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Confrontation between peasant producers and investors in northern Zambézia, Mozambique, in the context of profit pressures on European investors

Conference Papers & Reports
April, 2012
Mozambique
Land & Food Security
advocacy
agricultural land management
agriculture
Foreign agricultural investors are clashing with local peasants in Mozambique, in a confrontation over agricultural and development models. Foreign investors looking a apparently vacant land promise high (often inflated) profits to investors and local partners. Some hope to capitalise on carbon credits or produce biofuels, and claim to be green investments. All promise jobs, schools, and local development. Local backers support the outside investors and their plantations with terms like "progress" and "modernisation".
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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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No Clear Grounds

The impact of land privatisation on smallhold farmers’ food security in Zambia

Reports & Research
March, 2014
Zambia
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agricultural land management
agriculture
conflict of interest
customary land rights
land administration
The global finance, energy and food crises are fuelling a global rush for land in developing countries. In their search for land, political leaders and investors look to Africa as a potential food supplier for the rest of the world. However, the current trend of land liberalisation rarely offers a solution to sustainable food production and poverty reduction among smallhold farmers in rural areas, as shown by this case study.
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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
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Land Rights and Agricultural Productivity

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2012
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
agricultural land management
agriculture
farming systems
food security
gender equity in access to land
property rights
rural population
tenure security
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
women
Property rights to land represent the key institutional asset on which rural people build their livelihoods. In fact, in many countries, landlessness is the best predictor of poverty. The nature of farmers’ property rights to land substantially impacts their willingness and ability to adopt productivity-enhancing inputs and investments.
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From Agriculture to Nutrition: Pathways, Synergies and Outcomes

Reports & Research
January, 2008
Global
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
agriculture
farming systems
food security
poverty
In a world of food abundance, millions of people suffer from poor nutrition. In some parts of the world, the poor have inadequate access to energy from food to meet their energy requirements. In these locations, food shortage is often a seasonal phenomenon and micronutrients are also generally lacking in the diet. Elsewhere, there is a stable supply of energy but the poor have monotonous diets lacking in essential micronutrients.
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Harnessing Proposed Land Reforms to Promote Environmental Conservation in Kenya: Lessons from The Case of Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary and Hombe Community Forest Association

Reports & Research
April, 2012
Kenya
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
advocacy
agricultural land management
agriculture
community land rights
environment
forest conservation
land access
land administration
land economics
land management
natural resources management
poverty
rural development
rural population
Land plays a vital and central role in the economic, social-cultural and political lives of both individuals and communities. Given its centrality in the socio-economic and political spheres, national goals such as economic development, poverty reduction, social and political stability are closely linked to land. Land provides the livelihood base for the bulk of the population especially in the rural areas where agriculture is the main occupation. Despite their importance, land and environment in Kenya have suffered decades of mismanagement that has led to the current state of degradation.
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SAGCOT Investment Partnership Program

Opportunities in the Land Sector

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2012
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
agriculture
agropastoral systems
Presentation by the Minister for Lands on the initiatives to ensure full community involvement and environmental safeguards while putting underutilised land to productive use. This is to showcases opportunties in the land sector to investors.
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SAGCOT Investment Partnership Program

Opportunities for Investors in the Livestock Sector

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2012
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
agriculture
agropastoral systems
Presentation by the Minister responsible for livestock to showcase to the investors the opportunities in the sector
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Review of Food and Agricultural Policies in the United Republic of Tanzania

Country Report

Reports & Research
July, 2013
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
agriculture
This report presents findings from the first agricultural policy review conducted by the Monitoring African Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) project in the United Republic of Tanzania. The report reviews key economic issues and the main policy decisions affecting the agricultural sector. In particular, it focuses on price incentives and disincentives faced by farmers and consumers of nine agricultural commodities which make up a significant part of agricultural production, imports, exports and diet.