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Estratégias de Produção Agrícola, Armadilhas da Pobreza e Diversificação do Rendimento entre os Pequenos Produtores

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Journal Articles & Books
May, 2017
Mozambique

Quando perto de metade da população está abaixo do limiar da pobreza, não é errado concluir que se está perante um “fracasso” dos diferentes planos e políticas desenhadas e implementadas pelo Governo de Moçambique. Assim, surge a questão central deste Destaque Rural: Quais as armadilhas da pobreza e as estratégias de produção dos pequenos produtores do Sul do Save?

Learning from the decline of smallholder agricultural projects in the Kat River Valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2017
South Africa

Local level, collective small-scale farming projects in the Kat River Valley, like elsewhere, have proven difficult to sustain.  Various factors from macro-level policies to local level social and political dynamics were found to hinder or block the success of such projects.  Some of the most challenging factors relate to history and path dependency, prevailing neoliberal agricultural policies

NATO Report on Food and Water Security in the MENA Region

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May, 2017
Northern Africa
Western Asia

The NATO Parliamentary Assemblies’ Science and Technology Committee drafted a new report on Food and Water Security in the Middle East and North Africa. The report underlines that pressures on natural resources and connected impacts on food production are factors that contribute to the (in-) security of the MENA region.

Zambia’s peasants at risk of becoming squatters on their own land – UN expert warns

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Reports & Research
May, 2017
Africa

The push to turn commercial large-scale agricultural into a driving engine of the Zambian economy, in a situation where the protection of access to land is weak, can risk pushing small-holder farmers and peasants off their land and out of production with severe impacts on the people’s right to food,” Ms. Elver said at the end of her first official visit to the country

At the root of exodus: Food security, conflict and international migration

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Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2017
Northern Africa
Western Asia
Europe

As an international actor in addressing food insecurity among refugees and other migrants, the World  Food Programme (WFP) has undertaken a research study to determine the role that food security plays in cross-border migration. Given the dearth of data on this topic, the WFP  study sought to answer some of the following questions: What is it that compels people to leave their homes?

Despacho n.º 3989/2017

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Legislation & Policies
April, 2017
Portugal

A Lei n.º 62/2012, de 10 de dezembro, criou a bolsa nacional de terras para utilização agrícola, florestal ou silvopastoril, nos termos da qual a Direção -Geral de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural (DGADR) exerce as funções de entidade gestora da referida bolsa.

L’investissement privé en agriculture est-il la solution? Évaluation de la Nouvelle Alliance pour la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition au Sénégal

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Reports & Research
April, 2017
Senegal

Lancée le 18 mai 2012, la Nouvelle Alliance pour la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition (NASAN) est une initiative du G8 (maintenant devenu G7) lancée par le président des États-Unis, Barack Obama.

Non-State Actors Communiqué on Livestock Sector Development in Tanzania

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Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2017
Tanzania

In this communiqué, the undersigned Non-State Actors (civil society, pastoralist, research, private, farmers’ unions and other stakeholders) champion a call to action and outline recommendations on livestock policy advocacy strategies that take into consideration the unique conditions and opportunities of the livestock sector development in Tanzania

Estratégia de produção camponesa em Moçambique estudo de caso no sul do Save

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Journal Articles & Books
April, 2017
Mozambique

Este estudo tem por objectivo analisar as estratégias de produção dos pequenos produtores no Sul do Save, em Moçambique. A análise assenta na recolha de dados primários obtidos a partir da administração, em 2015, de 1200 questionários junto da população alvo, no âmbito de um projecto de investigação em curso no Observatório do Meio Rural (OMR) em Moçambique.