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The Brazilian agrarian issue requires solution in the XXI century

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Journal Articles & Books
april, 2011
América do Sul
Brasil
In this beginning of century, Brazil has, on one hand, a high economic growth, strong institutions in various areas and improvement of social situation, but, on the other hand, the rural and urban land situation is still very precarious, with elementary issues that are not resolved and that most developed countries solved them still in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

The Gender Implications of Large-Scale Land Deals (Policy Brief )

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Reports & Research
april, 2011
Africa

Includes situation prior to acquisition, contract negotiations, employment, environmental impacts, crop production, ancillary services, responsibilities of key actors – the international community, national governments, local governments, communities and civil society, domestic and international investors.

Commercial Biofuel Land Deals & Environment and Social Impact Assessments in Africa: Three case studies in Mozambique and Sierra Leone

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Reports & Research
april, 2011
Sierra Leone
Mozambique
Africa

Examines 3 case studies of proposed biofuel developments in Mozambique and Sierra Leone in terms of social displacement. More mitigation measures could provide livelihood restitution and avoid negative food security impacts.

International Conference on Global Land Grabbing (6-8 April 2011)

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Reports & Research
april, 2011
Myanmar
South-Eastern Asia

Organised by the Land Deals Politics Initiative (LDPI) in collaboration with the Journal of Peasant Studies and hosted by the Future Agricultures Consortium at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex...Rich site with full texts of more than 170 papers and presentations from the Conference

The role of foreign investment in Ethiopia’s smallholder-focused agricultural development strategy

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Reports & Research
maart, 2011
Africa
Ethiopia

Examines political and social dynamics of foreign agricultural investment in Ethiopia. Concludes that this expansion is part of a government move towards an export-led development strategy, so the micro-benefits come at the cost of increased risks to those living in the vicinity of new investments, particularly politically marginalised pastoralist populations.