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Large-scale land acquisition in Africa
GRID Arendal, 2013Large-scale land investment is not a new phenomenon in Africa, but the speed and scale at which it is occurring today makes it one of the most pressing issues on the continent. These land investments are promoted by advocates as “win-win” solutions - benefiting national economies, rural development and ensuring food security at the same time.DocumentLineage and land reforms in Malawi: do matrilineal and patrilineal landholding systems represent a problem for land reforms in Malawi?"
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013This paper is about land tenure relations among the matrilineal and patrilineal cultures in Malawi. Data from the National Agricultural and Livestock Census are used to characterize marriage systems and settlement and landholding patterns for local communities. Marriage systems correspond to customary land tenure patterns of matrilineal or patrilineal land holding.DocumentDeveloping a strategic plan for Kizimbani Agricultural Training Institute (KATI), Zanzibar, Tanzania – a contribution
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013The Kizimbani Agricultural Training Institute (KATI) fulfils an important role as a vocational training centre for Zanzibar farmers. The demand for extension workers greatly exceeds KATI’s annual throughput of certificate and diploma holders.DocumentThe 2010 Global Consultations on Farmers' Rights: Results from an Email-based Survey
Farmers' Rights, 2011This report presents the results of the e-mail based survey on Farmers‟ Rights. The consultations were organized in response to Resolution 6/2009 of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. A total of 131 respondents from 36 countries participated.DocumentGlobal Consultations on Farmers' Rights in 2010
Farmers' Rights, 2011This report presents the results and proceedings of the Global Consultations on Farmers. Rights carried out in 2010.DocumentWorkshop on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Benefit–sharing in the Multilateral System
Farmers' Rights, 2010This report summarizes the presentations, discussions and recommendations of a workshop, co-hosted by the Indonesian Center for Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Research and Development, Ministry of Agriculture and the Norwegian Ministry for Agriculture and Food, that was held in Bogor, Indonesia, from 9-11 March 2010.DocumentDoes irrigation enhance and food deficits discourage fertilizer adoption in a risky environment? Evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia
Academic Journals, 2011The northern Ethiopian highland in general and the Tigray region in particular is a drought prone area where agricultural production risk is prevalent. Moisture stress is a limiting factor for improved agricultural input mainly fertilizer use.DocumentCash constraints and sticky input expenditures: experimental evidence from Malawi
Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2011Malawi has implemented a large-scale agricultural input subsidy program since 2005 after a period with severe food shortages and the program has contributed to increased food availability, higher real wages, economic growth and poverty reduction.DocumentSocial security, poverty dynamics and economic growth in Angola's smallholder agriculture. A case study of two communities in Huambo province
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011A new Land Act introduced in Angola in 2004 demonstrates a genuine interest in the protection of the customary land rights of rural communities and underlines rural communities’ rights to their land. However, the documentation of customary rights in Angolan agriculture is limited.DocumentCaste discrimination, land reforms and land market performance in Nepal
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2011The caste system is an intricate part of the institutional structure as well as class formation, political instability and conflicts in Nepal. The most severely discriminated group in the caste system is the Dalits, the so-called “untouchables”. Dalits faced religious, occupational and even, territorial discrimination.Pages