Search Results - "land reform"

Åkrar, ängar och den agrara revolutionen by Ståhl, Camilla

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Is there responsible gendered governance of forest tenure? Getting a clear picture: Training handbook by Jhaveri, Nayna J.

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The political economy of agricultural and food policies by Swinnen, Johan

“…Other policies, such as food standards, land reforms, or public investments in agricultural research, may increase total welfare but at the same time also have distributional effects. …”
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Using multi-agent systems in a companion modelling approach for agroecosystem management in South-East Asia by Bousquet, Francois, Castella, J.C., Trébuil, Guy, Barnaud, C., Boissau, S., Kam, Suan Pheng

“…The first one illustrates the iterative process of problem solving with local stakeholders, while the second emphasizes the emergence of local institutions in the context of land reforms. In both cases, the research started with an analysis of the agrarian system, which integrated multiscale biophysical and socioeconomic knowledge by means of a model. …”
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Macroeconomic policies and forestry in Zimbabwe by Mabugu, R., Kowero, G.S.

“…In addition tensions have grown in the agricultural sector when implementing land reforms. The lay-offs in the manufacturing sector have led people to seek livelihoods in the informal sector or in agriculture which has led to migration of populations to rural areas. …”
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Enabling change in forest tenure: Policy and law for gender equality: Training handbook by Jhaveri, Nayna J.

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Reasons and consequences of foreign farmland acquisitions in Latvia : a case study of Aluksne municipality by Apine, Elina

“…This thesis describes farmland acquisitions by foreign investors in Latvia and explores the historical land reforms and regulations of the land market. Furthermore, the study explores what has caused Latvian farmland to become an attractive investment target for foreign companies, and how these investments affect the countryside and the Latvian farmers. …”

Gender accelerators: Women and men leading the way on local forest tenure reform: Training handbook by Jhaveri, Nayna J., Monterroso, Iliana, Larson, Anne M.

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Institutions and transition: does a better institutional environment make water users associations more effective in Central Asia? by Gunchinmaa, Tumur, Yakubov, Murat

“…Integrated water resource management (IWRM) is a widely recognized management framework that is currently being adopted throughout post-Soviet Central Asia to inform and guide national water sector reforms, and to keep up with the pace of the faster moving land reforms taking place in the region. With hydrographic principles and public participation being at the core of this framework, the process in the region has started with the reform of on-farm irrigation systems by creating water users associations (WUAs), transferring irrigation management to them and introducing irrigation service fees. …”
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Agricultural insurance for development: Past, present, and future by Robles, Miguel

“…Land expropriation, land reforms, and unanticipated changes in the agricultural tax system are examples of institutional risk that can depress investment in the agricultural sector. …”
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Land access, land rental markets and rural poverty dynamics in northern Ethiopian highlands: Panel data evidence using survival models by Ghebru, Hosaena, Holden, Stein

“…There is growing interest in understanding the links between land reforms, land markets and poverty reduction in Africa. …”
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Land rental markets and rural poverty dynamics in Northern Ethiopia: Panel data evidence using survival models by Ghebru, Hosaena, Stein, Holden

“…There is growing interest in understanding the links between land reforms, land markets, and poverty reduction in Africa. …”
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Managing the Miombo woodlands of Southern Africa: policies, incentives and options for the rural poor by Dewees, P. A., Campbell, Bruce M., Katerere, Y., Sitoe, A., Cunningham, A.B., Angelsen, A., Wunder, Sven

“…First, communities are becoming more active in managing local natural resources, a result of decentralization and land reforms, which suggests that there may be good scope for strengthening related policy and legal frameworks and the measures to implement them. …”
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Agrarian Reforms and Food Policy Process in Tajikistan by Babu, Suresh Chandra, Akramov, Kamiljon T.

“…Ensuring the effectiveness of land reforms, building agricultural extension system, and supporting agricultural research systems are examples of some key initiatives that the government should focus on. …”
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Sustaining adaptive collaborative management processes: Challenges and opportunities from Mafungautsi State Forest, Gokwe, Zimbabwe by Witness, K., Nyirenda, R., Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, T., Matose, F., Ngwenya, M., Sibanda, L.

“…Over the same period, Zimbabwe experienced unprecedented changes associated with its land reforms, profoundly impacting natural resource management. …”
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Women’s land rights in Africa by Ghebru, Hosaena

“…2019 ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report 45 Anew wave of land reforms has swept across a large number of developing countries since the millennium. …”
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Creating water user associations for improved agricultural productivity in Tajikistan: opportunities and challenges by Balasubramanya, Soumya, Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Aslamy, Sohrob, MacDonald, Katherine, Saikia, Panchali, Mitra, A.

“…After Tajikistan emerged an independent country, major land reforms took place. Large collective farms were broken up into smaller (dekhan) private farms. …”
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Tenure reform and perceived food security in Indonesia: An exploratory study by Liswanti, Nining, Kirby, Deborah, Tamara, Ade, Juniwaty, Kartika Sari, Mwangi, Esther

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Promoting youth engagement in agriculture through land titling programs: evidence from Tanzania by Msangi, H.A., Waized, B., Ndyetabula, D.W., Manyong, V.

“…As the farming population ages, young people are expected to take over, but they don't often show much interest in farming, which could harm the future of agriculture in Africa, where the population is the youngest. Land reforms and titling programs are suggested as amongst strategies to make agriculture more attractive to investors and promote youth involvement. …”
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Vägen till ett modernt Tomelilla : en studie av en landsbygdskommun och dess förändring över tiden by Brinte, Lina