The article examines the European share in large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper aims to identify correlation between biofuels policy and large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa and the consequences of this phenomenon. It first identifies the backgrounds that caused the increased interest in biofuel production and, consequently, African land acquisition in recent years. Then, it examines growth in the number of land transactions that take place on the continent. Finally, the paper investigates the share of European capital in land transactions.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2013Austria, Bélgica, Bulgaria, Chipre, República Checa, Alemania, Dinamarca, España, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Grecia, Croacia, Hungría, Irlanda, Italia, Lituania, Luxemburgo, Letonia, Malta, Países Bajos, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Eslovaquia, Eslovenia, Suecia, África
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2010Austria, Bélgica, Bulgaria, Chipre, República Checa, Alemania, Dinamarca, España, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Grecia, Croacia, Hungría, Irlanda, Italia, Lituania, Luxemburgo, Letonia, Malta, Países Bajos, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Eslovaquia, Eslovenia, Suecia, África
This report examines the role of European Union (EU) member States, both collectively and individually, in the current reported wave of foreign land investment in Africa that has led to the current use of the term ‘land grabbing’.It discusses whether this role is consistent with the EU’s commitment to advance agriculture in Africa in order to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals and member states’ obligations under international human rights law.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2003Eslovenia, Hungría, República Checa
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesDiciembre, 2017Eslovenia, Chipre, Luxemburgo, Portugal, Polonia, Letonia, Grecia, Malta, Austria
The aim of article is assessment the impact of the affiliation of the country to the EU-15 or EU-12 on agricultural land productivity and its price. The tasks of article are evaluation of intensity in agriculture in the countries EU-15 and EU-12 and evaluation of differences in land productivity and its prices between EU-12 and EU-15 countries in years 2007−2013. The analysis showed that in the 2007−2013 period the EU-15 and EU-12 significantly differed in capital intensity.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesDiciembre, 2011Eslovenia
Still, more agricultural land is getting abandoned in Slovenia, specially in less favored areas. Such process of degradation of fertile land is most intensively present in the Obalno-kraska region and Goriska. Similar happens with grassland in mountain region as less and less animals which are suitable for that region are bred there. To prevent brush encroachment and to start recultivation of aban
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesJulio, 2011Eslovenia, Francia, Estonia, Eslovaquia, Bélgica, España, Luxemburgo, Suecia, Alemania, Dinamarca, Bulgaria, Letonia, Grecia, Malta, Finlandia, Chipre, Lituania, Hungría, Austria, Italia, Portugal, Polonia, Países Bajos, Irlanda, Rumania, República Checa
Great share of rented land in total utilised area as well as a significant variability of land rent and market prices of land causes a need of research that would assess which factors influence the land rent as well as the price of land and how significant such factor are in each state. The average land rent is significantly lower in new EU member states than in the EU 15 members. There is a strong dependence of land rent on the intensity of production. Subsidies have moderate to medium influence.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2011Eslovenia
The article discusses the process of recognizing the local developmental and human potentials in the pilot area of Pohorje, Slovenia. Special emphasis herein is given to the need of stakeholder participation strategic plan. In the pilot area, the theoretical model was tested. As we are dealing with a wooded area, the role of forestry is highly significant in this respect, and it has been even est
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesDiciembre, 2013Estonia, Eslovaquia, Lituania, Hungría, Polonia, Letonia, Eslovenia, República Checa, Europa oriental, Europa
Using the database of eight Central and Eastern European transition economies compiled from the World Bank collection of World Development Indicators, the authors examine the relationship between high contract-intensive money as an indicator of contractual and property rights (or a general measure of the quality of governance and institutions) and performance of several macroeconomic indicators (GDP growth, FDI to GDP ratio, employment rate etc.) over the period from 1990 to 2011. The Pearson's correlation coefficients were used to determine the strength of the relationships.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2010Serbia, Eslovenia, Macedonia del Norte, Eslovaquia, Lituania, Kazajstán, Turquía, Croacia, Azerbaiyán, Ucrania, Kirguistán, Bulgaria, Estonia, Letonia, Rusia, Moldavia, Belarús, Bosnia y Herzegovina, Hungría, Turkmenistán, Albania, Uzbekistán, Armenia, Polonia, Tayikistán, Georgia, Montenegro, República Checa, Asia, Europa
Настоящее исследование по вопросам управления землепользованием в странах Восточной Европы и Содружества Независимых Государств (СНГ) было подготовлено в качестве основания для обсуждения в ходе региональных консультационных совещаний в рамках разработки Добровольных руководящих принципов ответственного управления режимом владения землей и другими природными ресурсами ФАО. Региональное совещание для Восточной Европы состоялось в Бухаресте 22 24 марта 2010 года. Региональное совещание для стран СНГ будет проведено позже в этом году.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2010Georgia, Europa, Bulgaria, República Checa, Hungría, Moldavia, Polonia, Rumania, Eslovaquia, Dinamarca, Estonia, Finlandia, Letonia, Lituania, Noruega, Reino Unido, Albania, Bosnia y Herzegovina, Croacia, Italia, Macedonia del Norte, Montenegro, Serbia, Eslovenia, España, Alemania, Países Bajos, Suiza
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and other development partners are working together with countries to prepare Voluntary Guidelines that will provide practical guidance to states, civil society, the private sector, donors and development specialists on the responsible governance of tenure. By setting out principles and internationally accepted standards for responsible practices, the Voluntary Guidelines will provide a framework and point of reference that stakeholders can use when developing their own policies and actions.
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