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   Land degradation assessment and prevention: selected case studies from the ESCWA region

   Enero, 2007

   Egipto, Jordania, Líbano, Siria, Emiratos Árabes Unidos

   Degradación de tierras

   Desertificación

   Ordenación de tierras

   This report looks at possible ways for policy-makers and decision-takers to combat and/or prevent land degradation in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) region, both generally and specifically in the following countries: Egypt, Jordan, Syria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The report begins by reviewing the extent, causes and impact of land degradation and examines the complexity of assessing land degradation programmes.

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   Land-use/land-cover dynamics in Chiang Mai: Appraisal from remote sensing, GIS and modelling approaches

   Mayo, 2006

   Tenencia Urbana

   Sistemas de información geográfica

   cobertura de suelos

   Urbanización

   Remotely-sensed images and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) data were integrated into the SLEUTH cellular automata (CA) model to analyze land-use/land-cover dynamics in Chiang Mai city and its surrounds. The land-use and land-cover statistics, obtained from GIS data base and satellite images from 1952, 1977, 1989 and 2000 revealed rapid increased in urbanization during these periods. To understand the underlying causes of land-use and land-cover dynamics, remote sensing, GIS and modeling techniques were applied.

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   Land tenure and land management in the districts around Mount Elgon: an assessment presented to Mount Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme (MERECP)

   Enero, 2007

   Kenya, Uganda

   Ordenación de tierras

   Mujeres

   This working paper reviews historical and current factors and patterns affecting land use, land tenure, resource access, human settlement, and conflicts over resource access and tenure in the districts around Mt. Elgon in Kenya and Uganda.

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   Soils on the global agenda: developing international mechanisms for sustainable land management

   Artículos de revistas y libros

   Enero, 2006

   Global

   Ordenación de tierras

   Ordenación de tierras sostenible

   This report contributes to the aim of the International Union of Soil Sciences to put sustainable land management higher on the global agenda. The report is divided into three distinct sections:Part I discusses the global soils agenda and outlines experiences and strategies for sustainable land management. It also highlights challenges related to implementing this agenda globallyPart II presents summaries of papers on the development of international mechanisms and instruments for sustainable land management (SLM).

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   Corporate farming in India: is it must for agricultural development?

   Enero, 2006

   India

   Desarrollo rural

   This paper profiles cases of corporate farming practices and examines the rationale for allowing corporate farming in India in the context of its agriculture and rural sector. It points out that the rationale is weak and not supported by evidence on corporate farming.Corporate farming is promoted on the grounds that large-scale corporate agriculture is more efficient than peasant farming prevalent in the country and that it leads to better allocative efficiency, induces higher private investment in agriculture, and results in higher output, income and exports.

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   Societal costs for implementation of agricultural land management policy and some scenarios for more targeted land policy: case study of Latvia

   Enero, 2007

   Letonia

   Ordenación de tierras

   Política agraria

   Investigación

   Desarrollo rural

   The current support policy is increasing gaps in land management intensity among different regions of the country. The support policy for agricultural and rural development does not deal with solutions for land abandonment or environmental objectives, because the abandonment is becoming a hidden, environmental policy and rural development process, which is more expensive for society. Some alternative approaches and principles for designing a new agricultural land policy for Latvia could decrease the policy costs and make land management more targeted and acceptable for society.

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   The development of the agricultural land market as the indicator of the changes occurring in the Polish country during the transformation of the political system

   Enero, 2007

   Letonia, Polonia

   Tierra e Inversiones

   Mercado de tierras

   Investigación

   Zonas rurales

   In the research was submitted agricultural land market in Poland, in the political system transformation conditions, with consideration it function, stimulating the structural change of farming including territorial structure. There were characterized changes occurring in polish country with indication of the following processes: growing strength of agricultural land market, increasing role of agricultural lands' lease and also progressive process of land concentration and changing ownership relations.

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   AGRARIAN REFORM IN THE CONTEXT OF FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY: LAND, TERRITORY AND DIGNITY

   ICARRD, Issue Paper 5

   Documentos de política y resúmenes

   Enero, 2006

   Global

   Reforma agraria

   Derechos de tierras

   Desarrollo rural

   Seguridad alimentaría

   
   

   This paper provides a civil society perspective on agrarian reform and rural development and develops the concept of food sovereignty as an overarching framework or paradigm.

   
   

   
   

   
   

    

   
   

   
   

    

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   Growing better cities

   Urban Agriculture for sustainable development

   Artículos de revistas y libros

   Enero, 2006

   Global

   Tenencia Urbana

   Agricultura

   Medio ambiente

   Seguridad alimentaría

   Ordenación de recursos naturales

   Investigación

   Planificación urbana

   The United Nations predicts that over the next 25 years nearly all population growth will be in the cities of the developing world. At current rates, 60% of the world’s total population will live in cities by 2030. As the cities grow, so does the number of urban poor. Unemployment, hunger, and malnutrition are commonplace. In the big city, most of any cash income the poor might bring home goes to feeding themselves and staying alive; any food that does not have to be bought is a bonus.

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    Growing better cities

    Urban Agriculture for sustainable development

    Artículos de revistas y libros

    Enero, 2006

    Global

    Agricultura

    Medio ambiente

    Seguridad alimentaría

    Ordenación de recursos naturales

    The United Nations predicts that over the next 25 years nearly all population growth will be in the cities of the developing world. At current rates, 60% of the world’s total population will live in cities by 2030. As the cities grow, so does the number of urban poor. Unemployment, hunger, and malnutrition are commonplace. In the big city, most of any cash income the poor might bring home goes to feeding themselves and staying alive; any food that does not have to be bought is a bonus.