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Representing large-scale land acquisitions in land use change scenarios for the Lao PDR

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Laos
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
food security
land distribution
land reform
land investments
land acquisitions
land grabbing
Agricultural large-scale land acquisition (LSLA) is a process that is currently not captured by land change models. We present a novel land change modeling approach that includes processes governing LSLAs and simulates their interactions with other land systems. LSLAs differ from other land change processes in two ways: (1) their changes affect hundreds to thousands of contiguous hectares at a time, far surpassing other land change processes, e.g., smallholder agriculture, and (2) as policy makers value LSLA as desirable or undesirable, their agency significantly affects LSLA occurrence.
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Promoting Azerbaijan's Agricultural Productivity (1997-2010)

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2011
Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Europe
Land & Corruption
land administration
land registration
corruption
food security
land reform
agrarian reform
land distribution
rural areas
agriculture
land rights
land ownership
farmers
The objective of this study is to evaluate the World Bank Group's (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development [IBRD], International Development Association [IDA], and International Finance Corporation [IFC]) effectiveness in promoting growth in agricultural productivity in Azerbaijan, and to derive lessons that may be relevant for the World Bank Group's future engagement in Azerbaijani agriculture.
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The Role of Agriculture in a Modernizing Society

Food, Farms and Fields in China 2030

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2012
China, Eastern Asia, Oceania
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
agriculture
climate change
farmers
farmland
food security
forestry
land distribution
land management
rural development
sustainable development
urbanization
China's success in addressing food problems after adopting the reforms in 1978 has been nothing less than remarkable. Grain output (rice, wheat and maize) has almost doubled and most hunger has been eliminated. Ever since China embarked on its reform agenda more than 30 years ago, its economic growth and poverty reduction have been nothing less than remarkable. Agriculture has been an important contributor to these developments.
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Agricultural land conversion and its effects on farmers in contemporary Vietnam

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2009
Vietnam
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
food security
land distribution
land reform
land investments
land acquisitions
land grabbing
land policies
land law
urban areas
Đổi Mới, the name given to the economic reforms initiated in 1986 in Vietnam, has renewed the party-state’s ambitious scheme of industrialization and has intensified the process of urbanization in Vietnam. A large area of land has been converted for these purposes, with various effects on both the state and society. This article sheds light on how land conversion has resulted in farmers’ resistance and in what way and to what extent it has transformed their livelihoods in the transitional context of contemporary Vietnam.
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Industrialization and Urbanization in Vietnam: How Appropriation of Agricultural Land Use Rights Transformed Farmers’ Livelihoods in a Peri-Urban Hanoi Village

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Vietnam
Land & Food Security
Urban Tenure
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
food security
land distribution
land reform
title deeds
land titling
poverty
urban areas
ABSTRACTED FROM INTRODUCTION: Since đổi mới, Vietnam witnesses a rapid urbanization and industrialization, which leads to conversions of a large area of agricultural land and other types of land, and this has forced thousands of farmer households to change their traditional livelihoods and even their lives. Using the lens of a sustainable livelihoods framework, this study analyzes and explains the questions of how, in what ways and to what extent agricultural land conversions have been affecting farmer livelihoods in one peri-urban Hanoi village.
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Food Security versus Food Sovereignty: Choice of Concept, Policies, and Classes in Vietnam’s Post-Reform Economy

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2011
Vietnam
Land & Food Security
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
food security
land distribution
land reform
This article discusses two important concepts of food security and food sovereignty in the context of Vietnam’s post-reform economy. It examines Vietnam’s persistent choice of the food security framework, its resulting policies and their implications. The article argues that the choice of food security framework has served to justify the promotion of industrial agriculture and international trade. While this model has led to increased food productivity, it failed to guarantee access to and quality of food, the other two important pillars of the food security framework.
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Strategic Choices Shaping Agricultural Performace and Food Security in Myanmar

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Myanmar
Land & Food Security
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
food security
land distribution
land reform
Despite the many transformations taking place in Myanmar, its agricultural sector is lagging. A high proportion of rural households remain poor and food insecure as a result. This article examines the underlying causes of poor agricultural performance through a combination of literature and secondary data review combined with extensive field interviews with a broad range of key informants in the main agricultural zones of the country. We identify key structural changes that are needed to unleash smallholder-led agricultural transformation and broad-based rural economic growth.
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Pakistan : Promoting Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction

June, 2012
Pakistan
Urban Tenure
agriculture
contract farming
decentralization
farmers
food security
land distribution
land ownership
land reform
rural areas
rural development
rural population
urban areas
urbanization
water management
This report shows that after a decade of
moderate growth but little or no long term change in rural
poverty in Pakistan, agricultural output, rural incomes,
rural poverty and social welfare indicators all showed
marked improvements between 2001-02 and 2004-05. However,
longer term trends suggest there is little reason for
complacency. The agricultural GDP per capita growth rate
(1999- 2000 to 2004-05) was only 0.3 percent per year; rural
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Berlin Workshop Series 2008 : Agriculture and Development

May, 2012
Urban Tenure
agriculture
capacity development
climate change
decentralization
development agencies
farmers
food security
land degradation
land distribution
land management
land rights
property rights
rural areas
rural development
rural population
sustainable development
transaction costs
urban areas
urbanization
The workshop brings diverse perspectives
from outside the World Bank, providing a forum in which to
exchange ideas and debate in the course of developing the
World Development Report (WDR). Participants at the 2006
Berlin Workshop gathered to discuss challenges and successes
pertaining to agriculture and development. Agriculture is
the major sector contributing to economic development in
many poor countries. Three out of every four poor people in
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Non-traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : Long-Term Welfare Impacts of Export Crop Adoption among Guatemalan Smallholders

March, 2012
agriculture
contract farming
farmers
food security
land access
land distribution
land ownership
land tenure
rural areas
rural development
rural population
This study documents the long-term
welfare effects of household non-traditional agricultural
export (NTX) adoption. The analysis uses a unique panel
dataset, which spans the period 1985-2005, and employs
difference-in-differences estimation to investigate the
long-term impact of non-traditional agricultural export
adoption on changes in household consumption status and
asset position in the Central Highlands of Guatemala. Given