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Alden Wily, L. 2011. 'The Law is to Blame': The Vulnerable Status of Common Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa. Development and Change, Volume 42, Issue 3, pages 733–757, May 2011. The Hague, the Netherlands, International Institute of Social Studies.

African Union (AU) and the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD). 2004. Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa 

Aryeetey, E. 2012. African Land Grabbing Whose Interests are Served? NAI Forum.

Aryeetey, C., Barthel, F., Busee, M., Loehr, C. & Osei, R. 2008. Empirical study on the determinants and pro-development impacts of foreign direct investments in Ghana. Institute of International Economics, Hamburg, Germany and Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) for GTZ, Legon, Ghana.

Avril, H. 2010. "Land Grabs in Poor Countries Set to Increase"'. Interpress Service Agency, 8 September, 2010. Paris, France.

Blas, J., and England. 2008. "Foreign fields: Rich states look beyond their borders for fertile soil". Financial Times, 19 April 2008.                        

Borras Jr. S. M., Hall, R., Scoones, I., White, B. & Wolford, W. 2011. "Towards a better understanding of global land grabbing: an editorial introduction", in Journal of Peasant Studies, 38:2, pages 209 – 216.

Buxton, A., Campanale, M. & Cotula, L. 2012. Farms and funds: investment funds in the global land rush. IIED, London.

Committee on World Food Security (CFS). 2011. Policy Roundtable: How to Increase Food Security and Smallholder-Sensitive Investment in Agriculture. Item V. 37th Session of the Committee on World Food Security. CFS:2011/4. Rome, 17-22 October 2011. Rome, Italy.

Colombant, N. 2010. "Activists, Researchers Raise Alarm on Africa's 'Land Grab'". VOANews, 27 January, 2010.

Cotula, L. 2011. Land deals in Africa: What is in the contracts? IIED, London.

Cotula, L. and Leonard, R. (eds). 2010. Alternatives to Land Acquisitions: Agricultural Investments and Collaborative Business Models. IIED, SDC, IFAD and CTV,  London/Bern/Rome/Maputo.

Cotula, L., Vermeulen, S., Leonard, R. and Keeley, J. 2009. Land grab or development opportunity? Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa. FAO, IFAD and IIED, Rome/London.

Collier, P. 2008. "The Politics of Hunger: How Illusion and Greed Fan the Food Crisis". Foreign Affairs. November/December 2008, Foreign Affairs, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC.

Daley, E. and Park, C. M. 2012. The Gender and Equity Implications of Land- Related Investments on Land Access and Labour and Income-Generating Opportunities: A Case Study of Selected Agricultural Investments in Northern Tanzania. FAO, Rome. 

Daley, E. and Park, C. M. 2011. "Governing land for women and men – Gender and Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and Other Natural Resources". FAO Land Tenure Working Paper 19. FAO, Rome.

Daniel, S. and Mittal, A. 2009. The Great Land Grab. The Oakland Institute, Oakland, USA.

Daniel, S. and Mittal, A. 2010. (Mis)Investment in Agriculture: The Role of The International Finance Corporation in Global Land Grabs. The Oakland Institute, Oakland, USA.

De Ita, A. 2006. "Land Concentration in Mexico after PROCEDE", in Rosset, P., Patel, R. and Courville, M. (edts). 2006. Promised Land: Competing Visions of Agrarian Reform. Food First Books, Oakland.

De Schutter, O. 2011. "How not to think of land-grabbing: three critiques of large-scale investments in farmland". Journal of Peasant Studies, 38: 2, pages 249 – 279.

De Wit, P. and Norfolk, S. 2010. Recognizing Rights to Natural Resources in Mozambique. Rights and Resources Initiative, Washington D.C.

Deininger, K. and Bresciani, F. 2001. Mexico's ejido reform: Their impact on the functioning of factor markets and land acces. Selected Paper in American Agricultural Economics Annual Meeting, August 5 – 8, 2001, Chicago, IL. World Bank, Washington D.C.   

Deininger, K. 2011. "Challenges posed by the new wave of farmland investment".  Journal of Peasant Studies, 38: 2, 217 – 247.

