October 7, 2013 / News
The 40th session of the Committee on World Food Security opens on 7 October. More than 30 ministers will attend the session and there were more than 1,000 registrations to the Plenary. The entire week will be webcast at http://www.fao.org/webcast
October 4, 2013 / Early Career Fellowship Programme
The Early Career Fellowship Programme run by Future Agricultures provides grants and mentoring to a small number of promising researchers who are investigating the politics of agricultural policy in Africa. Early Career Fellows are required to produce publications as part
October 4, 2013 / FAC blog
Supporting CAADP Future Agricultures CAADP coordinator Sam Asuming-Brempong (left), Regional hub coordinator for Southern Africa, Ruth Hall (centre), and Regional hub coordinator for West Africa, George Kwadzo (right) On the agenda for the meeting was taking stock of the research
October 4, 2013 / CAADP
Our CAADP policy briefs respond to the developing issues addressed by the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme, exploring the implications of new research for policy-making and practice. So far 12 briefs have been published, and many translated into French: they
October 2, 2013 / News
Regional hubs invite collaboration IDS Bulletin on China and Brazil in African agriculture Policy space for Pastoralism in Kenya Pan African Land Hearings Leaping and Learning: linking smallholders to markets
October 2, 2013 / News
A new IDS Bulletin brings together the first collection of empirical and review articles on how China and Brazil are engaging in African agriculture.
October 2, 2013 / News
New African hubs announced for Future Agricultures Video: hub convenors Supporting CAADP New research on Rising Powers in Africa and Land
October 2, 2013 / FAC blog
Guinea Bissau to receive Chinese investment in cotton farming A delegation of Chinese entrepreneurs and investors from Liaoning Province have visited Guinea Bissau’s eastern Bafata region with a view to revive cotton farming in the region. The region previously grew
October 2, 2013 / News
Conference on Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa New book: Ethiopian Seed System Pastoralism and politics Brazil in Mozambique
October 2, 2013 / News
Global Land Grabbing conference Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa conference Feeding the world Research on young people and agriculture – IDS Bulletin
October 2, 2013 / News
Early Career Fellows announced Young People, Farming and Food conference Land Deal Politics Initiative awards announced International Seminar on South-South Co-operation
September 30, 2013 / Climate Change
A new working paper analyses how discussions on climate change and agriculture in Kenya are driven from within and outside the country’s borders. Kenya has been ahead of many other countries in developing a national climate change strategy. But there
September 27, 2013 / FAC blog
Kenya has been ahead of many other countries in developing a national climate change strategy, and agriculture is one of the key critical sectors of interest. The National Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS) dates from 2010, and the National Climate
September 27, 2013 / CAADP
Future Agricultures researcher Steve Wiggins gave a talk on “African agriculture in a changing global context: lessons learned” at a briefing in Brussels on 2 October. The 33rd CTA Brussels Development Briefing on “The key Drivers of Agricultural transformation in
September 27, 2013 / Climate Change
A new paper addresses how policy responses to climate change are shaping the agricultural sector in Ethiopia, and their significance for the country’s future development. 'Warming to Change? Climate Policy and Agricultural Development in Ethiopia' highlights multiple responses, including those
September 25, 2013 / FAC blog
Pan-African Land Grab Conference The first ever pan-African land grab hearing of its kind took place Johannesburg last month, co-hosted by Future Agricultures. Panellists discussed their experiences from all over the continent, discussing issues of policy failure, transparency and gender
September 25, 2013 / Pathways to Commercialisation
Initial findings from research into changing patterns of growth and investment in countries involved in the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, will be presented in November. Building on earlier analysis, this project reviews recent trends in agricultural growth,
September 25, 2013 / News
Our research on Pastoralism and our three new Africa hubs have been highlighted in this year's annual report from the Institute of Development Studies. The article includes details of our policy workshops in Nairobi and Addis Ababa, and the launch
September 18, 2013 / Research Update
Gaynor ParadzaSeptember 2013 This document summarises a workshop on large-scale land governance in Mozambique, organised by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, PLAAS and Future Agricultures. For more information and presentations from the workshop, see the event page.
