Using county data for West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, estimation of a system of simultaneous equations shows that population growth, higher taxes, high farmland value, and high initial per capita income accelerate farmland development, but return on farmland, government assistance to farmers, farmland conservation, and farming agglomeration reduce development pressure.

Summary:
"Wrong-headed agricultural and development policies, counter-insurgency activities, as well
as corruption and cronyism by the Burmese military regime, have all caused a dramatic
decrease in rice production and food security in southern Shan State over the past ten years.
The township of Mong Nai provides a good example of how food security, commonly defined
as the physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food at all times, has

Le présent décret crée le Centre National de l'Information Géo-spatiale (CNIG), et fixe son organisation, ses attributions et son fonctionnement. Le Centre National de l’information Géo-Spatiale (CNlGS) a pour mission de produire et de diffuser l’information géographique actualisée et fiable sur tout le territoire national par l'utilisation de technologies modernes appropriées, garantissant la mise à disposition de méthodes, d'outils, de produits et de formation devant supporter la planification des actions de développement durable du pays.

These Regulations set out the written representations procedure that may be used for deciding whether to authorise the compulsory purchase of land in England and Wales. They apply only when the acquiring or confirming authority is a Minister of the Crown. The procedure may only be used for compulsory purchase orders that are subject to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 and not subject to special parliamentary procedure. When there are objections to authorising compulsory purchase, the written representations procedure may be used as an alternative to holding an inquiry or hearing.

The Resolution for areas of the Gaza Strip left by the Israeli army states that: (i) the current level of employment and agricultural production should be maintained and be declared as eligible agricultural areas and all necessary facilities and exemptions should be granted to make them productive; (ii) the Minister of Finance in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture is tasked with establishing a company that manages all agricultural facilities efficiently and transparently, in order to ensure the proper implementation and production of agricultural export commodities; (iii) the est

This Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, which is composed of 20 articles and 16 Annexes, lays down details on: (a) the procedure of soil sampling; (b) the method and scope of agrochemical soil testing and the identification of soil properties of forest land; (c) keeping records on the consumption and use of fertilizers; (d) the method of processing the annual balance of nutrients and soil organic on agricultural land.

Released on March 30, 2005...
This bulletin examines the factors causing many villagers in Pa'an district to say that they now face a deepening food and money shortage crisis which is threatening their health and survival. Based on villagers' testimony, the main factors appear to be recurring forced labour for both SPDC and DKBA authorities, made worse in some areas by orders for farmers to double-crop on their land and the encroachment of new SPDC military bases on villages and farmland.

The Regulations establish a scheme (the “Environmental Stewardship”) under which the Secretary of State may make grants for the management of land. Regulation 3 enables the Secretary of State to make a grant to any person who enters into, and complies with, the conditions of an environmental stewardship agreement with the Secretary of State. The agreement must require the beneficiary to carry out an activity which is conducive to a specified purpose on land in which he has an interest. It also provides for the variation of the conditions of such agreements.

El presente Decreto tiene por objeto consolidar el proceso de reorganización de la tenencia y uso de las tierras con vocación agrícola, para eliminar de forma progresiva el latifundio en las zonas rurales del país, e incorporar a los grupos de población y comunidades organizadas, garantizando el aprovechamiento racional de los recursos naturales y agroalimentarios de la tierra, mediante la planificación plurisectorial de la Administración Nacional Estatal y Municipal, así como coadyuvar en la aplicación de las políticas que se dicten en esta materia.Se crea con carácter temporal una Comisió

This Proclamation grants the power to specified local public bodies to expropriate rural or urban landholdings for public purpose where it believes that it should be used for a better development project to be carried out by public entities, private investors, cooperative societies or other organs, or where such expropriation has been decided by the appropriate higher regional or federal government organ for the same purpose. The Proclamation sets out the procedure of expropriation and provides with respect to compensation (which shall be paid in advance) and appeals.

El Plan de Acción Nacional de Lucha contra la Desertificación y la Sequía en Colombia es un instrumento de alcance nacional cuyo objetivo general es adelantar acciones contra la degradación de tierras, desertificación y mitigación de los efectos de la sequía, así como para el manejo sostenible de los ecosistemas de las zonas secas, a partir de la aplicación de medidas prácticas que permitan prevenir, detener y revertir dichos procesos degradativos y contribuir al desarrollo sostenible de las zonas afectadas.

Esta gua sobre Descentralizacin e impuesto predial rural se ha preparado con el fin de ayudar a los gestores catastrales que participan en el diseo y aplicacin del impuesto predial rural. Cada vez ms, se pide a las instituciones que se ocupan de la tenencia de la tierra que contribuyan a la descentralizacin de los servicios en beneficio de los gobiernos locales. Una de las expectativas de la descentralizacin es mejorar la prestacin de servicios por el nivel de gobierno que se encuentre ms prximo a los beneficiarios de los mismos.