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Who invests in agriculture and how much?

An empirical review of the relative size of various investments in agriculture in low- and middle-income countries

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Global
Land & Investments
agricultural land management
agriculture
land investments
foreign investment
responsible investment
farmers
government
Investment in agriculture is widely recognized as crucial for economic growth, poverty reduction and improved food and nutrition security. Although several estimates have been made of how much investment is needed in agriculture to achieve production or food security goals, no source to date has attempted to estimate the total amount of public and private investment that is actually made in agriculture. This paper does so using the most up to date and comprehensive international datasets available.
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Training materials for indigenous peoples' and local communities' advocates

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2019
Global
Land & Investments
natural resources
natural resources management
land rights
land tenure systems
capacity development
farmers
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
These learning modules provide training material for Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ advocates on how to operationalise benefit-sharing and concluding benefit-sharing agreements. There are three modules covering these broad issues in relation to natural resources, traditional knowledge and farmers' rights.
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LandAssess Tool, Risk Assessment and Management Framework

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2019
Global
Land & Investments
agriculture
environment
farmers
land access
land governance
land investments
land policies
land use
local communities
The Landassess Tool is a risk assessment and management framework. It provides a clear and simple set of checklists that generate a report to help companies assess and manage how they respect land rights.
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17 - Training and Integrating Local People into the Workforce - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2017
Global
Land & Investments
land use
land investments
land access
farmers
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on how to assist people from surrounding areas in gaining formal employment at the investment.
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Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains

Manuals & Guidelines
October, 2016
Global
Land & Investments
agriculture
extractive industries
farmers
land administration
land investments
This guide aims to help enterprises observe standards of responsible business conduct and undertake due diligence along agricultural supply chains in order to ensure that their operations contribute to sustainable development. It provides information on

• a model enterprise policy outlining the standards that enterprises should observe to build responsible agricultural supply chains,
- Also in
- Español
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Guía OCDE-FAO para las cadenas de suministro responsable en el sector agrícola

Manuals & Guidelines
October, 2016
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
agriculture
land investments
farmers
extractive industries
La Guía OCDE-FAO para la cadena de suministro responsable para el sector agrícola, en adelante “la Guía”, es una, dentro de varias guías desarrolladas por la OCDE para ayudar a las empresas a adoptar estándares de conducta empresarial responsable a lo largo de las cadenas de suministro agrícola, incluyendo las Líneas Directrices de la OCDE para Empresas Multinacionales, los Principios para la Inversión Responsable en la Agricultura y los Sistemas Alimentarios y las Directrices Voluntarias sobre la Gobernanza Responsable de la Tenencia de la Tierra, la Pesca y los Bosques en el Contexto de
- Also in
- English
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Guiding principles for responsible contract farming operations

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2012
Global
Land & Investments
agriculture
farmers
land investments
land tenure
local communities
This document presents a set of guiding principles that promote to responsible contract farming operations. It is intended to serve as guidance for farmers and buyers engaged in contractual relationships, in order to promote good business practices and maintain an atmosphere of trust and respect that is essential if contract farming is to prove effective.
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The rush for farmland

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2010
Global
Land & Investments
land acquisitions
farmland
land investments
food security
rural development
landlessness
tenure security
farmers
land grabbing
land policies
land deals
Since the 2008 food price crisis, foreign investors have been acquiring more and more land in poor countries for producing foodstuffs and biofuels for their own use. Such investments have the potential to promote rural development and food security worldwide. By the same token, however, there is the danger of countless small farmers losing their land, of food insecurity increasing in many places, and of social and ecological systems collapsing through pure "land grabbing".
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Custodians of the land, defenders of our future

A new era of the global land rush

Reports & Research
September, 2016
Australia, Global, Honduras, India, Mozambique, Peru, Sri Lanka
Land & Investments
common lands
farmers
farming systems
gender equity in access to land
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land deals
land grabbing
land investments
land rights
pastoral land rights
pastoralists
tenure security
women
Since 2009, Oxfam and others have been raising the alarm about a great global land rush. Millions of hectares of land have been acquired by investors to meet rising demand for food and biofuels, or for speculation. This often happens at the expense of those who need the land most and are best placed to protect it: farmers, pastoralists, forest-dependent people, fisherfolk, and indigenous peoples.
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The Global Land Rush Revisited

A brief analysis based on data from the Land Matrix in current dynamic and complex climate & land governance discourse

Reports & Research
July, 2016
Global
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
climate change
environment
farmers
farming systems
food security
land acquisitions
land deals
land governance
land law
land policies
Based on data from the Land Matrix database, this paper briefly analyses large-scale land acquisitions in the context of current complex and dynamic land and climate governance discourse. The paper tries to explain the inter linkages between land and climate governance, within the water-food-energy nexus, and the increasing and important role for science, technology and innovation in agriculture in order to become more resilient to current and future challenges in climate and land governance.