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From Theory to Practice: Exploring the Implementation of Responsible Land Investments in Africa

Reports & Research
June, 2023
Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda, Laos
Land & Investments
land governance
rural development
land investments
foreign investment
responsible investment
smallholders
Land governance in Africa faces various challenges,including weak legal frameworks and insufficient institutional capacity. Responsible land investmentsare vital for sustainable development and require the active participation of all stakeholders. The project component "Responsible Governance ofInvestments in Land," funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, aims to promote responsible investments in Ethiopia, Laos, and Uganda.
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Rurality Crisis in Armenia

Reports & Research
March, 2022
Armenia
land governance
poverty
rural development
agricultural and rural legislation
rural planning
agriculture
farmers
government
rural population
Armenia is a country that is very much characterized by agriculture – but Armenian rural life is marked by a deep crisis, as this current study shows.
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Agriculture and Rural Cooperation: Examples from Armenia, Georgia and Moldova

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Armenia, Georgia, Moldova
development
rural development
rural planning
agriculture
land economics
farmers
farmers associations
rural population
This paper was prepared within the “Cooperatives and their alternatives” component of the Agrarian Structures Initiative (ASI) which a regional program of FAO in Europe and Central Asia. This paper outlines some of the main issues influencing the development (or not) of farmer and rural organisations and presents in further detail the specific situation in Armenia, Georgia and Moldova. All three countries returned ownership of the majority of land to the rural population.
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Laos: Investment Project Monitoring - Lao Version

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2021
Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Laos
Land & Investments
land administration
land governance
rural development
food security
public participation
land acquisitions
responsible investment
land stakeholders
capacity development
farmers
The Global Programme 'Responsible Land Policy' (GPRLP) is part of the Special Initiative 'One World, No Hunger' of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), which aims to reduce extreme poverty and hunger.
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Évolution des structures du commerce agroalimentaire: l’importance croissante des pays en développement

Manuals & Guidelines
December, 2021
Africa, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, Oceania
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
rural development
agrarian structure
farming systems
agroforestry systems
agropastoral systems
contract farming
farmers
farmers associations
Le présent document d’orientation analyse les tendances du commerce agroalimentaire à l’échelle mondiale et par groupes de pays, en accordant une attention particulière aux modèles commerciaux dans les pays en développement.
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Laos: Investment Project Monitoring - English Version

Institutional & promotional materials
November, 2021
Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Laos
Land & Investments
land administration
land governance
rural development
food security
public participation
land acquisitions
land investments
responsible investment
land stakeholders
capacity development
farmers
The Global Programme 'Responsible Land Policy' (GPRLP) is part of the Special Initiative 'One World, No Hunger' of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), which aims to reduce extreme poverty and hunger.
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Republic of Uzbekistan: Country strategic opportunities programme

Reports & Research
March, 2017
Uzbekistan
rural development
farmland
agricultural land management
farming systems
agriculture
land economics
smallholders
rural population
This is the first results-based country strategic opportunities programme (RB-COSOP) for the country, and covers the period 2017-2021.

The COSOP draws on national strategies and guidelines for agricultural and rural development, an analysis of three years of country programme experience, and the 2016 Social, Environmental and Climate Assessment Procedures study.
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VGGT Cambodia

Videos
March, 2018
Cambodia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
VGGT
land governance
rural development
sustainable development
land rights
land tenure
farmers
The VGGT are very necessary for Cambodia because of the role these guidelines play in protecting human rights, and especially land rights. Let's watch the video together in order to get more information on VGGT.
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What Awaits Myanmar’s Uplands Farmers? Lessons Learned from Mainland Southeast Asia

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2019
Myanmar
agricultural land management
farmers
farming systems
intensive land use
land access
land conflicts
land reform
land use
local communities
research
rural development
tenure security
Mainland Southeast Asia (MSA) has seen sweeping upland land use changes in the past decades, with transition from primarily subsistence shifting cultivation to annual commodity cropping. This transition holds implications for local upland communities and ecosystems. Due to its particular political regime, Myanmar is at the tail of this development.
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Bangladesh: Boosting food security for poor farmers: Netrakona integrated agricultural production and water management project

January, 2004
Bangladesh, Southern Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
farmers
water management
environment
rural development
landlessness
This document presents the key findings of the evaluation of an integrated agricultural production and water management project implemented by IFAD in Netrakona district, in northern Bangladesh.