Deininger, K., Byerlee, D. Lindsay, J., Norton, A., Selod, H., and Stickler, M. 2010. Rising Global Interest in Farmland – Can It Yield Sustainable and Equitable Benefits? World Bank, Washington. D.C.

De Schutter, O. 2009a. "The Human Right to food and the Challenges facing an African 'Green Revolution'". Statement of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter.

De Schutter, O. 2009b. Large-scale land acquisitions and leases: A set of core principles and measures to address the human rights challenge

Economist. 2009. "Land rights in Peru: whose jungle is it?". Economist, 19 March 2009.

Eni. 2009. Eni's Response on the report Eni's New Investment in Tar Sands and Palm Oil in the Congo Basin, by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Italy.

EU Task Force on Land Tenure. 2004. EU Land Policy Guidelines

Evers Andersen, K. 2011. "Communal tenure and the governance of common property resources in Asia". FAO Land Tenure Working Paper 20. FAO, Rome, Italy.

Fall, A. A. and Sarr, S. 2009. Dans la vallée du fleuve Sénégal, différentes histoires interprofessionnelles autour de la tomate industrielle et du riz. Inter Réseaux Development Rural.

FAO. 2012. Current research on the impacts of investment and the Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment on developing country agriculture – CFS 39 Side Event. 18 October 2012, FAO headquarters, Rome.

FAO. 2012. The State of Food and Agriculture 2012 – Investing in agriculture for a better future. FAO, Rome.

FAO. 2011. Creating a Framework for agricultural Investment. FAO Investment Centre, Rome.

FAO. 2011. HLPE Consultation on Land Tenure and International Investments in Agriculture. Electronic Consultation hosted by the Committee on World Food Security. From 24 January to 10 February 2011. FAO, Rome.

FAO. 2011. Save and Grow – A policy maker's guide to sustainable intensification of smaallholder crop production. FAO, Rome.

FAO. 2010. Foreign investment in developing country agriculture - issues, policy implications and international response. Committee on Commodity Problems, Sixty-eighth Session, Rome, 14-16 June 2010. FAO, Rome.

FAO. 2010. Report of the 68th  Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems, (14-16 June 2010). FAO, Rome.

FAO. 2010. "Investments in agriculture must grow 23-11-2010: Rise in food prices make structural changes urgent." Press Brief (November). FAO, Rome.

FAO. 2009. "From Land Grab to Win-Win: Seizing the opportunities of international investments in agriculture". ES Policy Brief . FAO, Rome.

FAO. 2009. Foreign Direct Investment – win-win or land grab? World Summit on Food Security. Rome 16–18 November 2009. FAO, Rome

FAO. 2009. Foreign Direct Investment in Agriculture: Land Grab or Development Opportunity? Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition. FAO, Rome.

FAO. 2009. Presentations. Expert Meeting on International Investment in Agriculture, 30-31 July 2009. FAO, Rome.

FIAN. 2010. Land grabbing in Kenya and Mozambique. A report on to research missions – and a human rights analysis of land grabbing. FIAN, Heidelberg.

FAO. 2007. "Guidelines for the design of agricultural investment projects". Technical Paper 7. FAO, Rome.

FAO. 2005 (1995). "Guidelines for the design of agricultural investment projects". FAO Investment Centre Techical Paper 7.  FAO, Rome.

FAO. 2004. Financing Agriculture and Rural Development in Africa: Issues, Constraints and Perspectives. Twenty-third Regional Conference for Africa, Johannesburg, 1-5 March 2004.

FAO. 2001. Investment in land and water. Proceedings of the Regional Consultation. Bangkok, Thailand, 3-5 October 2001

FAO. 1981. The Peasants' Charter. World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development. FAO, Rome.

Franco, J. & Kay, S. 2012. The Global Water Grab: A Primer. Transnational Institute.

Gerstter, C., Kaphengst, T., Knoblauch, D., &Timeus, K. 2011. An Assessment of the Effects of Land Ownership and Land Grab on Development - with a particular focus on small holdings and Rural Areas. Ad hoc briefing EXPO/DEVE/2009/Lot 5/13 requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Development.

