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   Gendered dimensions of land and rural livelihoods: the case of new settler farmer displacement at Nuanetsi Ranch, Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe

   October, 2012

   Zimbabwe

   Land Conflicts

   Land & Gender

   Land & Food Security

   land

   displacement

   land rights

   food security

   agriculture

   The biofuel boom has become a core issue in Zimbabwean land and development debates. Biofuels require large tracts of land for production; and the land acquisition programmes by the various state, non-state actors and individuals have been termed ‘land grabbing’. The increasing global demand for biofuels has different gender specific socio-economic and environmental effects in Zimbabwe. Males and females in the biofuel producing zone may face a differential risk matrix, comprising different issues.

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   Commercial Biofuel Land Deals & Environment and Social Impact Assessments in Africa: Three case studies in Mozambique and Sierra Leone

   Reports & Research

   April, 2011

   Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Africa

   Land Conflicts

   Land & Investments

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Land & Food Security

   land

   land deals

   displacement

   environment

   food security

   assessment

   Examines 3 case studies of proposed biofuel developments in Mozambique and Sierra Leone in terms of social displacement. More mitigation measures could provide livelihood restitution and avoid negative food security impacts.

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   Land Grabbing, Agribusiness and the Peasantry in Brazil and Mozambique

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   October, 2012

   Mozambique

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   Land & Food Security

   Land & Investments

   advocacy

   land access

   land administration

   local communities

   This work presents initial results of research into the complex relationships between the development of the land grabbing and agribusiness expansion in Brazil and Mozambique and their effects on the peasantry in both countries. We will examine the relations between the governments of Brazil and Mozambique in order to understand Brazil’s relatively recent involvement in land grabbing in Mozambique. This will inform our discussion of the role of Brazil as a country affected by land grabbing, while simultaneously promoting such practices in Mozambique.

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   Land-based Investments in Tanzania

   Legal Framework and Realities on the Ground

   Peer-reviewed publication

   August, 2014

   Tanzania

   Land & Food Security

   Land & Gender

   Land & Investments

   concession (land)

   displacement

   dispossession

   land dispute

   land investments

   land law

   land reform

   Beginning in the mid-1970s through to the 1980s, Tanzania experienced a severe socio-economic crisis. In an attempt to turn things around the abating economy and accelerate economic growth, the government embarked on a broad range of radical policy, legislation, and institution reforms, which opened doors for foreign direct investments (FDIs) and further initiatives have been taken to create an enabling environment for investments to flourish in the country.