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Investment in land and water
No-Tillage Farming for Sustainable Land Management: Lessons from the 2000 Brazil Study Tour
Africa’s changing landscape
Conservation and Land Improvement Project - BANKABLE INVESTMENT PROJECT PROFILE
LADA Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands Methodology and Results
Sustainable Land and Water Management - BANKABLE INVESTMENT PROJECT PROFILE
Agricultural investment and productivity in developing countries
Community-Based Natural Resources and Land Management - BANKABLE INVESTMENT PROJECT PROFILE
Improving tenure security for the poor in Africa
Integrated Land and Water Resources Management - BANKABLE INVESTMENT PROJECT PROFILE
Land Management and Development of Irrigation Schemes (Zanzibar) - BANKABLE INVESTMENT PROFILE
Sustainable Land and Water Resources Development - BANKABLE INVESTMENT PROJECT PROFILE
A contribution to the analyses of the effects of foreign agricultural investment on the food sector and trade in Sub-Saharan Africa
Funding sustainable forestry
Promotion of sustainable commercial aquaculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Volume 1. Policy framework.
The Gender and Equity Implications of Land-Related Investments on Land access, Labour and Income-Generating Opportunities
Tree and Land Tenure in the Eastern Terai, Nepal
Private Sector Assessment for the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources
Paraguay: Financial and Economic Implications of No-tillage and Crop Rotations Compared to Conventional Cropping Systems
FOREST ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF LAO PDR
Land tenure, food security and investment in postwar Sierra Leone
Make money by growing mushrooms
Policy Roundtable 2 - Land Tenure and international investment in agriculture
Proceedings of the Regional Consultation on Investment in Land and Water in the Near East
Russian Federation: Analysis of the Agribusiness Sector in Southern Russia
WSFS Issue Paper: Foreign Direct Investment win-win or land grab?
A time to invest in forestry
Capacity development in irrigation and drainage
FAO Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa (SFE) Strategic Framework 2011 - 2015
From Land Grab to Win-Win
Responsible governance of agricultural investments: a right to food perspective
Strategies for sustainable animal agriculture in developing countries
Financial Analysis of Banking Institutions
Formulation of an Agricultural Sector Investment Programme (ASIP) for the Mountain Areas of Lesotho
LESOTHO: A Note on the Machobane System
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture development programme (CAADP)
FAO Statistical Yearbook 2012 Africa
LOCUST INFESTATION POSES A SERIOUS THREAT TO CROPS IN PARTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES - 29 July 1999
Towards voluntary guidelines on responsible governance of tenure of land and other natural resources - Discussion paper
Assessing the Adoptability of Improved Crop Production Technologies by Small Farmers: the Case of Lesotho
Looking ahead in world food and agriculture
NGOs and forestry
Planning an Aquaculture Facility
A macroeconomic survey of the forestry sector in Latvia
International financing for forestry
Making the most of agricultural investment
Sustainable Land Management in Practice
The Impacts of Public Investment in and for Agriculture
Climate change adaptation in agricultural investment in East Asia and the Pacific
Non-thematic issue
THE SEQUENTIAL THINNING STRATEGY: MAINTAINING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY WHILE IMPROVING FORESTRY ECONOMICS
The Gender and Equity Implications of Land-Related Investments on Land Access, Labour and Income-Generating Opportunities in Northern Ghana
Climate-Smart Agriculture: Smallholder Adoption and Implications for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT). Technical Guidelines for Version 3
Non-thematic issue
The influence of government policies on livestock production and the environment in West Asia and North Africa (WANA)
Bridging the Gap
FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA - 8 November 1999
Land use change, carbon sequestration and poverty alleviation
New Tools for Old Problems: Can Payments for Watershed Services Support Sustainable Agricultural Development in Africa?
Non-thematic issue
Non-thematic issue
RECLAMATION OF A DEGRADED FOREST THROUGH ‘INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE’ – A SUCCESS STORY
Enhancing the role of planted forests and trees outside forests in low forest cover countries
MALAWI: An Investigation into the Presence of a Cultivation Hoe Pan under Smallholder Farming Conditions
Smallholder farmers in India: food security and agricultural policy
Land Reform
Compulsory acquisition of land and compensation
Capacity Development in Food and Agriculture Policies 3 - A review of experiences of establishing emerging farmers in South Africa
Proposed research programme for the brackishwater station to be established at Paikgacha. Final report
Managing Manure to Sustain Smallholder Livelihoods in the East African Highlands
The hatchery culture of bivalves: a practical manual
Land Reform
Access to rural land and land administration after violent conflicts
Households Land Use Strategies in a Protracted Crisis Context: Land Tenure, Conflict and Food Security in Eastern DRC
Land tenure alternative conflict management
Post-conflict land tenure. Using a Sustainable Livelihoods Approach
Land Policy Development in an African Context
Biofuel co-products as livestock feed - Opportunities and challenges
Biofuels and the sustainability challenge
Administration and conflict management in Japanese coastal fisheries
Transhumant grazing systems in temperate Asia
Post conflict land tenure
Amazon lands and forests: What for and for whom?
