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    THE DRAMATIC RISE IN KILLINGS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND DEFENDERS

    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Global

    Urgent action required to challenge impunity of perpetrators, protect citizens and address root causes of environmental crisis

  2. Library Resource

    We No Longer Share the Land - Oxfam Briefing Paper

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2014
    Central African Republic

    Most analyses of violence in Darfur ignore the local dimension of the crisis, focusing instead on the region’s economic and political marginalization and climatic variability. However, agricultural change and other changes relating to the land-rights and land-use systems have led to competition and exclusion, and have played a major role in the collective violence that has raged throughout the region. Understanding these questions is essential for the successful resolution of political and policy debates in Darfur.

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  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Global

    "For millions of people living in the world’s poorest countries, access to land is a matter not of wealth, but of survival, identity and belonging. Most of the 1.4 billion people earning less than US$1.25 a day live in rural areas and depend largely on agriculture for their livelihoods, while an estimated 2.5 billion people are involved in full- or part-time smallholder agriculture.

  4. Library Resource

    Empirical evidence from Ondo and Kano states

    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Nigeria

    In line with the conventional view that customary land rights impede agricultural development, the traditional tenure system in Nigeria has been perceived to obstruct the achievement of efficient development and agricultural transformation. This led to the Land Use Act (LUA) of 1978.

  5. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2014
    Northern America

    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.


  6. Library Resource
    Conflicts over land
    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Asia

    This briefing paper makes the case for proactive business engagement in respecting land rights and ensuring legal, fair and inclusive practices on land use, access to natural resources and equitable development opportunities. It outlines key challenges, provides an overview of existing instruments that can help companies address issues related to land, and points to practical entry points for improved business practices.

  7. Library Resource
    May, 2012

    This sourcebook is intended to be a
    ready reference for practitioners (including World Bank
    stakeholders, clients in borrowing countries, and World Bank
    project leaders) seeking state-of-the-art information about
    good land management approaches, innovations for
    investments, and close monitoring for potential scaling up.
    This sourcebook is divided into three parts: the first part
    identifies the need and scope for sustainable land

  8. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Egypt

    This review of the on-budget expenditure
    of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR)
    in Egypt describes the broad outline of the MARL's
    expenditures and identifies key themes and issues. The
    report examines how the context of the agricultural sector
    has changed, and the adjustment challenge that such change
    poses for the MALR. It explains how the MALR is thinking
    about the future, describes the structures of the MALR, and

  9. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

    Livelihoods, food security, and
    development processes in Sub-Saharan Africa are highly
    dependent on land management practices to generate natural
    ecosystem goods and services. Out of a total population of
    about 717 million people, almost 60 percent depend for their
    livelihood on agriculture, hunting, fishing, or forestry.
    However, unsustainable land management already is leading to
    large-scale land degradation trends, which pose a threat to

  10. Library Resource
    December, 2015
    Brazil

    This report is comprised of two volumes:
    (i) volume one: risk assessment; and (ii) volume two: risk
    management strategy. Volume one continues with chapter one,
    which characterizes the recent performance of the
    agriculture sector, including agro-climatic and market
    conditions. It also identifies the productive systems used
    for this analysis. Chapter two describes the main risks in
    the agricultural sector, capturing market, production, and

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