London-based New Forests Company (NFC) would seem to be the design blueprint of how a young modern company should conduct a major land investment in Africa in a responsible way. Oxfam’s investigations reveal that serious allegations by people who were evicted from land to make way for NFC’s operations remain unresolved. How will the company respond?
Action Research for agrarian transformation in farm dweller communities in the Newcastle area of KZN.
The Agriculture Sector Development Programme (ASDP) is a Sector Programme largely implemented at the district level through the District Agricultural Development Plans (DADPs) as an integral part of the District Development Plan (DDP). The government also works at the national level through the Agriculture Sector Lead Ministries (ASLMs) to deal with issues such as fertiliser subsidies, large irrigation schemes, research and development, regulation and coordination as well as quality assurance.
This technical note on access to finance addresses six questions: 1) what is the access to and use of financial services in the Philippines, how does it vary, and how does it compare to other countries? 2) What financial services are available to different market segments? 3) How do different categories of financial institutions contribute to outreach, and what is their potential to expand outreach? 4) How does the regulatory environment support access to finance? 5) What financial infrastructure is available to make credit decisions?
(*) Silvia Lilian Ferro
El presente artículo se basa en el documento del mismo nombre recientemente difundido por el Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS), octavo en la serie EXPLORACIONES. El texto revisa históricamente el papel de las políticas públicas que los Estados Nacionales implementan en la profundización de las brechas de desigualdad en las estructuras agrarias de Sudamérica, y analiza la directa y estrecha relación entre éstas y la construcción de las relaciones de fuerza entre los actores agrarios de la estructura de propiedad de la tierra.
El siguiente trabajo de investigación analiza de manera comparativa las estrategias familiares campesinas de producción y reproducción social en el contexto de la agroindustria florícola en el cantón Cayambe. Se hace una revisión sobre la estructuración de los sistemas productivos, las formas en que las familias se adaptan, resisten y cambian frente a los contextos socioeconómicos con respuestas como la migración o la pluriactividad y cómo estos elementos se articulan con la soberanía alimentaria.
This chapter is an initial exploration and sharing of experiences and ideas based largely on a case study of a group of small farmers who have occupied and are producing on land that they believe they have an historical right to. The group, called Mahlahluvani – although they include people from other communities and claimant groups – are part of a land claim that has been lodged on the land they now occupy, but the claim is not yet settled.
This report provides an overview of the conflict in Loliondo, reviewing historical information, current land uses and tenure arrangements.
Este artículo presenta una reflexión sobre las causas de la concentración de la tierra en Colombia, y la importancia de la reforma agraria en su contribución al desarrollo en el contexto del actual Plan de Desarrollo “Prosperidad para Todos”. El argumento central es que la tenencia de la tierra por motivos especulativos presenta una alta preferencia del público que destina sus recursos a esta, antes que a la adquisición de activos productivos, sacrificando así el desarrollo y el bienestar de la sociedad.
This lesson brief follows the modernization of pastoral livestock production in Kenya. This lesson brief is part of the Focus on Africa: Land Tenure and Property Rights online educational tool. Rangelands and pastoralists in Kenya have received considerable attention from government.
Enormous improvements in human welfare have taken place over the past two centuries, but these have been unevenly distributed and have come at a lasting cost of degradation of our natural environment. At the same time, we cannot stop the engines of growth, because much more economic progress is still needed in order for people in developing countries to have a decent living. But using the traditional environmentally irresponsible development paths is no longer defensible.