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Global land governance: From territory to flow?

Thomas Sikor ,Graeme Auld, Anthony J Bebbington, Tor A Benjaminsen, Bradford S Gentry, Carol Hunsberger, Anne-Marie Izac, Matias E Margulis, Tobias Plieninger, Heike Schroeder, Caroline Upton

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
food security
land reform
land distribution
land acquisitions
land investments
land grabbing
This article reviews recent research on contemporary transformations of global land governance. It shows how changes in global governance have facilitated and responded to radical revalorizations of land, together driving the intensified competition and struggles over land observed in many other contributions to this special issue. The rules in place to govern land use are shifting from ‘territorial’ toward ‘flow-centered’ arrangements, the latter referring to governance that targets particular flows of resources or goods, such as certification of agricultural or wood products.
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This Land is Whose Land? Dispossession, Resistance and Reform in the United States

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2014
Northern America
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
advocacy
agrarian reform
agriculture
extractive industries
cadastres
capacity development
climate change
common property
land conflicts
desertification
environment
farmers
fisheries
food security
forestry
gender equity in access to land
Indigenous Peoples
land governance
land grabbing
land policies
land rights
landlessness
legal empowerment
local communities
natural resources management
pastoralists
property law
research
rural development
land area
land markets
women
Food First Backgrounder, Spring 2014, Vol. 20, No. 1

Introduction: Land, Race and the Agrarian Crisis

The disastrous effects of widespread land grabbing and land concentration sweeping the globe do not affect all farmers equally. The degree of vulnerability to these threats is highest for smallholders, women and people of color—the ones who grow, harvest, process and prepare most of the world’s food.
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Land the New Economic Bubble?

Madeleine Fairbairn

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2014
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agriculture
land conflicts
extractive industries
farmers
Indigenous Peoples
land governance
land grabbing
land policies
land rights
natural resources management
property law
rural development
land area
At the turn of the 21st century, farmland was still considered an investment backwater by most of the financial sector. Although some insurance companies have had farmland holdings for years, most financial investors found farmland, and agricultural investment in general, unappealing compared to the much higher returns to be made in financial markets.

Introduction: Farmland, A Safe Investment in Troubling Financial Times
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Media release: Hungry for land

GRAIN and La Vía Campesina

Reports & Research
May, 2014
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
agriculture
capacity development
land conflicts
environment
extractive industries
farmers
food security
Indigenous Peoples
land governance
land grabbing
land policies
land rights
landlessness
local communities
natural resources management
pastoralists
property law
rural development
land area
land markets

Growing cassava on the banks of the Mekong: small farms tend to prioritise food production over commodity or export crop production.

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Media release

28 May 2014

GRAIN | La Vía Campesina
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Land productivity for staple food crops

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2014
Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
Land & Food Security
geographical information systems
land administration
agriculture
rural development
research
land investments
farmland
agricultural and rural legislation
land management
food security
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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
VGGT
title deeds
land titling
poverty
food security
land law
land policies
environment
land acquisitions
land investments
land grabbing
legal empowerment
ABSTRACTED FROM THE OBJECTIVES SECTION: These Voluntary Guidelines seek to improve governance of tenure of land*, fisheries and forests. They seek to do so for the benefit of all, with an emphasis on vulnerable and marginalized people, with the goals of food security and progressive realization of the right to adequate food, poverty eradication, sustainable livelihoods, social stability, housing security, rural development, environmental protection and sustainable social and economic development.
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2012 Annual Report

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Southern Africa, Middle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, Africa, Asia
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Gender
natural resources management
poverty
food security
capacity development
climate change
environment
agriculture
agricultural and rural legislation
land ownership
land rights
women
research
land investments
farmland
land degradation
natural disasters
sustainable land management
farmers
development agencies
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Fish to 2030: Prospects for fisheries and aquaculture

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
fisheries
food security
climate change
environment
natural resources management
land valuation
This study employs IFPRI’s IMPACT model to generate projections of global fi sh supply and demand. IMPACT covers the world in 115 model regions for a range of agricultural commodities, to which fi sh and fi sh products are added for this study. As is the case with most global modeling work, an important value that IMPACT brings to this study is an internally consistent framework for analyzing and organizing the underlying data.
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Economics of land degradation

The costs of action versus inaction

Peer-reviewed publication
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Southern Asia, South America, Africa, Asia, Niger, Kenya, Uzbekistan, India, Cameroon, Peru
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
land degradation
land
food security
land valuation
environment
In recent years, prices of agricultural land have increased quickly, actually doubling and tripling in many parts of the world. This land value reassessment has been prompted by rising crop prices and perceived land scarcity. But even as the value of land rises, land degradation continues and investments to prevent it are lagging. Awareness of environmental risks has moved to the forefront of global consciousness during the past 25 years.
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2012 Global food policy report

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Southern Asia, Eastern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, Africa, Northern America, Brazil, China, India, United States of America, Europe
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
land policies
agriculture
women
agricultural and rural legislation
farmers
land governance
climate change
environment
rural development
sustainable development
natural disasters
sustainable land management
youth
property rights
land rights
land acquisitions
land degradation
This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have contributed to or hindered progress in food and nutrition security. It reviews what happened in food policy and why, examines key challenges and opportunities, shares new evidence and knowledge, and highlights emerging issues.