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Those who works on or operates a farm.

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July 2019
Cameroon

Argues that the role of the European Union in landgrabbing is manifold. EU actors are involved in the financing of large-scale land deals worldwide through forms of private finance;public finance and a combination of both. The EU’s position as an agricultural powerhouse is dependent on the huge import of agricultural commodities and inputs from the global South.

Peer-reviewed publication
July 2019
Global

The transition of farms and ranches to the next generation has generated considerable attention and concern. Over the past 30 years, public and private institutions across the U.S. have introduced policies and programs to help farms without identified family successors achieve successful transfers by connecting them with new farmers through “farm link” services.

Peer-reviewed publication
June 2019
Nepal
Southern Asia

Smallholder farmers in the mid-hills of Nepal are facing an acute labor shortage due to out-migration which, in general, has affected the capacity to achieve timely crop establishment, harvest, and inter-cultural operations.

Case Study: Phata Cooperative cover image
Policy Papers & Briefs
June 2019
Malawi

Recognizing the extensive literature available on outgrower cooperative farming, this case study seeks to add to this literature by providing in-depth learnings and guidance on good practices for structuring commercial, cooperative outgrower schemes in Malawi and potentially elsewhere.

Journal Articles & Books
June 2019
Tanzania

The growing number of farmer-herder resource conflicts in Tanzania is often presented in official narratives as a product of climate change resulting from increased environmental pressures.

Journal Articles & Books
May 2019
Germany
Moldova
Niger
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
Azerbaijan
Uzbekistan
Italy
Madagascar
Kazakhstan
Sudan
Armenia
Paraguay
Turkey

Agriculture in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is diverse, and has great potential to revitalize the economy of the countries in the region via improved productivity (efficiency) and higher total yield for food, fodder and fibre crops. Conservation agriculture can rise to the major challenge of making sustainable intensification of production systems a reality.

Reports & Research
May 2019
Ethiopia

This research summary explores how LIFT aids smallholder farmers through individual-based agricultural loans..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.

Realizing women’s land rights in Africa and Beyond
Reports & Research
April 2019
Africa
Kenya
Mozambique
Senegal
India

In October 2016, women farmers from 22 countries across Africa climbed the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to claim women’s rights for access to and control over land and natural resources.

April 2019

One of the most striking things about some of the study sites in the A1 (smallholder) land reform schemes of Zimbabwe is the amount of small-scale irrigation going on. This is not on schemes or in formalised group gardens;but irrigation by individual farmers;many using small pump sets and pipes.

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