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    Farmer's decisions and landscape change : an actor-based approach for land-use research

    Reports & Research
    December, 2010
    Land & Food Security
    Land & Investments
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    agricultural land management
    farmers
    farming systems
    land use
    land-use planning
    land-use planning
    rural planning

    This dissertation has two objectives. The first objective is to link conceptually individual decisions and land-use/cover change (LUCC) patterns in rural regions. The second objective is to use these concepts to explore the influence of policy on LUCC as a response of farmers' decisions. To achieve these objectives, different approaches are used. Firstly, agent typologies are used to simplify and allocate the regional diversity of farmers' decisions. Secondly, an agent-based approach is used to link individual decisions and LUCC patterns in a regional model.

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    The economics of land fragmentation in the individual farm sector of Moldova

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2010
    Moldova
    Indigenous & Community Land Rights
    farmers
    land consolidation
    smallholders

    În această lucrare se descrie starea actuală a fragmentării funciare al gospodăriilor ţărăneşti din Republica Moldova şi efectele pe care le are aceasta asupra bunăstării familiilor rurale şi a productivităţii exploataţiilor agricole. Ipoteza de bază înaintată este dacă consolidarea terenurilor agricole va avea efecte benefice asupra productivităţii şi dacă această este binevenită pe termen lung. În acest context, se va examina consolidarea în baza principiilor economiei de piaţă, utilizând informaţia obţinută din mai multe studii de teren recent efectuate.

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    Climate change, local institutions and adaptation experience: the village tank farming community in the dry zone of Sri Lanka

    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2010
    Sri Lanka
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    climate change
    common property
    farmers

    Farmers are in a continuous process of, individually and as community groups, adjusting to the observed variability in climate parameters. Climate shocks are considered by farmers in their decision-making as factors affecting risk and uncertainty, and farmers make their choices so as to minimize such risks. The overall outcome of these individual and community efforts is known as climate adaptation, which itself is a continuous process. Farmers are traditionally supported by local institutions in this process, which are also currently in a state of transformation.

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    Climate Change Adaptation for Smallholder Farmers in Southeast Asia

    January, 2011
    Indonesia, Vietnam, Southern Asia, Eastern Asia, Oceania
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    farmers
    climate change
    land use
    research
    environment

    Climate change is set to have a significant impact on climate-sensitive sectors of national economies, such as agriculture. This report, published by the World Agroforestry Centre, discusses the challenges that climate change brings to smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia, and outlines adaptive measures that can be taken. It begins with a brief general discussion of climate change and moves on to describe the likely impacts for farmers. The following section highlights adaptive strategies available to small-scale farmers in the region.

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    Land investments or land grab?: a critical view from Tanzania and Mozambique

    January, 2010
    Tanzania, Mozambique, Sub-Saharan Africa
    Land & Investments
    land
    farmers
    land grabbing
    land investments
    agriculture

    This report discusses the potential benefits of, and the current challenges for, agricultural land investment in Tanzania and Mozambique. The paper finds that there is little, if any, development potential in these investments. Indeed, the economic growth potential of investments in agricultural land is questionable due to an inadequate regulatory framework governing foreign direct investments (FDI) in the sector.

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    Land Grabbing in Africa. A Review of the Impacts and the Possible Policy Responses

    Reports & Research
    October, 2010
    Africa
    Land & Investments
    Land & Gender
    land
    farmers
    land deals
    land grabbing
    land rights
    scale
    women

    Includes the rise of land deals in sub-Saharan Africa; land grabbing and risks for small scale farmers; land grabs: another yoke over women’s land rights?; is land grabbing threatening pastoralism?; opportunity for groups at risk: the African Union’s continental standards on the land question.

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    Obstacles Facing Emerging Women Farmers in the Western Cape and Northern Cape, South Africa

    Reports & Research
    January, 2010
    South Africa, Africa
    Land & Gender
    land reform
    land
    farmers
    women

    Contains a critique of food and land reform policies in South Africa, findings, analysis and recommendations. Findings focus on women and farming: significance, roles and responsibilities, accessing and cultivating land, support from the private and public sector, reflections of emerging women farmers

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