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Farmland Fragmentation, Farmland Consolidation and Food Security: Relationships, Research Lapses and Future Perspectives

Volume 10 Issue 2

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2021
United States of America
Land & Food Security
farmland
food security
land consolidation
research
Farmland fragmentation and farmland consolidation are two sides of the same coin paradoxically viewed as farmland management tools. While there is a vast body of literature addressing the connections between farmland fragmentation and farmland consolidation on the one hand and agriculture production and crops diversification on the other hand, their relationship with variations in food security is still under-explored. This challenges policy makers about whether and how to devise policies in favor of fragmentation conservation or defragmentation.
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Global Trends on Food Security Research: A Bibliometric Analysis

Volume 10 Issue 2

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2021
Central African Republic, China, India, British Indian Ocean Territory, Russia, United States of America, Europe
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
land use
research
The issue of food security has been widely studied by the international community. To reveal the research situation as it pertains to food security objectively, this paper comprehensively utilizes bibliometrics techniques (i.e., Bibliometrix, VOSviewer, and CiteSpace) to explore the research status and development trends in the area of food security. The results show that: (1) food security research has shown an increasing trend during the past 30 years.
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Policy briefs : guidelines for municipal policymaking on urban agriculture

Reports & Research
December, 2003
South America, Central America
Land & Food Security
Urban Tenure
food security
land management
urban areas
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Flatness, Flooding and Farming (F3) : adapting to climatic and hydrological changes in the plains of Argentina and Paraguay; final technical report (October 1, 2011 - March 31, 2014)

Reports & Research
October, 2014
Argentina, Paraguay
Land & Food Security
farming systems
land management
Exploration and mapping of alternative land uses suggest ways to foster territorial development pathways that can coexist with a forest cover. As the Pampas and Chaco are becoming one of the most relevant global grain suppliers of South America, the fast expansion of crops over pastures (Pampas) and dry forests (Chaco), ongoing climate changes, and extremely flat topography, make these regions vulnerable to rapid and non-linear hydrological shifts, including long-lasting floods and salinization processes.
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Haiti’s peasantry as poto mitan : refocusing the foundations of prosperity and development

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Haiti
Land & Food Security
food security
land grabbing
land use change
The paper provides a case study of the conversion of state land in the Commune of Limonade, from a community-controlled agricultural economy to a large-scale agro-export banana plantation called Agritrans. This study shows how repurposing state land may impact food security and social stability of peasant farmers. The Agritrans plantation, designed and implemented by Haitian businessman and current President Jovenel Moïse, is used as a blueprint for Haiti’s development future.
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Groundswell: Preparing for Internal Climate Migration

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2018
South America, Central America, Caribbean, Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
assessment
biodiversity
climate change
environment
food security
land governance
water
Internal climate migrants are rapidly becoming the human face of climate change. According to this new World Bank report, without urgent global and national climate action, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America could see more than 140 million people move within their countries’ borders by 2050.
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O mundo rural no Brasil do século 21

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2014
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
food security
agricultural land management
agriculture
land economics
A história da agricultura mundial no último meio século tem sido, sobretudo, a história de transformações produtivas, impulsionadas pela ciência e pela intensificação tecnológica, e a resultante expansão da capacidade produtiva, pari passu com o crescimento da demanda de alimentos.
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Diretrizes Voluntárias sobre a Governança Responsável da Terra, dos recursos Pesqueiros e Florestais no Cotexto da Segurança Alimetar Nacional

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2015
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
land governance
food security
land policies
natural disasters
fisheries
community forestry
communal territory
land use
conflicts
land conflicts
community land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
land tenure systems
formal tenure
indigenous people's tenure
government
Indigenous Peoples
As Diretrizes Voluntárias para a Governança Responsável da Terra, dos Recursos Pesqueiros e Florestais no contexto da Segurança Alimentar Nacional (DVGT) aprovadas na 38a Sessão extraordinária do

Comitê de Segurança Alimentar Mundial (CSA), em maio de 2012, são um marco histórico. Elas representam o principal documento internacional normativo sobre questões fundiárias consensuado por todos os países membros das Nações Unidas.
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Food, farmers, and the future: Investigating prospects of increased food production within a national context

Land Use Policy Volume 67

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2017
Norway, United States of America
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
farmers
food security
land use
research
With international food price shocks in 2008 and 2011, food security became a political priority in many countries. In addition, some politicians have recently adopted a more nationalistic stance. Against that background, this paper critically investigates the prospects of increased food production within a national context. We use a small, high-income country, Norway, as an empirical case. In 2012, the government set a goal of increasing agricultural food production by 20% by 2030. We ask: 1) How has food production in Norway developed before and after the goal was set?
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Modelling the production impacts of a widespread conversion to organic agriculture in England and Wales

Land Use Policy Volume 76

Peer-reviewed publication
July, 2018
United Kingdom, United States of America
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
food security
land use
research
We assess the production impacts of a 100% conversion to organic agriculture in England and Wales using a large-scale linear programming model. The model includes a range of typical farm structures, scaled up across the available land area, with the objective of maximising food production. The effects of soil and rainfall, nitrogen (N) supply/offtake and livestock feed demand are accounted for. Results reveal major reductions in wheat and barley production, whilst the production of minor cereals such as oats and rye increase.