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Harvard's billion-dollar farmland fiasco

Reports & Research

September 2018

Global

One of the world's major buyers of farmland is under fire for their involvement in land conflicts, environmental destruction and risky investments. A new report by GRAIN and Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humano presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of Harvard University's controversial investments in global farmland.

The report finds that:

Basta de Asesinatos

Reports & Research

August 2018

Global

el presente informe forma parte del memorial de defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos. se trata de un proyecto unico, desarrollado por una coalicion internacional de organizaciones nacionales e internacionales de derechos humanos, con el objetivo de conmemorar a todas las personas defensoras de derechos humanos que fueron asesinadas desde la entrada en vigor en 1998 de la declaracion de las naciones unidas sobre las personas

defensoras de derechos humanos.

Desigualdades de classe e gênero no acesso à terra

Reports & Research

January 2010

South America

Brazil

Esta dissertação aborda as imbricações de classe e gênero nos processos organizativos relacionados ao acesso à terra. A pesquisa visou compreender de que forma a participação das mulheres no Movimento de Mulheres Trabalhadoras Rurais tem contribuído para gerar mudanças em relação ao acesso e controle da terra no Sertão Central de Pernambuco, Brasil.

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Harvard dépense un milliard de dollars pour l’acquisition de terres agricoles et les communautés rurales du Brésil en paient le prix, indique un nouveau rapport

Reports & Research

September 2018

Brazil

United States of America

Date: 6 septembre 2018

Source: GRAIN et Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos

Harvard's billion-dollar farmland fiasco

Reports & Research

September 2018

Global

The report finds that:

Imposer la vérité face aux tout-puissants: Ces villageoises qui s'opposent au géant de l'huile de palme

Policy Papers & Briefs

September 2018

Global

Date: 20 septembre 2018

Source: Farmlandgrab, Fern

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Imposer la vérité face aux tout-puissants: Ces villageoises qui s'opposent au géant de l'huile de palme

Policy Papers & Briefs

September 2018

Global

Date: 20 septembre 2018

Source: Farmlandgrab, Fern

Harvard's billion-dollar farmland fiasco

Reports & Research

September 2018

Global

The report finds that:

Alpha Logging & Wood Processing Incorporated, Bokomu and Gou-Nwalaila Districts, Social Agreement, 2015

Agreements & Contracts

July 2015

Liberia

This is a Social Agreement posted on OpenLandContracts.org. It lists Timber (Wood) as the primary resource(s)

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AGRIS

Data aggregator

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CGIAR (CGIAR)

CGIAR is the only worldwide partnership addressing agricultural research for development, whose work contributes to the global effort to tackle poverty, hunger and major nutrition imbalances, and environmental degradation.

Constitute Project (CP)

University or Research Institution

Constitute was developed by the authors of the Comparative Constitutions Project at the University of Texas at Austin. It was seeded with a grant from Google Ideas, with additional financial support from the Indigo Trust and IC2.

Cooperativa Sulá Batsú

Civil Society Organization

Sulá Batsú nació en el 2005 como una empresa de economía social solidaria con el objetivo de fortalecer organizaciones, comunidades y empresas sociales de la región latinoamericana. Esta iniciativa se creó bajo un modelo de cooperativa autogestionaria, con la visión de explorar nuevas formas de gestión de emprendimientos asociativos interesados en la acción social.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Journal

The Directory of Open Access Journals was launched in 2003 at Lund University, Sweden, with 300 open access journals and today contains ca. 10000 open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social science and humanities.

FAO Legal Office (FAOLEX)

The FAO Legal Office provides in-house counsel in accordance with the Basic Texts of the Organization, gives legal advisory services to FAO members, assists in the formulation of

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (FAO)

United Nations Agency

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information.

Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)

Network

The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) is an alliance of global regional and national partners contributing to poverty alleviation through land reform, improved land management and security of tenure particularly through the development and dissemination of pro-poor and gender-sensitive land tools.

Secure land tenure and property rights are fundamental to shelter and livelihoods as well as the realisation of human rights, poverty reduction,economic prosperity and sustainable development.

Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) (HFHI)

Non-profit organization

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Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS)

Civil Society Organization

El Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS) es una iniciativa de la sociedad civil que nació en el año 2009 para promover enlaces, sinergias y acciones de desarrollo rural de base campesina indígena en la región sudamericana.

El IPDRS ejecuta proyectos, realiza consultorías y evaluaciones y gestiona servicios de fortalecimiento de capacidades de desarrollo rural en Sudamérica a través de las líneas de: INVESTIGACIÓN-ACCIÓN, COMUNICACIÓN PARA EL DESARROLLO e INTERAPRENDIZAJE.

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

University or Research Institution

About IFPRI

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Established in 1975, IFPRI currently has more than 500 employees working in over 50 countries. It is a research center of theCGIAR Consortium, a worldwide partnership engaged in agricultural research for development.

Land Journal

Journal

Land (ISSN 2073-445X) is an international, scholarly, open access journal of land use and land management published quarterly online by MDPI.

Mekong Land Research Forum

Network

University or Research Institution

The Mekong Land Research Forum seeks to bring research and policy a bit closer together. It does this in part by making the research more accessible and in part by helping to distill the key messages and points of debate so that information overload does not overwhelm policy makers and other advocates for progressive policy reform.

Mokoro

Non Governmental organization

We are an international development consultancy working to improve the wellbeing and opportunities of poor and vulnerable people, by supporting sustainable economic and social development.

Movimiento Regional por la tierra y el territorio (MRxT)

Network

Tradicionalmente el desarrollo rural remite a conceptos como pobreza, expulsión, insatisfacción de necesidades, marginamiento, desnutrición, inviabilidad, insostenibilidad, etc. Es preciso reconocer que esta lectura se ha convertido en un discurso reiterativo y rígido que funcionaliza al desarrollo rural a un tipo de política pública que subestima y relega la vida en el campo.

El Movimiento Regional por la Tierra y el Territorio nace en reacción a estos enfoques y prácticas, proponiendo una renovada mirada de lo rural.

NRMC

NRMC is a technical and managerial advisory firm in the development sector that provides evidence-based solutions for sustainable, equitable and inclusive development.

Established in 2004, NRMC is engaged in creating impactful solutions that make a difference to the society. We achieve results at scale by catalyzing partnership with clients and communities. We believe in ethical business, nurturing talent to be courageous to push the limits of knowledge and discovering new ways of doing things.

Resource Equity

Non-profit organization

Resource Equity works to advance women’s rights to land and natural resources in order to promote women’s economic and social empowerment, and to reduce poverty while promoting lasting and equitable global development.

Rural21 (Rural21)

Journal

The international journal Rural 21 has dedicated more than 40 years to all topics surrounding rural development. Its ambition is to further those strategies and policies that strengthen rural areas of developing and newly industrialising countries and encourage their implementation. The journal addresses the complete range of relevant themes – from agriculture and fisheries via capacity building and education through to health and social security, energy supply and trade.

USAID (USAID)

Intergovernmental or Multilateral organization

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USAID Rwanda LAND Project

Data aggregator

The LAND Project is a five year program supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Its primary goal is strengthening the resilience of Rwandan citizens, communities and institutions and their ability to adapt to land-related economic, environmental and social changes.

World Bank Group (WB)

Intergovernmental or Multilateral organization

The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. We are not a bank in the ordinary sense but a unique partnership to reduce poverty and support development.

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