Friis, C., & Reenberg, A. 2010. "Land Grab in Africa: Emerging land system drivers in a teleconnected world". GLP Report No. 1 Global Land Project, GLP International Project Office, Copenhagen.   &bsp;           

Gueye, Youssoupha. 2007. Quelques éléments de synthèse sur la filière tomate industrielleCam. Centre de Gestion et d'Economie Rurale de la Vallée du Fleuve Sénégal (CGER).

Gerlach, A. and Liu, P. 2010. "Resource-seeking Foreign Direct Investment in African Agriculture – A review of country case studies". FAO Commodity and Trade Policy Research Working Paper, No. 31.

Ghezae, N. (ed). 2010. Natural Resource Tenure – a crucial aspect of poverty reduction and human rights. Sida Studies, no 23. Sida, Stockholm.

GTZ. 2009. Foreign Direct Investment in Land in Mali. Division 45, Agriculture, Fishery and Food, Eschborn.

GTZ. 2009. Foreign Direct Investment in Land in Madagascar. Division 45, Agriculture, Fishery and Food, GTZ, Eschborn.

GTZ. 2009. Foreign Direct Investment in Land in developing countries. Division 45, Agriculture, Fishery and Food, GTZ, Eschborn.

GTZ. 2009. Renewable Energies in West Africa. Regional Report on Potentials and Markets – 17 Country Analyses. GTZ, Eschborn.

Grain. 2008. SEIZED! The 2008 land grab for food and financial security.

Gustavsson, J., Cederberg, C., Sonesson, U., van Otterdijk, R., and Meybeck, A. 2011. Global food losses and food waste – extent, causes and prevention. SIK and FAO, Gothenburg and Rome.

Hallam, D. 2009. International Investments in Agricultural Production. FAO, Rome.

Hallam, D., Lavers, G., Liu, P., Pilkauskas, P., Rapsomanikis, G. 2004. The market for non-traditional agricultural exports. FAO Commodities and Trade Technical Paper Nr.3. FAO, Rome

Havnevik, K. 2009. Outsourcing of the African Lands for Energy and Food – Challenges for Smallholders. Paper presented at the IPD's African Task Force, Pretoria, South Africa, July 9-10.

Heinrich Böll Foundation. 2009. Energy Futures? Eni´s Investment in Tar Sands and Palm Oil in the Congo Basin.

Hilton, A. 2011. "Private Investment in Land – Implementing Responsible Governance of Tenure". FAO Land Tenure Working Paper 21. FAO, Rome.

Howarth, R.W. and Bringezu, S. (edts.). 2009. Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use. Proceedings of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) International Biofuels Project Rapid Assessment, 22-25 September 2008. Gummersbach.

HLPE. 2011. Land tenure and international investments in agriculture. High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the CFS, Rome.

International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD). 2009. Global Report.

Karlsson, J. 2012. "Promotion of beneficial agriculture investments and discouragement of land grabbing". Focali Brief: 2012: 3. Focali, Gothenburg.

Karlsson, J. 2011. Transnational Land Acquisitions – The case of Sierra Leone. School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg.

Kugelman, M. and Levenstein S. L. (Eds.). 2012. The Global Farms Race Land Grabs, Agricultural Investment, and the Scramble for Food Security.  Island Press, Washington D.C.

Kugelman M. and Levenstein, S.L. (Eds.) 2009. The Race for the World's Farmland. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.

Li, T. M. 2011. "Centering labor in the land grab debate". Journal of Peasant Studies, 38: 2, pages 281 – 298.

Liu, P., Koroma, S., Aria, P. & Hallam, D. 2013. Trends and impacts of foreign investment in developing country agriculture - Evidence from case studies. FAO, Rome.

Liu, P. & Karlsson, J. 2011. Report from Expert meeting on international investment in the agricultural sector of developing countries 22-23 November 2011. FAO, Rome.

McNellis, P. E. 2009, Foreign Investment in Developing Country Agriculture – The Emerging Role of Private Sector Finance. FAO Commity and Trade Policy Paper No. 28.

Miller, C., Richter, S., McNellis, P., Mhlanga N. 2010. Agricultural Investment Funds for Developing Countries. FAO, Rome.

Msuya, E. 2007. The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Agricultural Productivity and Poverty Reduction in Tanzania, MPRA Paper No. 3671.                             

Narula, S. (ed). 2010. Foreign Land Deals and Human Rights: Case Studies on Agricultural and Biofuel Investment. CHRGJ, New York University, New York.

