Land Library
Bem-vindo à Biblioteca do Land Portal. Explore nossa vasta coleção de recursos de acesso aberto (mais de 74.000), incluindo relatórios, artigos de revistas científicas, trabalhos de pesquisa, publicações revisadas por pares, documentos jurídicos, vídeos e muito mais.
/ library resources
Showing items 1 through 5 of 5.
Land Investments in Indonesia
This video presents the experiences of small scale women and men farmers, fishers, and indigenous peoples with agricultural land investments and their impact on their lives and livelihoods.
Since the 2008 food price crisis, foreign investors have been acquiring more and more land in poor countries for producing foodstuffs and biofuels for their own use. Such investments have the potential to promote rural development and food security worldwide.
Large land acquisitions can have a deep, lasting e? ect on livelihoods, food security and the future of agriculture, so there is a need for strategic thinking, vigorous public debate and government responsiveness to public concerns, especially in recipient countries
Smallholder communities in the Bolivian highlands have managed to conquer hunger: cheese production o? ers great hope to the people of the Peñas Valley. Cheese provides healthy nourishment for their children, generates additional income for families, and stimulates the local economy.