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Women in agriculture: Four myths

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2018
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
food security
farming systems
land rights
farmers
women
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Résilience des communautés face aux chocs des changements climatiques et socioéconomiques au Mali

L’agroécologie paysanne comme alternative à la baisse de la production agricole. Cas de la région de Ségou

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2024
Mali
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land degradation
land use
agriculture
tenure security
farmers
Les chocs climatiques exercent une pression sur les terres agricoles qui se manifeste par la surexploitation des terres et l’utilisation abusive d’intrants, ce qui accélère et aggrave leur dégradation (lessivage continu, érosion, transport des particules). La sécurisation foncière des communautés contribue au développement et à la promotion de l’agroécologie paysanne. Elle encourage l’investissement dans les terres agricoles (par des plantations d’arbres à des fins agroécologiques).
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Reseña de Agricultura Familiar Uruguay

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2022
Latin America and the Caribbean, Uruguay
Land & Food Security
Land Degradation & Tenure
agricultural land management
smallholders
En América Latina, Uruguay se destaca por ser una sociedad igualitaria con un elevado ingreso per cápita, bajos niveles de desigualdad y pobreza y la ausencia casi universal de pobreza extrema. Sin embargo, y pese a la reducción de la pobreza a nivel nacional, algunos habitantes del medio rural continúan siendo pobres y viviendo en situación de aislamiento y vulnerabilidad. Un 47% de los habitantes de las zonas rurales tiene una, o más de una, necesidad básica insatisfecha (FIDA).
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Bangladesh Country Overview: Climate and Land Tenure

Reports & Research
November, 2023
Bangladesh
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land management
climate change
natural disasters
displacement
tenure insecurity
farmers
women
This data card shows some of the key available data from Bangladesh that helps to understand the connection between land tenure security and climate change in that country. It is meant to highlight this often underexplored nexus, though it does not claim to provide any scientific evidence of causality.
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Suelos, aguas y semillas. Un acercamiento a la producción agroecológica de alimentos

Manuals & Guidelines
December, 2022
Latin America and the Caribbean
Land & Food Security
food security
agricultural land management
agroforestry systems
agriculture
smallholders
La idea no fue hacer un manual de tecnologías o cultivos, que ya hay muchos y muy buenos, adaptados a situaciones y territorios concretos de toda América Latina. Sí quisimos plantear una posición conceptual y técnica, que siempre es política, y acercar experiencias que pueden ser útiles para las producciones concretas.
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Unpacking the Land and Socio‐Economic Effects of the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Rural Kenya

Journal Articles & Books
October, 2022
Kenya
Land & Food Security
COVID-19
land governance
rural development
food security
rural areas
land access
farmers
smallholders
rural population
Following its outbreak in late 2019, the Coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) has been reported to have had devastating human health, health systems, and socioeconomic impacts across the globe.
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A Case Study on the Settlement of Rural Women affected by Land Requisitioning in China

January, 2007
China
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
urbanization
migration
farmers
land
development
activities
women
women
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Feminization of Agriculture in China? Myths Surrounding Women’s Participation in Farming

January, 2008
China
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Land & Gender
Land & Food Security
women
agriculture
households
land
development
environment
farmers
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To reallocate or not: Reconsidering the dilemma in China’s agricultural land tenure policy

January, 2011
China
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land tenure
land
property
families
farmland
tenure security
conflicts
farmers
farmland
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Small Family Farms Country Factsheet

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2018
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
agriculture
farmers
smallholders
Tanzania is a low-income country in Eastern Africa with a population reaching nearly 56 million inhabitants. Agriculture remains a cornerstone of the
economy, providing 31 percent to GDP and contributing 24.9 percent of annual export earnings, in particular through the main export crops cashew,
tobacco, sugar, coffee and cotton. Tanzania records a continuous agricultural sector growth and is considered largely self-sufficient in its main staple