2 – 13 July 2012
Utrecht University, the Netherlands
In July 2012 LANDac organises the third Utrecht Summerschool Land Governance for Development. The two-week intensive course will introduce students to the multiple dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond. Students will acquire the most up-to-date knowledge on new land pressures and learn how to place these in broader theoretical debates. In addition, they will learn about best practices in land governance from different contexts and on different levels: local, national and international. The course is useful for Masters’ students, academics and practitioners from anywhere in the world who are interested in or work…
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Report: seminar Kenya land reform – from paper to practice
On Tuesday 9 October 2012, LANDac together with ActionAid and the African Studies Center organised the seminar Kenya Land Reform: From Paper to Practice. Will Kenya’s new land bills safeguard people’s land rights and food security?
Kenyan ActionAid activist David Barissa shed his light on the new land legislation in the country, followed by reflections by Marcel Rutten (ASC) and Caroline Archambault (UU), and a general discussion.
The report of this event is available here.
For more information on land grab in Kenya and its implications for smallholder farmers, an interesting study on the Tana River Delta was conducted by the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) in 2010: ‘Land Grab in Kenya – Implications for Small-holder farmers’:
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New publications on Land
Recently various institutions have released reports on land governance and large-scale land acquisitions. Some of the main recent reports are mentioned here:
Deutsche Bank (DB Research). Foreign investment in farmland. No low-hanging fruit. November 2012.
Oxfam. ‘Our Land, Our Lives’. Time out on the global land rush. October 2012.
ActionAid. Lay of the Land. Improving land governance to stop land grabs. October 2012.
International Land Coalition. Land Governance in the 21st century: framing the debate series:
Nr 1: Land Governance in Africa. How historical context has shaped key contemporary issues relating to policy on land (by Kojo Sebastian Amanor)
Nr2: Land Governance in Brazil. A geo-historical review of land governance in Brazil (by Bernardo Mançano Fernandes, Clifford Andrew Welch, Elienai Constantino Gonçalves)
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Grootschalige landverwerving in Afrika: artikel internationale spectator
A new article by Annelies Zoomers (chair LANDac) in Internationale Spectator of July-August 2012 analyses large-scale land acquisitions in Africa. Click here for the article (in Dutch).
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Country factsheets updatedy
In July 2012, all 15 country factsheets have been updated. They can be accessed here. The factsheets present the relevant policy and institutional contexts with respect to land governance.
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European Report on Development 2011-2012 published: focus on water, energy and land scarcity
The 2011-2012 European Report on Development “Confronting Scarcity: Managing water, energy and land for inclusive and sustainable growth” and accompanying papers are now available online here. Various LANDac partners (Utrecht University, Royal Tropical Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) have contributed to the report with a number of research papers on the issue of land.
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Hivos-IIED provocation on small-scale farming and youth report online
On the 24th of May 2012, Hivos and IIED organised a provocative seminar on small-scale farming and youth in an era of rapid rural change. This provocation was the sixth and last in a series being initiatied by the IIED/Hivos Knowledge Programme Small Procuder Agency in Globalised Markets. More information and the online report can be found here.
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Successful third edition of the Utrecht Summerschool Land Governance for Development completed
In July 2012 LANDac organised the third Utrecht Summerschool Land Governance for Development. The two-week intensive course introduced students to the multiple dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond. 25 Students from 16 different countries all over the world participated in the summerschool. They acquired up-to-date knowledge from LANDac partners and guest lecturers on new land pressures, theoretical debates, and best practices in land governance. A more extensive report will follow soon; the programme can be found here. LANDac will organise the summerschool again in 2013.
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FAO voluntary guidelines endorsed
On 11 May 2012 the FAO Committee on World Food Security (CFS) officially endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. More information here.
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LANDac selects two foci for research: civil society and responsible investment
LANDac partners currently emphasize two subjects in their research activities:
1) The role of civil society (e.g. farmers’ organizations) in dealing with large-scale land acquisitions and related issues
2) Responsible investment in land: are there lessons to be learned from good practices?
More information will follow soon.
Last Updated: 26th July 2019 by admin
Utrecht Summerschool Land Governance for Development
2 – 13 July 2012
Utrecht University, the Netherlands
In July 2012 LANDac organises the third Utrecht Summerschool Land Governance for Development. The two-week intensive course will introduce students to the multiple dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond. Students will acquire the most up-to-date knowledge on new land pressures and learn how to place these in broader theoretical debates. In addition, they will learn about best practices in land governance from different contexts and on different levels: local, national and international. The course is useful for Masters’ students, academics and practitioners from anywhere in the world who are interested in or work…