Call for proposals: agricultural investment, gender and Land in Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), the Future Agricultures Consortium, and the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) of the African Union, the African Development Bank and… Read More
New publication: a critical review of the policy debate on large-scale land acquisitions
In the new publication ‘Africa for Sale. Positioning the state, land and society in foreign large-scale land acquisitions in Africa’ (Evers, Seagle, Krijtenburg, eds), Professor Annelies Zoomer contributed a chapter entitled ‘A critical review of the policy debate on large-scale… Read More
Vacancy announcement: Land Portalopen data website admin
The Land Portal team is looking for a technical person with expertise in Drupal administration and Open Data. The team is seeking a multi-skilled technical lead to manage the transition of the Land Portal from it’s first version… Read More
New publication: compensation and resettlement policies
‘Compensation and resettlement policies after compulsory land acquisition for hydropower development in Vietnam: policy and practice’ In this new article published last week in open access journal Land, the authors analyse differences between policies and practices regarding state-led… Read More
New publication: Africa for sale
‘Africa for sale: Positioning the state, land and society in foreign large-scale land acquisitions in Africa’ Sandra J.T.M. Evers, Caroline Seagle and Froukje Krijtenburg (eds.) The past several decades have witnessed a rise in foreign and domestic investments… Read More
Experts identified key indicators to support the Post-2015 development agenda
Experts identified key indicators to support the Post-2015 development agenda Prior to the GLTN Partner meeting on 11, 12 and 13 November in the Hague, the Netherlands, over 30 internationals experts met and agreed to propose 4 promising… Read More
Land rights and Coca Cola
Following the Oxfam report ‘Sugar Rush – Land rights and the supply chains of the biggest food and beverage companies’, Coca Cola announced that it commits to zero-tolerance for land grabbing. Please find the full commitments here.
Publication: The governance of large-scale farmland investments in Sub-Saharan Africa. A comparative analysis of challenges for sustainability.
Book: The governance of large-scale farmland investments in Sub-Saharan Africa. A comparative analysis of challenges for sustainability. By George Schoneveld 2013 Growing global resource scarcities and increasingly unstable commodity markets have in recent years propelled large numbers of… Read More
New website: focus on land in Africa
Focus on Land in Africa (FOLA) is a joint initiative of the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Landesa, and provides information for development practitioners and policy makers who are interested in how land and natural resource rights affect,… Read More
Last Updated: 26th July 2019 by admin
Government of Ethiopia partners with the G8 to improve land governance
Government of Ethiopia partners with the G8 to improve land governance The Governments of Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, the USA, and Germany announced agreeing to enter a land country partnership to work together to improve rural land governance… Read More