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World Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030. Summary Report

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2002
Angola, Egypt, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Belgium, Mali, Burundi, Germany, China, Indonesia, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benin, Ethiopia, Niger, Eritrea, Mozambique, Turkey, Haiti, Italy, India, Brazil
forestry
agricultural land management
natural resources management
environment
fisheries
poverty
rural development
agriculture
This report is a shorter version of World agriculture: towards 2015/2030, FAO's latest assessment of the long-term outlook for the world's food supplies, nutrition and agriculture. It summarizes the projections, distills the messages and presents them for the generalist. The projections cover supply and demand for the major agricultural commodities and sectors, including fisheries and forestry. This analysis forms the basis for a more detailed examination of other factors, such as nutrition and undernourishment, and the implications for international trade.
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World Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030. An FAO perspective

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2003
Egypt, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, China, Indonesia, Canada, Iran, Benin, Pakistan, Uruguay, Thailand, Italy, Iraq, India, Chad, Mexico, Brazil, Ghana
forestry
agricultural land management
natural resources management
environment
fisheries
poverty
rural development
agriculture
World agriculture: towards 2015/2030 is FAO’s latest assessment of the long-term outlook for the world’s food supplies, nutrition and agriculture. It presents the projections and the main messages. The projections cover supply and demand for the major agricultural commodities and sectors, including fisheries and forestry. This analysis forms the basis for a more detailed examination of other factors, such as nutrition and undernourishment, and the implications for international trade.
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World agriculture towards 2030/2050: the 2012 revision

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Algeria, Angola, Egypt, United States of America, Ukraine, China, Australia, Canada, Congo, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Mozambique, Yemen, Japan, Madagascar, Brazil, Argentina, India, Russia, Sudan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia
agricultural land management
land use
This paper is a re-make of Chapters 1-3 of the Interim Report World Agriculture: towards 2030/2050 (FAO, 2006). In addition, this new paper includes a Chapter 4 on production factors (land, water, yields, fertilizers).
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Workshop proceedings on capacity development in agricultural water management - Moscow 2004

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2005
Egypt, United States of America, Spain, Zambia, Ukraine, Italy, United Kingdom, Netherlands, France
agricultural land management
water management
capacity development
research
The International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage (IPTRID) is an international multi-donor programme, co-managed by partner organizations, created in 1990 at the request of the International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). Its Secretariat, first located at the World Bank, was transferred to FAO in 1998, where it is being hosted, in the Land and Water Development division (AGL) as a Special Programme.
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Workshop on Integrated Reef Resources Management in the Maldives - Bay of Bengal Programme

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1997
Japan, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, India, Maldives, Thailand, Asia
fisheries
natural resources management
For much of the world's tropical population, coral reefs are synonymous with reef fish and edible marine invertebrates. Reef-related fisheries are important to small-scale fisherfolk, as a source of both protein and livelihood security for local coastal communities. In all of Asia, coral reef resources play a role in the food and livelihood security of coastal communities. Perhaps nowhere in Asia in this role more important than in the Maldives.
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Works on Common Land, etc. (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 737 (W.97) of 2012).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
land-use planning
farmland
These Regulations prescribe the procedure for applications to the Welsh Ministers under section 38 of the Commons Act 2006 for consent to carry out restricted works (as defined in section 38(2), (3) and (4) of the Act) on common land and certain related types of applications. The Regulations also provide for the management and determination of applications, including provision for representations, holding site inspections and hearings or inquiries in appropriate cases.

Implements: Commons Act 2006 (Chapter 26). (2006-07-19)
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Works on Common Land, etc. (Procedure) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 2588 of 2007).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
use rights
land-use planning
This Order prescribes, in relation to England, the procedure for applications to the Secretary of State under section 38 of the Commons Act 2006 for consent to carry out restricted works on common land, and certain related types of applications. Restricted works” are: (a) works which have the effect of preventing or impeding access to or over any land to which this section applies; (b) works for the resurfacing of land. The procedures include the making representations in relation to applications.

Implements: Commons Act 2006 (Chapter 26). (2006-07-19)
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Works on Common Land (Exemptions) (England) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 2587 of 2007).

Regulations
United Kingdom, Europe, Northern Europe
use rights
land-use planning
This Order prescribes, in relation to England only, exemptions to the prohibition in section 38(1) of the Commons Act 2006 on the carrying out, without the consent of the Secretary of State, of any restricted works on land to which that section applies. Exemptions include, subject to certain conditions, erecting of temporary fences for the purposes of (a) restricting the movement of animals which are grazing on the land, (b) allowing recovery of vegetation, and (c) nature conservation.
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WORKING PAPER 04/2011: CORRUPTION IN THE LAND SECTOR

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2011
Global, Sub-Saharan Africa, Americas, Central Asia, Europe
Land & Corruption
agriculture
corruption
environment
land governance
land management
land rights
natural resources management
tenure security
sustainable development
Unprecedented pressures on land and its governance have been created. As evident around the globe, where land governance is deficient, high levels of corruption often flourish. Under such a system, land distribution is unequal, tenure is insecure, and natural resources are poorly managed.
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Worker displacement during the transition : experience from Slovenia

January, 1995
Slovenia, Eastern Europe, Europe
Land Conflicts
displacement
land tenure
At 3 to 4 percent a year, the displacement rate for the Slovenian labor force in 1990 93 was higher than that for the North American labor force during a major recession in the 1980s. But patterns of displacement were similar.Unusually rich administrative data sets covering both firms and workers enabled Orazem, Vodopivec, and Wu to study displacement in Slovenia during 1987 93.They describe displacement trends and the characteristics of displaced workers, comparing them to those in North America during a major recession.