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Définition des mesures de compensation des exploitants non-propriétaires de Kandadji au Niger

Reports & Research
maart, 2014
Niger

La construction du barrage de Kandadji au Niger aura, entre autres, pour conséquences l’appropriation de terres de culture, propriété de détenteurs coutumiers mais dans beaucoup de cas sous-exploitations d’autres personnes non-propriétaires. L’État a proposé un bail emphytéotique d’une durée de 50 ans pour les propriétaires, en compensation de leurs droits de propriété expropriés.


Devenir du foncier agricole au Maroc. Un cas d’accaparement des terres

Journal Articles & Books
maart, 2014
Morocco

A partir de l’année 2004, l’Etat marocain a décidé de concéder son patrimoine foncier à des promoteurs privés dans le cadre d’un partenariat public-privé. Une dynamique de privatisation et d’appropriation est lancée à laquelle participent des acteurs privés nationaux et étrangers et offre un bon exemple du phénomène d’accaparement des terres.

Gendered Resource Access and Utilisation in Swedish Family Farming

Peer-reviewed publication
maart, 2014

Gendered relations in resource access and farming are two important intersecting themes of gender studies in a northern rural context. However, conventional analysis and perceptions of the economy conceal the contribution of women within families, in businesses and in the labor market. This article demonstrate the significance of capital to farming women’s engagement with agriculture using a Swedish case study, based on descriptive analyses of data from the Federation of Swedish Farmers.

Local-level appraisal of benefits and barriers affecting adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices: Curití, Colombia

Reports & Research
maart, 2014
Colombia
Central America
South America

Although Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices are expected to boost adaptive capacity, food security and climate change mitigation in resource poor, smallholder farming systems, the barriers that can restrict its uptake are diverse. This study investigated the barriers hindering CSA practice adoption in the Santander department of Colombia as well as farmer perceptions of practice benefits and disadvantages.

Local-level appraisal of benefits and barriers affecting adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices: Ghana

Reports & Research
maart, 2014
Ghana
Africa
Western Africa

Although Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices are expected to boost adaptive capacity, food security and climate change mitigation in resource poor, smallholder farming systems, the barriers that can restrict their uptake are diverse. This study investigated the principal barriers hindering the adoption of CSA practices in the Upper West region of Ghana with the aim of inventorying existing uptake of CSA and providing recommendations to CCAFS as to practices with potential for further research or implementation on the farm level.

Review of CGIAR Research Programs Governance and Management: Final Report

maart, 2014

The Review of CGIAR Research Program Governance and Management was requested by the CGIAR Consortium and

approved by the Fund Council in November 2012. The Independent Evaluation Arrangement (IEA) is responsible for the review, which was carried out between June 2013 and January 2014. At the time the review was initiated, Consortium Research Programs (CRP) governance and management structures were in place or approved for each CRP. This enabled

Quiénes son hoy los/as campesino/as: un acercamiento al proceso de construcción de identidad campesina en el marco del conflicto armado en Colombia. Caso de estudio: las zonas de reserva campesina.

Reports & Research
maart, 2014
Colombia

La pertinencia de este análisis deriva en la posibilidad de dar cuenta de situaciones, sujetos y actores, políticas públicas y agencias locales, que constituyen el entramado en la construcción y reproducción de identidades campesinas en Colombia, ya que hoy, hablar de campesinos/as tiene implicaciones políticas si se considera que la nación se ha definido como multicultural.

Credit Constraints, Agricultural Productivity, and Rural Nonfarm Participation : Evidence from Rwanda

maart, 2014

Although the potentially negative
impacts of credit constraints on economic development have
long been discussed conceptually, empirical evidence for
Africa remains limited. This study uses a direct elicitation
approach for a national sample of Rwandan rural households
to assess empirically the extent and nature of credit
rationing in the semi-formal sector and its impact using an
endogenous sample separation between credit-constrained and

Decomposition of Gender Differentials in Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia

maart, 2014

This paper employs decomposition methods
to analyze differences in agricultural productivity between
male and female land managers in Ethiopia. It employs data
from the 2011-2012 Ethiopian Rural Socioeconomic Survey. An
overall 23.4 percent gender differential in agricultural
productivity is estimated at the mean in favor of male land
managers, of which 10.1 percentage points are explained by
differences in land manager characteristics, land

Is There a Farm-Size Productivity Relationship in African Agriculture? Evidence from Rwanda

maart, 2014

Whether the negative relationship
between farm size and productivity that is confirmed in a
large global literature holds in Africa is of considerable
policy relevance. This paper revisits this issue and
examines potential causes of the inverse productivity
relationship in Rwanda, where policy makers consider land
fragmentation and small farm sizes to be key bottlenecks for
the growth of the agricultural sector. Nationwide plot-level