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    The Political Economy of Agricultural Commercialisation in Malawi

    August, 2018
    Malawi
    Land & Investments
    Land & Food Security
    Land & Gender
    Forest Tenure
    corruption
    scale
    agriculture
    food security
    land

    Examines the political economy of agricultural commercialisation in Malawi over the past three decades;which has been influenced to a very large extent by the changing configurations of political elites and their underlying interests;incentives and motivations;including using the agricultural sector as a source of political patronage;fraud and corruption.

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    Formalising Land Rental Transactions in Ethiopia – Is land certification enough?

    Reports & Research
    March, 2018
    Ethiopia
    Land & Investments
    Indigenous & Community Land Rights
    Forest Tenure
    Land & Food Security
    Land & Investments
    land
    land administration

    The paper explores how a combination of issuing second level land certificates;improving the rural land administration system and addressing market constraints increases the impact of programmes focused only on land tenure issues..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...

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    Model Lease Contract

    Agreements & Contracts
    December, 2018
    Africa, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia
    Land & Food Security
    Land & Investments
    agricultural land management
    contract farming
    farmers
    land

    This draft model lease contract considers international best practices and recommendations, regarding the design of contract for farmland investments. In particular, the IISD Guide to Negotiating Investment Contract for Farmland and Water, were used as a reference while designing this current draft. Experience gained by BVVG Agriforest Privatization Agency regarding lease contact design is reflected in the draft model contact. 

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    Feeding a productive dairy cow in western Kenya: environmental and socioeconomic impacts

    Reports & Research
    October, 2018
    Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa
    Land & Food Security
    land
    farmers
    farming systems
    land use
    food security

    Send a Cow (SAC) is a nongovernmental organization (NGO) that has been working in Kenya since 1996. It focuses on groups of smallholder farmers, providing them with training in sustainable agriculture and improved animal management. SAC is mostly active in western Kenya, one of the country's most populated and poorest region. The population density for this region ranges from 337 to 1,300 inhabitants per km² with an average density of 590 people per km2 (Kenya Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2001; KNBS, 2010).

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    Земельные ресурсы и продовольственная безопасность Центральной Азии и Закавказья - Land resources and food security of Central Asia and Southern Caucasus

    Journal Articles & Books
    October, 2018
    Egypt, Turkmenistan, Spain, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Italy, Syrian Arab Republic, India, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia
    Land & Food Security
    land use
    food security
    land management
    land

    This book is aimed at finding answers to questions about what the current situation with soil resources in the region of Central Asia and Southern Caucasus as related to food security, and how we can improve the food supply through the impact on the soil. The book consists of three parts. The first part is devoted to common issues of food security and sustainable development, and to the role of soil resources in their maintenance. The second part is about land resources, the assessment of their degradation and successful practices of their recovery.

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    It’s time to end land grabs and establish food sovereignty in Gambela

    Reports & Research
    May, 2018
    Africa
    Land Conflicts
    Land & Investments
    Indigenous & Community Land Rights
    Land & Food Security
    land
    land deals
    land grabbing
    displacement
    food security
    Indigenous Peoples

    Includes the indigenous peoples of Ethiopia; Ethiopia’s dire context; food insecurity; land grabs, conflicts and food security; development by displacement I: Ethiopia’s land investment policies; table of land deals with foreign companies in Gambela since 2007; development by displacement II: Ethiopia’s villagization programme; Voluntary Guidelines; time to close the door on land grabbing in Gambela. Concludes that it is time for change.

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    Learning Platforms for land-based investments in Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda

    Reports & Research
    July, 2018
    Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, Africa
    Land & Food Security
    food security
    land
    research

    The Netherlands Land Academy (LANDac), the Food & Business Knowledge Platform, CIFOR and Shared Value Foundation (SVF) jointly set out in 2017 to design and implement 3 multi-stakeholder Learning Platforms around investment hubs in Mozambique (the Beira Corridor), Tanzania (Kilombero Valley) and Uganda (the Jinja-Kampala Corridor). Land-based investments have shown that deals often lead to conflicts between investors and local populations, which negatively effects local livelihoods and food security.

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