Documents
Syposium "Large-scale Investment in Agriculture and Land – Opportunity and Risk for Food Security"
Presentations by keynote speakers
Largescale acquisitions of agricultural land: what are international drivers and trends? (
1293 kb) / Abstract ( 72 kb)
Carin Smaller, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Geneva
Current initiatives to address land governance: How to mitigate risk and involve local stakeholders ( 1801 kb) / Discussion Paper ( 499 kb)
Michael Taylor, International Land Coalition, Rome
The role of private equity in international agriculture investment – balancing investment opportunities and sustainability criteria ( 841 kb)
/ Abstract ( 18 kb)
Bernd Schanzenbächer, EBG Capital, Zurich
SFIAR Award: Presentation of winning project
Preventing post-harvest losses by a combination of a parasitoid and host plant resistance in dry beans ( 2043 kb)
Prof. Silvia Dorn,
ETH Zurich
Workshop documents
SDC's Global Programme Food Security ( 79 kb)
Andrea Ries, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Bern
An introduction to the International Land Coalition ( 1367 kb)
ILC’s Commercial Pressures on Land initiative ( 120 kb)
Michael Taylor and Madiodio Niasse, International Land Coalition, Rome
Back-to-Office-Report on the workshop ( 55 kb)
Katja Gehne, nccr trade regulation, Bern
Summary of group work ( 20 kb)
Background reading
3D --> Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy:
The Global Land Grab: A Human Rights Approach, 2009
www.3dthree.org/pdf_3D/3D_Reportlandgrabseminar.pdf ( 203 kb)
3D --> Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy: Holding the Actors Involved in the Global Land Grab to Account: The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Urges Action From Cambodia, Information note June 2009
www.3dthree.org/pdf_3D/3DCESCRCambodia-Kuwait_June09.pdf ( 183 kb)
AGTER: Commercial Pressures on Land Worldwide: issues and conceptual framework for ILC, March 2009
www.landcoalition.org/pdf/09_05_Conceptual_framework_ENG.pdf
( 346 kb)
Brussels Development Briefings: "Land Access and Rural Development: New Challenges, New Opportunities," February 2009 http://brusselsbriefings.net/past-briefings/next-briefingfebruary-25-2009/
Cotula, L. [et al.]: Land grab or development opportunity? Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa, IIED, FAO, IFAD, 2009
www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/12561IIED.pdf ( 1862 kb)
FAO: From Land Grab to Win-Win, FAO Economic and Social Perspectives Policy Brief 4, June 2009
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/ak357e/ak357e00.pdf ( 99 kb)
GRAIN: Landgrab resource page
www.grain.org/landgrab/
Hallam, D.: International Investments in Agricultural Production, FAO Expert meeting on How to Feed the World in 2050, 24-26 June 2009
www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/wsfs/docs/expert_paper/10-Hallam-InternationalInvestments.pdf ( 80 kb)
IFAD: The Growing Demand for Land: Risks and Opportunities for Smallholder Farmers
www.ifad.org/events/gc/32/roundtables/2.pdf ( 1354 kb)
IIED: ‘Land grabs’ in Africa: can the deals work for development? IIED briefing, September 2009
www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/17069IIED.pdf ( 829 kb)
IIED: Legal empowerment in practice: Using legal tools to secure land rights in Africa, March 2008
www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/12552IIED.pdf ( 1474 kb)
IIED: Legal tools for citizens empowerment: getting a better deal from natural resource investment, 2009 www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/12554IIED.pdf ( 1224 kb)
Knaup, H. / Mittelstaedt J.: Die große Jagd nach Land, Der Spiegel 31/2009 vom 27.07.2009, S. 86
http://wissen.spiegel.de/wissen/dokument/
dokument.html?id=66208565&top=SPIEGEL
Oxfam: Investing in Poor Farmers Pays. Rethinking how to invest in agriculture, June 2009
www.oxfam.org/en/policy/investing-in-poor-farmers-pays
Smaller C. / Mann H.: A Thirst for Distant Lands: Foreign investment in agricultural land and water. IISD, 2009. www.iisd.org/pdf/2009/thirst_for_distant_lands.pdf ( 442 kb)
Von Braun, J. / Meinzen-Dick, R.: "Land Grabbing" by Foreign Investors in Developing Countries, IFPRI, April 2009
www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/bp013all.pdf ( 433 kb)
Woerz, E. [et al.]: Potential for GCC Agro-Investments in Africa and Central Asia, Gulf Research Center, September 2008 www.grc.ae/data/contents/uploads/Potential_for_GCC_Agro_5729.pdf
( 2350 kb)
