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Southern Africa and challenges for Mozambique

Papers presented at the inaugural conference of the institute for social and economic studies

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2008
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
advocacy
land governance
mining
natural resources management
This volume includes some of the papers presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Institute for Social and Economic Studies (IESE), which took place on 19 September 2007, in Maputo. The articles contained in this volume were selected from the panel on “Southern Africa”. The topics of the Conference, on “Challenges for social and economic research in Mozambique”, and of the panels were broad and dependent on papers submitted.
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Reflecting on economic questions

Papers presented at the inaugural conference of the institute for social and economic studies

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2008
Mozambique
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
advocacy
mining
natural resources management
This volume includes some of the papers presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Institute for Social and Economic Studies (IESE), which took place on 19 September, 2007, in Maputo. The articles contained in this volume were selected from two Conference panels, on “Macroeconomic themes” and “Social and economic development and poverty”. The topics of the Conference, on “Challenges for social and economic research in Mozambique”, and of the panels were broad and dependent on papers submitted.
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The State of Food and Agriculture

Biofuels: Prospects, Risks and Opportunities

Institutional & promotional materials
October, 2008
Global
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
food security
More than at any time in the past three decades, the world’s attention is focused this year on food and agriculture. A variety of factors have combined to raise food prices to the highest levels since the 1970 (in real terms), with serious implications for food security among poor populations around the world.
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Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Zambia

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2008
Zambia
Land & Food Security
agrarian reform
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
agriculture
Zambia has experienced strong economic performance since 1999. However, agriculture has not performed as well as the rest of the economy, and although the incidence of poverty has declined, it still

remains high. The Zambian government, within the framework of the Fifth National Development Plan
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Vulnerability and Resilience of Rural Society in Zambia: From the View Point of Land Tenure and Food Security

Reports & Research
March, 2008
Zambia
Land & Food Security
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
The paper shows that pre-colonial ecologies of agricultural systems in some parts of rural Zambia were sustainable and resilient to prevailing environmental conditions, and were therefore able to ensure relative food security, under communal land tenure. However, colonial policies of land alienation and labour migration impacted negatively on food production systems of some ethnic groups like the citemene system of the Bemba and the flood plain cultivation system of the Lozi, making them extremely vulnerable due to the absence of large numbers of males.
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Farming the planet: 1. Geographic distribution of global agricultural lands in the year 2000

Peer-reviewed publication
August, 2008
Global
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
farmland
food security
land cover
land information systems
land use
Agricultural activities have dramatically altered our planet's land surface. To understand the extent and spatial distribution of these changes, we have developed a new global data set of croplands and pastures circa 2000 by combining agricultural inventory data and satellite-derived land cover data. The agricultural inventory data, with much greater spatial detail than previously available, is used to train a land cover classification data set obtained by merging two different satellite-derived products (Boston University's MODIS-derived land cover product and the GLC2000 data set).
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From Agriculture to Nutrition: Pathways, Synergies and Outcomes

Reports & Research
January, 2008
Global
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
agriculture
farming systems
food security
poverty
In a world of food abundance, millions of people suffer from poor nutrition. In some parts of the world, the poor have inadequate access to energy from food to meet their energy requirements. In these locations, food shortage is often a seasonal phenomenon and micronutrients are also generally lacking in the diet. Elsewhere, there is a stable supply of energy but the poor have monotonous diets lacking in essential micronutrients.
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Tenth Five Year Plan 2008-2013.

National Policies
January, 2008
Asia, Southern Asia, Bhutan
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
deforestation
farming systems
food security
forest land
gender equity in access to land
land governance
public ownership
sustainable land use
urban areas
water rights
youth
The Royal government of Bhutan launched the Tenth Five Year Plan that outlines strategies from 2008-2013 to reduce poverty and to increase education initiatives.
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The Agrofuel Industry in Tanzania: A Critical Inquiry into Challenges and Opportunities

Reports & Research
March, 2008
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
advocacy
agrarian reform
agricultural and rural legislation
eminent domain
land acquisitions
land grabbing
land investments
Biofuel development in Tanzania places at stake 4 highly strategic national resources: land, water, forests and labour, and for generations to come. This alone is sufficient reason for the Tanzanian general public and rural communities in particular, to wrestle back the initiative and seek direct engagement in determining the best way forward for the nation.
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Food chains: bridging distances by linking the family farm to the supermarket

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2008
Global
Land & Food Security
food security
farmers
farming systems
land policies
In many developing countries, supermarkets are growing fast. This growth entails a change in the food chain that supplies fresh foods from farmers and processed foods via agroprocessors. Farmers who wish to participate in the food chain have to adapt to the supermarkets' requirements. It is the task of governments to improve infrastructures, and access to support services and financial services.