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After the Boom: Responding to Falling Rubber Prices in Northern Laos

Reports & Research
May, 2017
Laos
Land & Investments
agricultural land management
extractive industries
farmers
land acquisitions
land investments
poverty
research
Rubber prices in northern Laos have fallen significantly over the last few years, eroding much of the initial enthusiasm of both farmers and government officials about rubber providing a way out of poverty for poor upland farmers. This thematic study examines responses to this price drop by Lao rubber growers and state institutions in northern Laos. It also examines the reasons that prices are what they are, given that price volatility was identified as a risk during the mid-2000s, and that in at least some cases, steps were taken to protect contract farmers from falling prices.
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Building Harmonized Private and State Land Holding Data and Information Systems in Ethiopia

Vol 3, No 2: May 2020

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2020
Ethiopia
Land & Investments
land information systems
cadastres
monitoring
Different government institutions in Ethiopia working on land related issues tackle and manage data and information independently, while their activities and mandates are often related or even overlapping. Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) deals with small holder rural land and until recently the Ethiopian Horticulture and Agricultural Investment Authority (EHAIA) was dealing with commercial agricultural land. Those institutions have not been able to share information each other’s data to make informed decisions.
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Chinese Investment into Tissue-Culture Banana Plantations in Kachin State, Myanmar

Case study, Mekong Region Land Governance

Reports & Research
November, 2020
China, Myanmar
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
land use change
land investments
land rights
land access
land conflicts
In the last decade, Myanmar’s Kachin State has seen a boom in tissue-culture banana plantations driven by cross-border Chinese investors. This Case Study compiles field research and publicly available knowledge about the scale of the production and its economic, social and environmental consequences. The study provides a detailed snapshot of the investment model and key actors in Kachin State, the methods of land access, landscape outcomes, and experiences of plantation workers.
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Compulsory Land Acquisition and Good Governance: An Assessment of the Luguruni Satellite Town Project in Dar es Salaam Tanzania

Vol 1, No 3: December 2018

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2018
Africa
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
land
compulsory acquisitions
assessment
Despite a comprehensive regulatory framework on land matters, compulsory land acquisition in Tanzania has been associated with complaints and delays in compensation payments an indication that good governance principles might not be under serious consideration.
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Conflicting land deals and food insecurity: The era of Jatropha boom, bust and transformation in Ghana

Vol 2, No 3: September 2019

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2019
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
food security
land deals
land rights
Global concerns about fossil fuel prices and climate change have directed focus on prospects of biofuels. In Ghana, large-scale biofuel development has been entangled with several problems including disputes over land use and a combination of challenges such as low yield performance of Jatropha, food versus oilseed prices and financial viability issues. Furthermore, the exercised land acquisition processes lacked transparency and could not protect the rights of vulnerable local people. One particular challenge is the withdrawal of companies without returning the land to the land owners.
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Customary Tenure Trusteeships and Land Governance Reforms: A Necessary Convergence

Vol 3, No 3: September 2020

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2020
Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land governance
trust
customary tenure
Issues surrounding customary land governance reforms remain at the forefront of policy reforms in many African countries because of concern over discriminatory rules of access, exchange, and inheritance, corruption, elite capture, and illegal land occupations, (Arko Adjei, 2009). The shortcomings in customary land governance extend to the unfettered authority of customary land trustees, usually, traditional leaders (chiefs and family heads) who retain autonomous control over land as defined by customary norms and practices.
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Due diligence, tenure and agricultural investment. A guide to the dual responsibilities of private sector lawyers advising on the acquisition of land and natural resources

Manuals & Guidelines
January, 2019
Global
Land & Investments
agricultural land management
land investments
land rights
land tenure
This guide examines the role and responsibilities of private sector lawyers when advising their clients on agricultural investments. It discusses how lawyers can prevent and/or address and mitigate adverse human rights impacts on holders of legitimate tenure rights when advising on or conducting their due diligence and risk assessment processes on behalf of their clients. It provides a number of key recommendations, including on how to align legal advice with the VGGT and CFS-RAI.
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EFFECTS OF JATROPHA INVESTMENTS ON LOCAL CITIZENSHIP IN GHANA

Vol 1, No 2: September 2018, Special Issue on Youth and Land Governance

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2018
Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land
land investments
Indigenous Peoples
This paper aims to explore implications of large-scale land investment for local citizenship, with a particular focus on customs and mobility. The concept of local citizenship is a neglected aspect of land investment debates. We argue that the use of the concept helps us to identify how large-scale land investments work to invoke the hegemonic and customary power of indigenes and undermine local citizenship identity of migrants.
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Effects of land titling and registration on tenure security and agricultural investments: Case of Gataraga sector, Northern Rwanda

Vol 1, No 3: December 2018

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2018
Rwanda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land registration
land titling
rural development
land markets
tenure security
Rwanda has undertaken a land registration and titling program since 2008 with a registration of 10.3 million land parcels in 2013. The aim of this paper is to investigate the early effects of the program on tenure security and agricultural investments since few studies have been carried out in this research area. The study was undertaken in Musanze district in Northern Rwanda, with specific focus on Gataraga sector and it draws on a mix of qualitative and quantitative research methods. The findings indicate that the program led to reduced land conflicts and improved tenure security.
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El Chaco Seco medio siglo antes de la agricultura industrial: procesos de desestructuración de ecosistemas y sociedades rurales

Journal Articles & Books
Argentina
Land & Investments
rural areas
land use
land access
land investments
extractive industries
La información utilizada proviene de censos realizados por el Plan de Estudios Fitoecológicos del Chaco Argentino (EFECHA), iniciado en 1965 en convenio entre el Centro de Estudios Fitoecológicos de Montpellier, del Centro Nacional de Investigación Científica (CNRS) de Francia y la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la UBA, y concluido por el INTA en 1975. Las autoridades convocantes fueron el Dr. Rolando García, decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la UBA, el director del INTA ingeniero agrónomo Ubaldo García, y el Dr.