Agriculture & Rural Development

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Africa: up for grabs - The scale and impact of land grabbing in agrofuels

Thorben Kruse posted Information | 9 September 2010

The report looks at the extent of these deals for agrofuels and questions the impacts on local communities and the environment. It finds that although information is limited, there is growing evidence that significant levels of farmland are being acquired for fuel crops, in some cases without the...

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Group: EU Working Group on Land Issues
(Mis)Investment in Agriculture- The role of international finance cooperation in global land grabs

Thorben Kruse posted Information | 9 September 2010

Mis)Investment in Agriculture concludes that the promotion of investor access into developing country land markets threatens local food security, displaces local populations, and therefore operates in direct violation of IFC’s Performance Standards as well as several UN Human Rights Conventions...

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Group: EU Working Group on Land Issues
Helping Low-Income Farmers Access High-End Markets

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 11 August 2010

Agricultural producers in the African Caribbean and Pacific region, with the help of a European Commission backed project, are learning how to meet stringent regulations and requirements and continue to sell their foodstuffs in European markets.

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Budget Support is Not the Only Way

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 4 August 2010

Funneling money into the coffers of partner countries is not the only way donors like the European Commission should offer their support. Finances should also be directed towards smaller bodies, like farmers groups, according to Mamadou Cissokho, a farmer’s representative from Senegal.

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Ancient Practices with Modern Value

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 22 July 2010

The roaming farming practices of nomadic pastoralists may appear to have altered little in hundreds of years, but in today’s unpredictable age of climate change these ancient practices may hold the key to flexible farming in hostile environments and donors should do more to support them, say...

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Farming and Agriculture: Looking Out for the Little Guy

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 16 July 2010

Current perceptions of agriculture are too limited, according to expert Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, who would like to see donors embrace and harness the resilience and adaptability of small scale farmers. Donors should not overlook the advantages of small scale agricultural production, which offers...

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Select Bibliography of Reports on Biofuels, Land Rights in Africa & Global Land Grabbing

INTPA Administrator updated the Information | 12 July 2010

A new updated select bibliography of reports on biofuels, land rights in Africa and global land grabbing. Over 70 organizations are cited, with the majority of reports coming from FAO, GRAIN, SCI-DEV NET, Pambazuka News, IIED, and OHCHR. A new updated select bibliography of press cuttings on...

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Group: EU Working Group on Land Issues
Select Bibliography of Reports on Biofuels, Land Rights in Africa & Global Land Grabbing

Thorben Kruse posted Information | 9 July 2010

A new updated select bibliography of reports on biofuels, land rights in Africa and global land grabbing. Over 70 organizations are cited, with the majority of reports coming from FAO, GRAIN, SCI-DEV NET, Pambazuka News, IIED, and OHCHR. A new updated select bibliography of press cuttings on...

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Group: EU Working Group on Land Issues
From threat to opportunity? Problems with the idea of a “code of conduct” for land-grabbing

Thorben Kruse posted Information | 22 April 2010

The dominant storyline of land-grabbing as a threat is ceding ground to a new story line promoted, amongst other, by the World Bank—that of the new land deals as a potential opportunity for rural development. But this supposed win-win formula raises many problems, doubts and concerns Author:...

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Group: EU Working Group on Land Issues
Land Grabbing in Kenya and Mozambique

Thorben Kruse posted Information | 19 April 2010

Over the past years vast tracks of agricultural lands have been taken over by foreign firms. Much of this land is located in African countries with fast increasing populations suffering hunger and under-nourishment. Such land grabbing has been happening largely outside public scrutiny. It has...

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Group: EU Working Group on Land Issues

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