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Similarities and dissimilarities between the EU agricultural and rural development model and Romanian agriculture. Challenges and perspectives

Land Use Policy Volume 44

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2015
Romania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
development
land policies
land use
research
rural development
The main aims of this study are to highlight the differences and the similarities between the European model of agricultural and rural development, and the state of play in the Romanian agricultural sector. Statistically speaking, the agricultural sector's indicators of the past two decades place Romania outside the family picture of the EU countries, with very slight resemblances, and very strong discrepancies between their economic, technical, and institutional characteristics.
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Rural Land Utilization and Commercial Agriculture among Female arable Crop Farmers in South West Nigeria

Vol 3, No 2: May 2020

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2020
French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Nigeria
Land & Food Security
agriculture
farmers
Utilization of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes poses a threat to food production and agriculture commercialization. Hence, this study examined Rural Land Utilization and Commercial Agriculture among Female arable Crop Farmers in South West Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used to collect primary data through questionnaire administration. Findings shows that 71.62% of the women had land market index of 0, indicating that they obtained their land through non-transaction based method and 28.38% acquired their land through transaction based method.
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Effects of Women Land Rights on Agricultural Outcomes in Rwanda

Vol 2, No 1: March 2019, Special Issue on Women&Land

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2019
Rwanda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
food security
farming systems
agriculture
land rights
farmers
women
This study examines the effect of land rights on agricultural outcomes in Rwanda. We characterize the effects of land rights from two perspectives. The first one is land rights indicated by the right to sell and guarantee land and the second one is land titling. The agricultural outcomes include agricultural productivity, food security and nutritional diversity. From the results, land rights are found to have a positive relationship with all the outcome variables. The effect of land rights on agricultural productivity is larger if the household head is male.
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Hello Can You Hear me? On Climate Change: Inequalities And Gender Vulnerability In Benin

Vol 3, No 1: March 2020, Special Issue 2 on Land Policy in Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2020
Benin
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
agriculture
This paper focuses on gender mainstreaming in modeling the impacts of climate change by development sector. Inspired by the methodologies of the Guillaumont economic vulnerability index (2008, 2009) and the UNDP poverty vulnerability ratio (2011), a synthetic index called the ‘Index of Inequality of Gender Vulnerability to Climate Change (IIGVcc)’, which is a modeling by development sector, of vulnerability inequalities to climate change between men and women, is proposed.
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Agriculture and Rural Transformation in Burkina Faso: Does Land Rights Matter?

Vol 3: Special Issue 3, 2020

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2020
Burkina Faso
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
agriculture
land rights
In the search for rural transformation, this paper analyses the effect of agriculture on rural nonfarm entrepreneurship (NFE) highlighting the role of land rights and assesses the impact of rural NFE on households’ livelihood focusing on rural Burkina Faso. To achieve these objectives, the study uses two techniques: (i) propensity score matching technique to investigate the nonfarm entrepreneurship impact on farm households’ income; (ii) logistic regression to assess the role of agriculture in the development of nonfarm enterprises.
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Responsible investments in agriculture and food systems – A practical handbook for parliamentarians and parliamentary advisors

Manuals & Guidelines
December, 2020
Global
Land & Investments
land governance
sustainable development
food security
agricultural and rural legislation
environment
agricultural land management
agriculture
responsible investment
This Handbook provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the role that Parliamentarians and Parliamentary Advisors can play in the creation of reliable, coherent, and transparent “enabling environments” in the range of areas related to investment in agriculture and food systems. It does so through guidance notes, examples of good practices, and very practical indications, and sets out key stages of processes and mechanisms for MPs and advisors to consider while promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems.
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Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development in Uzbekistan

Reports & Research
December, 2019
Uzbekistan
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
rural development
climate change
farmland
farming systems
agriculture
women
Gender equality is a key to eliminating poverty and hunger, as it has been demonstrated by the FAO throughout its research worldwide. As part of the FAO efforts on generating evidence and knowledge, and in compliance with the FAO Policy on Gender Equality, the purpose of the Country Gender Assessment for Uzbekistan is to contribute to the production of knowledge for better informed, targeted and gender sensitive actions in agriculture and rural development.
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Persistence and Change in Customary Tenure Systems in Myanmar

Reports & Research
January, 2021
Myanmar
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
land law
land policies
customary law
forestry
agroforestry systems
agriculture
conflicts
migration
customary land rights
customary tenure
Indigenous Peoples
Based on a broad review of the existing documentation, the study describes the diversity of customary tenure systems in various regions of Myanmar; it looks at what they have in common and how they differ. It investigates the processes that affect or weaken the community jurisdiction over their lands and resources. It is intended as a resource for policymakers who are looking at recognizing and protecting the customary rights of rural communities.
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Land conflicts between Economic Land Concessions and smallholder farmers in Bousra commune (Cambodia): What Are the Policy Implications?

Reports & Research
January, 2020
Cambodia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
agriculture
concession (land)
land investments
foreign investment
land dispute
land dispute resolution
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
In 2007-8, the Cambodian government granted Economic Land Concessions (ELC) to two rubber companies, namely Socfin-KCD and Dak Lak Mondulkiri Aphivath in Bousra commune, Mondulkiri province. Through a comparative approach, the Case study examines the impact of these rubber concessions on local land tenure systems. It examines how each company took into consideration the land claims of affected people and communities, and the effectiveness of the conflict resolution approach.
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Guide on incentives for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems

Manuals & Guidelines
May, 2021
Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
food security
climate change
agriculture
responsible investment
land stakeholders
Increased investment in agriculture and food systems—from both the private and public sectors—is critical to enhance food security and nutrition, reduce poverty, and adapt to climate change. To generate sustainable benefits, this investment must be responsible. What role should investment incentives play in encouraging such investment? This Guide helps to answer that question.