One of the most wellknown biofuel investments was that of Bioshape, which acquired approximately 34,000 ha in Kilwa District for the cultivation of jatropha.
This study uses five rounds of household panel data from Tigray, Ethiopia, collected in the period 1998–2010 to assess the impacts of a land registration and certification program that aimed to strengthen tenure security and how it has contributed to increased food availability and, thus, food security in this food-deficit region.
The objective of this study and mission was to contribute to an understanding of and assist in developing consensus around the opportunities and challenges to Mozambique‟s economic competitiveness and growth as a result of the current resource boom. The mission identified competitiveness and growth challenges and issues, and prepared draft scopes of work for further research on competitiveness and growth in Mozambique in the context of potential “Dutch Disease”.
Climate-induced livelihood transitions in the agricultural systems of Africa are increasingly likely. There is limited evidence on what such transitions might look like. We carried out fieldwork in 12 sites in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to understand changes in farming systems in the recent past, and to test the hypothesis that sedentary farmers in zones that may become warmer and drier in the future may be forced to increase their reliance on livestock vis-à-vis cropping in the future. We estimated the contribution of crop and livestock activities to incomes, food security and poverty.
This is a Social Agreement posted on OpenLandContracts.org. It lists Oil palm or palm oils as the primary resource(s)
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