Camilla Toulmin

Lorenzo Cotula

Julian Quan

Lessons from Experience and Challenges Ahead

Better Land Access for the Rural Poor

Agricultural Investment and International Land Deals in Africa

Land Grab Or Development Opportunity?

Over the past few years, large-scale land acquisitions in Africa have stoked controversy, making headlines in media reports across the world. Land that only a short time ago seemed of little outside interest is now being sought by international investors to the tune of hundreds of thousands of hectares. Private-sector expectations of higher world food and commodity prices and government concerns about longer-term national food and energy security have both made land a more attractive asset. Dubbed 'land grabs' in the media, large-scale land acquisitions have become one of the most talked about and contentious topics amongst those studying, working in or writing about Africa. Some commentators have welcomed this trend as a bearer of new livelihood opportunities. Others have countered by pointing to negative social impacts, including loss of local land rights, threats to local food security and the risk that large-scale investments may marginalize family farming. Lorenzo Cotula, a leading expert in the field, casts a critical eye over the most reliable evidence on this hotly contested topic, examining the implications of land deals in Africa both for its people and for world agriculture and food security.

Agricultural Investments and the Global Food System

The Great African Land Grab?

Introduction -- Historical roots of the land rush -- Scale, geography and drivers of the land rush -- 'Land grabbing' in the shadow of the law -- Winners and losers -- Conclusion.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Las mujeres constituyen una parte sustancial de la poblaci�n econ�micamente activa dedicada a la agricultura. Los instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos, medioambiente y desarrollo sostenible proclaman el principio de no discriminaci�n por raz�n de sexo o de g�nero. Sin embargo las mujeres frecuentemente se encuentran con obst�culos de g�nero a la hora de ejercer sus derechos y de alimentar a sus familias. As�, el derecho a un nivel de vida adecuado, que incluye una alimentaci�n adecuada, puede verse vulnerado. Estos obst�culos pueden derivarse de normas directa o indirectamente discriminatorias, de pr�cticas socioculturales profundamente arraigadas o de ambas cosas. El presente estudio analiza desde una perspectiva de g�nero la legislaci�n relativa a la agricultura existente en distintos pa�ses del mundo, examinando la condici�n jur�dica de la mujer en tres esferas clave: los derechos sobre la tierra y los recursos naturales; los derechos de las trabajadoras agr�colas; y los derechos de las trabajadoras aut�nomas del sector agrario, desde la condici�n de la mujer en las cooperativas rurales hasta su acceso a los servicios de cr�dito, capacitaci�n y extensi�n agr�cola.

Los Derechos de la Mujer en la Agricultura

Género Y Legislación

Jean-Pierre Chauveau

Changes in Customary Land Tenure Systems in Africa

Bill Vorley

Man-Kwun Chan

Tipping the Balance: Policies to shape agricultural investments and markets in favour of small-scale farmers

Lorenzo Cotula

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