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Responsible investments in agriculture and food systems – A practical handbook for parliamentarians and parliamentary advisors

Manuals & Guidelines
December, 2020
Global
Land & Investments
land governance
sustainable development
food security
agricultural and rural legislation
environment
agricultural land management
agriculture
responsible investment
This Handbook provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the role that Parliamentarians and Parliamentary Advisors can play in the creation of reliable, coherent, and transparent “enabling environments” in the range of areas related to investment in agriculture and food systems. It does so through guidance notes, examples of good practices, and very practical indications, and sets out key stages of processes and mechanisms for MPs and advisors to consider while promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems.
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Social License Platform. Finding and Facilitating Partnerships for Better Land Investments

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2019
Global
Land & Investments
agriculture
climate change
environment
food security
investment funds
land investments
local communities
tenure security
The Social License Platform (SLP) matches businesses with the services and expertise they need to ensure that investments in agricultural land create growth opportunities for both business and local communities, while respecting the land rights of the communities that use the land.
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Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Reports & Research
April, 2011
Global
Land & Investments
development
food security
agriculture
land investments
land rights
local communities
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are a set of guidelines for States and companies to prevent, address and remedy human rights abuses committed in business operations.
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22 - Food Security and Nutrition - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2017
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
food security
land use
agriculture
land investments
land rights
local communities
This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on practices to reduce gender inequalities and to empower women to make a positive contribution to development through agricultural investments.
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Background document on guidance to corporates on the practical application of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Land Tenure (VGGT)

Manuals & Guidelines
January, 2015
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
VGGT
sustainable development
food security
fisheries
forestry
agriculture
land rights
land tenure
tenure security
The objective of this document is to guide the corporates and investors understand how to respect peoples’ ’‘tenure rights to land, fisheries and forest”,and ensure that communities have access to remedies ‘acceptable to both parties’ when such rights are impinged or such potential is recognized.
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Foreign direct investments in land in developing countries

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2009
Global
Land & Investments
food security
land investments
agriculture
local communities
rural population
land
land rights
land deals
The world food crisis has spurred foreign direct investments (FDI) into arable land in developing countries. While significant financial inflows into agricultural sectors could be beneficial on a global scale, it could negatively affect local livelihoods. This article provides an overview of the different types of FDI in land. In addition, examples of investment flows are illustrated in an overview and a sustainable impact matrix outlines the occurring effects. Finally, requirements of avoiding negative effects are presented, to achieve a Pareto-efficient win-win situation.
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Big push for development or erosion of local livelihood?

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2010
Global
Land & Investments
land investments
food security
rural population
sustainable development
agriculture
farmland
The recent upsurge in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in land raises the hope to bridge the gap of decades of underinvestment in developing countries’ agricultural sector, but it may also threaten host countries’ food security and increase the vulnerability of the rural population. Based on four country case studies conducted by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), this article illustrates distinct impacts of large-scale investments in agricultural land.
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Where is food logistics going?

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2013
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
land markets
food security
agriculture
agricultural land management
land investments
Logistics costs play a decisive role in food price development, especially when looking at local agricultural supply chains, e.g. for fruit and vegetables. The logistics cost burden on groceries varies greatly, depending on the prevalent supply chain setup. This article discusses the pros and cons of a traditional supply of agricultural produce into cities versus a modernised logistics setup, involving organised retail chains.
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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.
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Rising Global Interest in Farmland : Can it Yield Sustainable and Equitable Benefits?

March, 2012
Global
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
agriculture
capacity development
climate change
common property
deforestation
farmers
farming systems
farmland
fisheries
food security
forest land
forestry
land consolidation
land markets
land reform
land rent
land rights
land tenure
land transfers
land use
land-use planning
pastoralists
property rights
rural development
rural population
sustainable development
sustainable land management
urbanization
zoning
Interest in farmland is rising. And,
given commodity price volatility, growing human and
environmental pressures, and worries about food security,
this interest will increase, especially in the developing
world. One of the highest development priorities in the
world must be to improve smallholder agricultural
productivity, especially in Africa. Smallholder productivity
is essential for reducing poverty and hunger, and more and