Paglietti, L. & Sabrie, R. 2011. Outgrower schemes: advantages of different business models for sustainable crop intensification Ghana case studies. FAO, Rome.

Perrone, N. M. 2011. "Responsible agricultural investment: is there a significant role for the law to promote sustainability?" Perspectives on topical foreign direct investment issues by the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment. No. 38. Columbia.

Olsson, G. A. 2010. "Biofuels in explosive conflict about resources". Sustainability,  Swedish Research Council Formas.

Oluoch-Kosura, W. & Karugia, J. T. 2005. Why the early promise for rapid increases in maize productivity in Kenya was not sustained: lessons for sustainable investment in agriculture.

Djurfeldt, G., Holmén, H., Jirström, M., & Larsson, R. 2005. The African food crisis: Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution. CABI.

Smaller, C & Mann, H. 2009. A Thirst for Distant Lands: Foreign investment in Agricultural Land and Water. IISD, Winnipeg.                            

Songwe, V. & Deininger, K. 2009. "Foreign Investments in Agricultural Production: Opportunities and Challanges".  Agriculture and Rural Development Notes, Issue 45, The World Bank's Land Policy and Administration, Washington D.C.

Swedish FAO Committee. 2010. "Foreign Land Investments in Developing Countries – Contribution or Threat to Sustainable Development?" Swedish FAO Committee Publication Series No. 7. Stockholm.

Rakotoarisoa, M.A. 2012. "A contribution to the analyses of the effects of foreign agricultural investment on the food sector and trade in Sub-Saharan Africa". Policy Research Working Paper Nr 33, FAO, Rome.

Rama R. and Wilkinson J. 2008. Foreign direct investment and agri-food value chains in developing countries: a review of the main issues. Commodity Market Review 2007-2008. FAO, Rome.

Raswant, V., Hart, N., and Romano, M. 2008. Biofuel expansion: Challenges, risks and opportunities for rural poor people. Paper prepared for the Round Table organized during the Thirty-first session of IFAD's Governing Council, 14 February 2008. IFAD, Rome.

Romano, M. & Liversage, H. 2010. Biofuels, land rights and community-investor partnerships – Good practices and preliminary lessons learned in selected case studies in India, Thailand and Viet Nam. IFAD, Rome.

PROPAC, ROPPA, EAFF & PAFO. 2011. The African farmer workshop "Agricultural Investment strengthening family farming and sustainable food systems in Africa" – Synthesis report, 4 - 5 May 2011. Mfou.

Tanyeri-Abur, A & Elamin, N. H. (Eds.) International Investments in Agriculture in the Near East: Evidence from Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.  FAO Regional Office for the Near East, Cairo.

Teklu, A. 2005.  "Land Registration and Women's Land Rights in Amhara Region. Adis Ababa",  Securing Land Rights in Africa Research Report 4,  IIED, London.

Toulmin, C. et al. 2011. Land tenure and international investments in agriculture. High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) on Food Security and Nutrition of the CFS. CFS, Rome.

Tshibaka, Tshikala Bulalu. 2010. Financing of agricultural development: a challenge to tackle through domestic resource mobilization. FAO Sub-Regional for West-Africa, Accra.

UN Global Compact. 2012. Scaling Up Global Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture. UN Global Compact, New York.

Wehrmann, B. 2011. Land Use Planning Manual. Concept, Tools and Applications. GIZ, Eschborn.

World Bank. 2007. World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for development. Washington D.C.

Vermeulen, S. & Cotula, L. 2010. Making the most of agricultural investment: A survey of business models that provide opportunities for smallholders. FAO and IIED, Rome/London.

von Braun, J. and Meinzen-Dick, R. 2009. "'Land Grabbing' by Foreign Investors in Developing Countries: Risks and Opportunities", IFPRI Policy Brief 13

Vorley, B., Cotula, L. & Man-Kwun, C. 2012. Tipping the Balance: Policies to shape agricultural investments and markets in favour of small-scale farmers. Oxfam/IIED, London.

Zepeda L. (Ed) 2001. "Agricultural Investment and Productivity in Developing Countries". FAO Economic and Social Development Paper Nr. 148. FAO, Rome

 


 

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