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    A World Bank Policy Research Report

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2003
    Global

    Land policies are of fundamental importance to sustainable growth, good governance, and the well-being of, and the economic opportunities open to, both rural and urban dwellers - particularly the poor. To this end, research on land policy, and analysis of interventions related to the subject, have long been of interest to the Bank's Research Department, and other academic, and civil society institutions.

  2. Library Resource
    Farmer and Farm Worker Perceptions of Land Reform and Sustainable Agriculture in Tajikistan cover image
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2012
    Tajikistan

    The objectives of the study are to
    assess the impact of operational efforts in farmland
    restructuring and sustainable agricultural land management
    on vulnerability amongst rural households in Tajikistan; and
    to provide context and improve strategies for current
    operations in land reform, rural growth and sustainable land
    management given the challenges of economic transition,
    institutional, economic and environmental fragility, and the

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2008
    Vietnam

    ABSTRACTED FROM THE INTRODUCTION: This study investigates the impact of a specific legal change to land rights in Vietnam. Land rights are an important issue in Vietnam, where agriculture accounts for nearly a quarter of gross domestic product (GDP) and two-thirds of the workforce is engaged in agricultural activities. Agricultural land in Vietnam was decollectivized in 1988, and land-use rights were granted to households.We focus on the subsequent land law of 1993, which gave house- holds the right to inherit, transfer, exchange, lease, and mortgage their land-use rights.

  4. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    April, 2013
    Asia, Central Asia, Europe, Eastern Europe

    This volume presents a synthesis of the multi-country collaborative program of analytical and advisory activities titled reducing vulnerability to climate change in European and Central Asian (ECA) agricultural systems. Climate change and its impacts on agricultural systems and rural economies are already evident throughout the ECA region. Adaptation measures now in use in the region-largely piecemeal efforts-would be insufficient to prevent impacts on agricultural production over the coming decades.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2006
    Japan, Philippines, South-Eastern Asia

    Contents: 


    • The Seikatsu Club Consumers Cooperative: A Unique Producer-Consumer Relationship in Japan
    • PDAP’s Push for Organic Rice: Enhancing the Survival of Filipino Rice Farmers in a Liberalized Economic
    • Setting Green Net: A Trailblazer in Organic Marketing in Southeast Asia
    • The Fair Trade System: Focus on the Oxfam-GB Model
    • Emergency or Expediency?: A Study of Emergency Rice Reserve Schemes in Asia 
  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    February, 2004
    Asia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

    This book, “Shaping the Asian Peasant Agenda: Solidarity Building Towards Sustainable Rural Development in Asian Rural Communities”, portray the perspectives of AFA and AsiaDHRRA on the agrarian and agricultural situation in their own countries and of the sub-region. It contains country reports, workshop results and lectures of keynote speakers and resource persons, presented during the sub-regional conferences conducted by AFA from August till October of 2003.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    May, 1991
    Asia, Bangladesh

    Over millions of years, nature has built up an intricate system of relationship of exchange and mutual dependence among its elements - land, water, air, forest, sunlight and living things - to create what we call the ecosystem. It is the life support system of all living things on this planet and provides not oniy the daily needs but also saves resources for future generations. But this very life support system is endangered by man's aggression against nature. In the last few decades, the aggression has reached unprecedented levels.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015
    Cambodia

    ABSTRACTED FROM THE INTRODUCTION: ...the book includes 10 chapters. The first chapter provides the overview of the conceptual approach of the program and a synthesis of key findings. The core of the book consist of eight chapters which have been grouped thematically in four sections: water management and agriculture; agricultural innovation and food security; land use change and food security strategies in communities of indigenous people; and environmental change in fishing communites.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015
    Laos

    This article examines changing contexts and emerging processes related to “land grabbing”. In particular, it uses the case of Laos to analyze the driving forces behind land takings, how such drivers are implied in land policies, and how affected people respond depending on their socio-economic assets and political connections.

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