LANDac | New journal article: Land acquisition for urban expansion in peri-urban Hue, Vietnam
Recent LANDac PhD graduate Phuc Nguyen, together with co-chair August van Westen and chair Annelies Zoomers have recently published: Compulsory land acquisition for urban expansion: livelihood reconstruction after land loss in Hue’s peri-urban areas, Central Vietnam Available… Read More
LANDac | Vice Versa and LANDac present special issue on land rights to Minister Ploumen
Yesterday, the Vice Versa special issue on land rights was officially handed over to Minister Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. The special issue features stories from journalists giving perspectives on land rights from different angles,… Read More
LANDac | Conference report: Climate change interventions as a source of conflict, competing claims and new mobilities
Now available, a summary report from the November conference. Available here: landac-ccmcc-and-uu-conference-report This report describes some of the key themes that emerged during the 1,5 day event, and also provides some information about the programme, key note speakers and… Read More
LANDac | Report LANDac in Quito for Habitat III
LANDac attended the Habitat III Conference in Quito in October 2016. We organized a number of events and activities, of which you can find a brief report here: LANDac in Quito.
LANDac | New publication: Soy production in South America: Globalization and new agroindustrial landscapes
Special Issue, 43(2), March 2016 Soy production in South America: Globalization and new agroindustrial landscapes Guest editors: Gustavo de L. T. Oliveira and Susanna B. Hecht The entire collection (15 articles) free access for a limited time!… Read More
New study on Dutch floriculture investments in eastern Africa and the impacts on local food security
The Netherlands Academy on Land Governance (LANDac)/ IDS Utrecht University has conducted a scoping study on Dutch flower farms, land governance and local food security in eastern Africa within the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP). While earlier… Read More
25/09/2015 New LANDac publication – The moving frontiers of genetically modified soy production
LANDac PhD Lucia Goldfarb and LANDac partner Gemma van der Haar (Sociology of Development and Change group at Wageningen University) have published a new article titled ‘The moving frontiers of genetically modified soy production: shifts in land control… Read More
New article: Impacts of large-scale farming on local communities’ food security and income levels – Empirical evidence from Oromia Region, Ethiopia
LANDac PhD researcher Maru Shete has published in co-authorship with Dr. Marcel Rutten of the African Studies Centre a new article based on his PhD research in Oromia Region, Ethiopia. The new publication in Land Use Policy looks at… Read More
Report VGGT Masterclass
On 15 April, partners organized a Masterclass on the ‘Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security’ (VGGT). The Masterclass was hosted by the Ministry of… Read More
Last Updated: 15th January 2020 by Coordinator
LANDac | New publication: LANDac Masterclass @ World Bank Conference 2018
On March 23rd 2018, at the World Bank’s Land and Poverty Conference 2018 in Washington D.C., LANDac hosted the Master Class Land governance from the bottom up: including local communities in multi-stakeholder processes. With the Master Class, LANDac… Read More