We conducted a systematic review on the effects of land tenure recognition interventions on agricultural productivity, income, investment and other relevant outcomes. We synthesise findings from 20 quantitative studies and nine qualitative studies that passed a methodological screening. The results indicate substantial productivity and income gains from land tenure recognition, although gains differ markedly by region. We find that these effects may operate through gains in perceived tenure security and investment; we find no evidence for a credit mechanism.

This paper explores assumptions about the drivers of forest cover change in a Payments for Environmental Services (PES) and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) context in the Lam Dong Province in Vietnam. In policy discourses, deforestation is often linked to'poor' and 'ethnic minority' households and their unsustainable practices such as the expansion of coffee production (and other agricultural activities) into forest areas.

Political transitions often trigger substantial environmental changes. In particular, deforestation can result from the complex interplay among the components of a system—actors, institutions, and existing policies—adapting to new opportunities. A dynamic conceptual map of system components is particularly useful for systems in which multiple actors, each with different worldviews and motivations, may be simultaneously trying to alter different facets of the system, unaware of the impacts on other components.

La particularidad de la Asociación de jóvenes productores ecológicos de Paucartambo integrada por 14 jóvenes (mujeres y hombres) entre 18 y 29 años de edad, es su involucramiento con la agricultura. Sus miembros, anteriormente migraron a la ciudad o a otros lugares pero decidieron retornar para quedarse en sus comunidades campesinas. Promueven a agroecología.

La Paz, Bolivia
20 de diciembre de 2017
 
Entre maíces sustitutos y la resistencia de los maíces locales de la comunidad Guaraní de Palmarito en el Chaco cruceño de Bolivia
 
María Bárbara Giavarini Blanco
 

Montevideo, Uruguay
19 de diciembre de 2017
“Resistencia de la ganadería familiar uruguaya”
 
Virginia Rossi
 
La producción familiar ha persistido y superado muchas crisis, llevando adelante estrategias para reproducir sus condiciones de vida en el campo. Pero si bien en Uruguay ha recibido atención de las políticas públicas en los últimos años, su importancia en la estructura agraria nacional continúa disminuyendo desde mediados del siglo XX, dificultando el desarrollo de modelos “no capitalistas”, con los que confronta el agronegocio.

The purpose of these Voluntary guidelines is to serve as a reference and to provide guidance to improve the governance of tenure of land, sheries and forests with the overarching goal of achieving food security for all and to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security. This video is produced by PCC in their effort to support the implementation of the VGGT

Oil palm plantations in Indonesia have been linked to substantial deforestation in the 1990s and 2000s, though recent studies suggest that new plantations are increasingly developed on non-forest land. Without nationwide data to establish recent baseline trends, the impact of commitments to eliminate deforestation from palm oil supply chains could therefore be overestimated. We examine the area and proportion of plantations replacing forests across Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Papua up to 2015, and map biophysically suitable areas for future deforestation-free expansion.

Women have largely been excluded from the ownership and control of land in Pakistan, which is the single most important source of income and status in the agricultural economy. This systematic exclusion stems from multiple factors at both the policy and societal level, which include multiple and contradictory sources of law that fail to resolve the issue of women’s right to property as well as cultural bias and discriminatory practices that arise from the prevalent male-dominant mindset in rural areas.

The first agricultural census (AC) was conducted in 2004. The AC 2014 was the second AC, conducted in conjunction with the 2014 General Population Census  (GPC).

Gender equality is key to eliminating poverty and hunger, and this has been demonstrated by FAO throughout its research across the world. FAO is committed to interventions that seek to reduce gender inequalities and this report has been produced as part of its eff orts to generate evidence and knowledge in compliance with FAO’s Policy on Gender Equality (FAO, 2013a). It is only through closing the gender gap that strategies on sustainable agriculture and rural development can reach their full potential.

A partir de esta autodemarcación, el pueblo y las comunidades indígenas Pemon se han aglutinado en torno al territorio y ha permitido el desarrollo de una perspectiva cultural para enfrentar las amenazas que se ciernen sobre el mismo. Aunque su reconocimiento y conversión sigue siendo un asunto pendiente a garantizar por parte del Estado.