Over the past 20 years, FAO has played an active role in supporting Armenia’s national development plans and emergency projects aimed at increasing agricultural productivity and improving the country’s food security. The Organization has provided technical assistance ranging from developments in the agriculture sector to fighting transboundary animal diseases, natural resources management, land administration and forestry and fisheries interventions.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2019Asia, Armenia
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Inclusive business and agriculture: what are we learning from the field?
Policy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 2019GlobalThis bulletin distils lessons from a sugarcane cooperative in Malawi and a forestry investment scheme in Sierra Leone, drawing on the five pillars of inclusive business as identified in the 2018 LEGEND state of the debate report.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2019France, Global
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2019Global
A wave of commercial investments in the natural resource sectors has rekindled debates about the place of contracts in the interface between economic governance and control over natural resources.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2019Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Global
In economics, land has been traditionally assumed to be a fixed production factor, both in terms of quantity supplied and mobility, as opposed to capital and labor, which are usually considered to be mobile factors, at least to some extent. Yet, in the last decade, international investors have expressed an unexpected interest in farmland and in land-related investments, with the demand for land brusquely rising at an unprecedented pace.
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Library ResourceTraining Resources & ToolsJanuary, 2019South America
Ensuring the collective survival of indigenous peoples requires guaranteeing their rights and access to traditional lands. In Colombia, indigenous peoples’ struggle for ancestral land rights has been ongoing for more than four centuries, marked by collective mobilization and pressure before official entities.
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Principle(s) Addressed Use Open Data, Open Standards, Open Source & Open Innovation; Be Collaborative
Policy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 2019GlobalWhen disasters displace people, land records and geospatial data are key to protecting property rights and building resilience.When land conflicts occur, it is clear that conciliation efforts would benefit from access to data and evidence. In order for marginalized peoples and communities to gain control of their rights, there is no doubt that data, information and knowledge are indispensable.
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesJanuary, 2019Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Secure access to land and secure use of land, for housing-, agricultural- and other purposes is one of the cornerstones of making sustainable, positive development possible. As ZOA provides relief, hope and recovery to people impacted by conflicts and disasters, addressing land rights issues will need to be a permanent point of attention in our work.
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Library ResourceVideosJanuary, 2019Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Teaser for ZOA's new land rights guidelines developed with input from many of our peers and partners, based on the work done by many others in the field and supported by the Knowledge Management Fund (KMF).
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Library ResourceTraining Resources & ToolsJanuary, 2019Kenya
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