Driving Dispossession: The Global Push to “Unlock the Economic Potential of Land,” sounds the alarm on the unprecedented wave of privatization of natural resources that is underway around the world. Through six case studies — Ukraine, Zambia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, and Brazil — the report details the myriad ways by which governments — willingly or under the pressure of financial institutions and Western donor agencies — are putting more land into so-called “productive use” in the name of development.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesjuillet, 2014Zambie, Brésil, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
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Lessons from responsible land investment pilots in sub-Saharan Africa, Case Study 3
Rapports et recherchesmars, 2020Malawi, Mozambique, Afrique occidentale, Ghana, Sierra LeoneThis paper is one of three thematic case studies resulting from a set of pilot projects undertaken jointly by civil society and private business partners from 2016–2019 in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa. These pilots sought to test how private companies could collaborate with civil society organisations and other stakeholders to implement responsible agribusiness investments that recognise and respect community land rights, and to develop innovative tools and approaches that could be adopted and implemented at greater scale.
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Library ResourceMatériels institutionnels et promotionnelsoctobre, 2017Éthiopie, Kenya, Afrique orientale
Presentation of the project (East Africa and Sahel) for the Annual meeting (2017) organized in Niger (ICRISAT)
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Library ResourceMatériels institutionnels et promotionnelsoctobre, 2017Kenya, Afrique orientale
The document present the contribution of local knowledge in context-Specific Land Restoration Technologies.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesjuin, 2003Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Érythrée, Éthiopie, Géorgie, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Pakistan, Soudan, Tadjikistan, Turkménistan, Ouzbékistan, Afrique orientale, Afrique septentrionale, Asie méridionale, Asie central, Asie occidentale
The year 2002 marked ICARDA's 25th anniversary, and coincided with several honors and awards for the center's excellence in research. Research on developing high-yielding kabuli chickpea varieties that thrive in cool, wet winter conditions earned the 2002 King Baudouin Award of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), jointly with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), which focuses on desi chickpea.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesjanvier, 2016Malawi, Afrique orientale
According to the Malawi Land Act of 1965, three categories of land tenure exist in the country. These are private, public and customary land. Private land is all land held under a freehold title, a leasehold title or land registered under the Registered Land Act of 1967. Public land is all land occupied by the government while customary land is all land held, occupied or used under customary law (Peters & Kambewa, 2007; Kishindo, 1994:57).
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Library ResourceMatériels institutionnels et promotionnelsjanvier, 2016Malawi, Afrique orientale
Understanding the gendered tenurial niches in the informal irrigation in the Kandeu, Malawi
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Library ResourceDocuments et rapports de conférenceoctobre, 2017Afghanistan, Émirats arabes unis, Égypte, Éthiopie, Inde, Iran, Iraq, Jordanie, Liban, Maroc, Oman, Pakistan, Soudan, République arabe syrienne, Tunisie, Turquie, Ouzbékistan, Yémen, Afrique orientale, Afrique septentrionale, Asie méridionale, Asie central, Asie occidentale
To help break the cycle of poverty, improve food and nutritional security, halt or reverse the alarming process of resource degradation in the dry areas, and help communities adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change, ICARDA’s Strategic Plan 2017-2026 outlines our research and organizational approach for action to achieve our vision of thriving and resilient communities in the dry areas of the developing world.
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Library ResourceDocuments et rapports de conférencenovembre, 2014Mozambique, Malawi, Zambie, Afrique orientale
The Chinyanja Triangle (CT) is an area inside the Zambezi
River Basin, inhabited by Chinyanja-speaking people
sharing a similar history, language and culture across
the dryland systems of the eastern province of Zambia,
southern and central regions of Malawi and Tete Province
of Mozambique. Chiefs and Chiefdoms play a critical role
in decision making and influencing social relationships. The
Zambezi River, which originates in the Kalene Hills in Zambia
is joined by ten big tributaries from six countries, and is -
Library ResourceMatériels institutionnels et promotionnelsdécembre, 2018Afrique orientale, Malawi
Double up legumes is intercropping two legumes (in this case groundnut and pigeonpea) that have different growth habits and takes advantages of beneficial interactions of the two legumes on the same piece of land. Intercropping groundnut and pigeonpea using the correct spatial arrangement increase land productivity, provides more types of food and profits while conserving and sustaining the environment through enhancement of soil fertility.
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