a legacy of an undiversified monocultural agriculture heavily specialized in cotton. During the Soviet era, cotton production in Uzbekistan registered persistent gains from the very beginning of collectivization in 1928, often at the expense of wheat and other cereals.
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16 - Healthy and safe working environment - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2018
Global
Land & Investments
land governance
agricultural and rural legislation
land policies
agricultural land management
agriculture
land investments
land rights
local communities
This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on good practice in occupational health and safety policies, programs, procedures and processes, a matter of critical importance given that half the world’s working population is in agriculture
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Geographies of transition: The political and geographical factors of agrarian change in Tajikistan

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Tajikistan
Land in post-conflict settings
agrarian structure
land reform
agrarian reform
farmland
agricultural land management
farming systems
agriculture
After more than two decades of agrarian change in Tajikistan, farming structures seem to crystallise. The first signs towards farm individualisation were observed only around 2000, which were the result of significant pressure from outside, when the post-conflict state was highly susceptible to pressure from multilateral institutions. Over time, striking differences in agrarian structures have emerged nation-wide; from highly fragmented, autonomous farms, to elite-controlled large-scale cotton farming.
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Land reform by default: uncovering patterns of agricultural decollectivization in Tajikistan

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2017
Tajikistan
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
farming systems
agriculture
collective ownership
farmers
Like that in other post-communist states, Tajikistan’s agricultural decollectivization was initiated through top-down measures. However, the implementation process has not been uniform across the state’s territory; in some districts collective farms were quickly and thoroughly broken up, while in others the process is just now beginning. In this paper, we investigate spatial variation in Tajikistan’s decollectivization process.
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Land Transfer and the Pursuit of Agricultural Modernization in China

Peer-reviewed publication
July, 2015
China
agricultural and rural legislation
arable land
agricultural land management
agriculture
land transfers
Agriculture, countryside and peasantry have been priority concerns of the Chinese govern- ment, with land and agriculture being the most crucial. With a growing population, less arable land and often relatively low-quality land, Chinese peasant agriculture has been undergoing a form of modernization.While peasants enjoy land-contract rights as a result of the Household Responsibility System (HRS), the state has been promoting transfer of land-use rights in order to promote modern agriculture.
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The structure and changes of China’s land system

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2019
China
land law
agricultural and rural legislation
land policies
farmland
agricultural land management
agriculture
land rights
migration
farm tenancy
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the structure and changes of China’s land system. To achieve this aim, the paper is divided into four parts.
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Confrontos entre Produtores, camponeses e investidores na Zambézia, norte de Moçambique, no contexto de pressões relativas ao lucro em investidores europeus

Conference Papers & Reports
April, 2012
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
advocacy
agrarian structure
agricultural land management
agriculture
Investidores agrícolas estrangeiros estão em conflitos com camponeses locais em Moçambique, num confronto sobre modelos agrícolas e desenvolvimento. Investidores estrangeiros de olho em terra aparentemente vaga, prometem lucros elevados (muitas vezes inflacionados) a investidores e parceiros locais. Alguns esperam capitalizar com créditos de carbono ou produzir biocombustíveis e alegam ser investimentos “verdes” (ecológicos). Todos prometem empregos, escolas e desenvolvimento local.
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Why Farmers Quit?

A study on Farmer Suicides in Odisha

Reports & Research
June, 2017
India
Land & Food Security
agrarian structure
agricultural land management
agriculture
farmland
land distribution

This study on farmers’ suicides is done by Indo-Global Social Service Society (IGSSS) through its local partner the Baitarani Initiative. This study was attempted to understand if farmers’ suicides were just a desperate reaction to events like droughts and crop loss or there were more fundamental roots.
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Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Zambia

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2008
Zambia
Land & Food Security
agrarian reform
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
agriculture
Zambia has experienced strong economic performance since 1999. However, agriculture has not performed as well as the rest of the economy, and although the incidence of poverty has declined, it still

remains high. The Zambian government, within the framework of the Fifth National Development Plan