September 18, 2013 / Research Update
This brochure summarises the project Commercialisation of Land and ‘Land Grabbing‘: Implications for Land Rights and Livelihoods in Southern Africa. The project investigates the multiple pressures towards the commercialisation of land in Southern Africa – specifically the leasing, concessions or
September 17, 2013 / Research Papers
Agriculture for Impact research reportby Steve Wiggins and Sharada KeatsMay 2013 This report provides a comprehensive review of the existing literature on smallholder-centred market-based interventions. Smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa number around 33 million, represent 80% of all farms in
September 17, 2013 / Pathways to Commercialisation
Leaping and Learning: Linking Smallholders to Markets (pdf) is a comprehensive review of the existing literature on smallholder-centred market-based interventions. Smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa number around 33 million, represent 80% of all farms in the region, and contribute up
September 17, 2013 / CAADP
Future Agricultures was at the 4th International Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE), held on 22-25 September 2013 in Tunisia. Sam Asuming-Brempong attended the conference to highlight recent work on the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). Dr
September 17, 2013 / Science, Technology and Innovation
Electronic devices allow farmers in Africa to access and share information as never before. But the role of ‘technology’ in agriculture is about more than just sharing practices through mobile phones. Institutions, social change and politics play a part. In
September 17, 2013 / FAC blog
ProSavana launches website The ProSavana agricultural project in Mozambique has set up a website. Its aim is to be regularly updated with news and information regarding the project, presumably as part of an effort to counter criticisms of transparency. It
September 16, 2013 / FAC blog
In fact, the take-over of the technology agenda by the cell phone and SMS promoters was so complete that we were asked to believe that the ‘know how’ and ‘how to’ of African agriculture could be reduced to a series
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: Women, Gender and Protest Emergence – Contesting Oil Palm Plantation Expansion in Sambas District, Indonesia LDPI Working Paper 49by Miranda Morgan
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: The political value of land, remittances and a possible case of land grabbing – The case of an indigenous village in Oaxaca, Mexico LDPI Working Paper 48by Iván Sandoval Cervantes
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: Processes of land accumulation and patterns of labour mobility in large-scale oil palm smallholding schemes in Indonesia LDPI Working Paper 47by Jean-François Bissonnette
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: Impact of Restrictive Legislation and Popular Opposition Movements on Foreign Land Investments in Brazil – The Case of the Forestry and Pulp Paper Sector and Stora Enso LDPI Working Paper 45by Debora Lerrer and John Wilkinson
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: The drive for accumulation – Environmental contestation and agrarian support to Mexico’s oil palm expansion LDPI Working Paper 43by Antonio Castellanos-Navarrete and Kees Jansen
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: Small Farm Holders’ Response to the Global Land Deals in Benin – The role of international solidarity linkages LDPI Working Paper 41by Paulette Nonfodji
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: Land for agricultural development in the era of ‘land grabbing’ – A spatial exploration of the ‘marginal lands’ narrative in contemporary Ethiopia LDPI Working Paper 40by Rachel A Nalepa
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: Challenging the dominant assumptions about peasants’ responses to land grabbing – ‘Politics from below’ in Ukraine LDPI Working Paper 39by Natalia Mamonova
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: Financializing Prairie farmland – Farmland investment funds and the restructuring of family farming systems in central Canada LDPI Working Paper 38by Melanie Sommerville
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: The Formalization Fix? Land titling, state land concessions, and the politics of geographical transparency in contemporary Cambodia LDPI Working Paper 37by Michael B Dwyer
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: Understanding forms of contention in the post-Soviet setting – Rural responses to Chinese land investments in Tajikistan LDPI Working Paper 35by Irna Hoffman
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: Creating a Zambian Breadbasket – ‘Land grabs’ and foreign investments in agriculture in Mkushi District LDPI Working Paper 33by Jessica M Chu
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: Foreign land deals in Tanzania – An update and a critical view on the challenges of data (re)production LDPI Working Paper 31by Emmanuel Sulle
September 11, 2013 / LDPI Working Papers
Full title: An investigation of the political economy of land grabs in Malawi – The case of Kasinthula Cane Growers Limited (KCGL) LDPI Working Paper 30by Michael Chasukwa
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