THE SPATIALITY OF CONSERVATION STRATEGIES: A CASE STUDY FROM THAILAND
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN PARTICIPATORY FOREST DEVELOPMENT: INSIGHTS FROM BANGLADESH
Food for the cities - Emergencies and crisis in urban areas
Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005
Resilient sustainable livelihood system vs. carbon for Kyoto: Can we make both ends meet? A microanalysis for India
Foodcrops and Shortages - No. 2 May 2004
Price monitoring and analysis country brief - Central African Republic
The Role of Alternative Conflict Management in Community Forestry
FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to Kyrgyzstan, December 2010

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Documents
[19/06/2013] Indigenous People and Governance in REDD+ Readiness in Panama-
“Stages and actors in REDD+ readiness read more
Documents
[18/06/2013] The Formalization Fix? Land titling, state land concessions, and the politics of geographical transparency in contemporary Cambodia
“In their widely read discussion paper, the FAO, IFAD, UNCTAD and World Bank propose systematic property rights formalization – “the identification of rights holders, the legal recognition of...
Documents
[17/06/2013] State of Art in Transnational Pressure on Land (TPL) and Food Security in South Asia
“Discourses on rising land acquisition and food security nexus have seriously raised the issue of food security at local levels. read more
Documents
[16/06/2013] Reframing the New Alliance Agenda: A Critical Assessment based on Insights from Tanzania
“A dedicated investment in smallholder farmers to enable them to improve their land use and productivity is critical to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth in African countries. The New...
News
[15/06/2013] Louga : douze ''paysans sans terre'' condamnés à trois mois avec sursis
“Les faits remontent au 9 février 2012. Ce jour-là, le Président Abdoulaye Wade, candidat à sa propre succession, faisait campagne dans son fief de Kébémer. Pendant ce temps, à une dizaine de...
News
[13/06/2013] African Union voices guarded support of foreign investment in agriculture
“According to Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Economy of the African Union (AU) Commission, the AU supports the acquisition of African farmland by foreign...
News
[13/06/2013] Farmers opposition to Mandal-Becharaji SIR SIR CEO handed over resolutions by 26 villages opposing the SIR
“Members of the Campaign Committee comprising 44 villages of 4 talukas and 3 districts were to meet the CEO of MB-SIR Mr. Pankaj Patel. In response, the MB-SIR CEO expressed his willingness...
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[13/06/2013] Increasing the gender gap: the impacts of the bioeconomy and markets in environmental services on women
“Governments are responding to today’s economic and environmental crises with a raft of policies designed to pull in private finance by being business friendly. These include transitioning to...
Documents
[13/06/2013] Land Governance in Asia -
“This paper examines land tenure systems and legal frameworks in Asia, and the current major debates around processes of land reform and justice for poor land users. It sets today’s systems in...
Documents
[13/06/2013] Making Rangelands Secure Bulletin Issue 3
A review of examples and experiences of making rangelands secure.
News
[12/06/2013] El Congreso General Guna en Panamá toma decisión histórica: el territorio de Guna Yala libre de REDD
“Durante su sesión del 9 de junio, la Asamblea General del pueblo Guna en Panamá tomó la decisión histórica de rechazar todos los proyectos de REDD+ en la Comarca de Gunayala. Junto con el...
Documents
[12/06/2013] Investment Contracts for Farmland and Water: 10 Steps
“ “This document is a tool for parliamentarians, government officials, landholders and local communities who are involved in negotiating investment contracts with foreign investors for...
Documents
[12/06/2013] Gaining neighbours or big losers what happened when large-scale, land-based investment in the Ghanaian oil palm sector met the local population on the ground?
“Whether land transactions can benefit the local population depends on the governance system, the so‐called rules of the game and their enforcement. As investors often face a weak institutional...
Multimedia
[12/06/2013] VIDEO: How Liberia's rainforest became target for illegal loggers
“With Liberia’s president issuing permits to clear thousands of acres of rainforest, chief foreign correspondent David Blair travels to a remote village to find out what impact...
News
[12/06/2013] Timber markets challenge Latin American forest communities
“For indigenous communities and other forest dwellers in Latin America, reaping the benefits of timber depends not only on tenure rights, but also on how well they deal with markets, argues a...
Documents
[12/06/2013] Estudio sobre las industrias extractivas en México y la situación de los pueblos indígenas en los territorios en que están ubicadas estas industrias
“Conforme a la decisión adoptada por el Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas en su décimo período de sesiones (véase E/2011/43 y Corr. 1, párr. 57), el Foro Permanente solicitó a Saúl...
News
[12/06/2013] Prolongée la Discussion en ligne sur le pluralisme juridique et droits fonciers des femmes à Madagascar... Rejoignez le debat jusqu'au 23 juin 2013!
  Madagascar et le pluralisme juridique : peut-on concilier droit statutaire et droit coutumier pour promouvoir les droits fonciers des femmes ?   Discussion en ligne, 3-23 juin ...
Documents
[12/06/2013] Avoiding the Riptide: Liberia must enforce its forest laws to prevent a new wave of illegal and destructive logging contracts
“Six months after announcing strong actions to tackle a dramatic breakdown in the rule of law in the logging industry, the government of Liberia has yet to deliver. This briefing presents...
Multimedia
[11/06/2013] FOTOS: Los jóvenes de La Vía Campesina clausuran su asamblea con el compromiso de garantizar el futuro de la agricultura campesina agroecológica
““Los jóvenes somos las semillas, somos el futuro del movimiento campesino”. Con estas palabras se ha clausurado la III Asamblea de Jóvenes de La Vía Campesina, que ha reunido a personas de más...
News
[11/06/2013] The G8′s great land-grab
“On Saturday David Cameron was celebrating the historic commitments to ending under-nutrition that had been secured under the UK’s G8 presidency. But another less visible development was also...
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