Vacancy announcement: Land Matrix Initiative Project Support Unit Coordinator Deadline for applications: 31 October 2014 The Land Matrix Initiative (LMI) is a global and independent initiative monitoring competition over land use in the Global South. Its goal is… Read More
On 11 September 2014, LANDac organized, together with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the World Bank Group, a launch of the new World Bank publication ‘Voice & Agency: empowering women and girls for shared prosperity’ in… Read More
Deadline for abstracts is 31 October 2014! CALL FOR PAPERS International Academic Conference Land Grabbing: Perspectives from East and Southeast Asia 5-6 June 2015 Chiang Mai University, Thailand The Land Deal Politics Initiative (LDPI, www.iss.nl/ldpi) is collaborating with… Read More
On October 21st, activists, companies, investors, scientists and Dutch government representatives will come together in De Balie in Amsterdam, to debate the best way to end land grabbing due to rising palm oil demand. Hosted by Milieudefensie (Friends… Read More
The final report of the conference ‘The global Jatropha Curcas hype: What can we learn from the boom and bust of a miracle crop?’ held on 19 and 20 June 2014, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, is now available…. Read More
LANDac is calling for cases of domestic or foreign investments or activities in agriculture in the Global South that are models in which due attention is paid to issues of sustainable development, inclusive growth and food security; with… Read More
Together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, LANDac organized the Dutch launch of the World Bank report ‘Voice & Agency: Empowering women and girls for shared prosperity’ last week in The Hague. The launch was attended by more… Read More
The World Bank announces that the 16th Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty will be held at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C., from March 23 – 26, 2015. The conference theme will be “Linking… Read More
On May 1, 2015, a group of indigenous peoples, hereditary chiefs and elders will arrive in the city of Paris France where they will take their first steps of a historic pilgrimage towards Rome, Italy, along the ancient… Read More
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20/10/2014 – Principles for responsible agriculture and food investments are approved
Principles for responsible agriculture and food investments are approved Rome, 16 October 2014 During the 2014 annual meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) from 13-18 October in Rome, governments from around the world have approved… Read More