World Bank and UNCTAD workshop brings 25 participants from the private sector together to discuss and share experiences and views on large scale agricultural investment
The country will undertake substantial reforms to its investment policy framework in order to attract and benefit more from FDI and promote agricultural development, according to an UNCTAD policy review.
Papers from TICAD-V side-event on responsible agricultural investment held at Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan on June 2, 2013 during TICAD V.
El resultado neto es una autorregulación voluntaria, la cual es ineficaz y poco fiable, y no es remedio alguno contra la perversidad de estos negocios.
Jusqu’à maintenant, les efforts déployés pour réglementer les accaparements de terres étaient le fait des institutions internationales. Maintenant, le secteur privé s’engage à définir ses propres règles du jeu.
From the World Bank to pension funds, efforts are under way to regulate land grabs through the creation of codes and standards. Rather than help financial and corporate elites to "responsibly invest" in farmland, we need them to stop and divest.
The report outlines elements of a Global New Deal including developing principles for responsible agricultural investment.
Los movimientos sociales que representan a los campesinos, los pequeños agricultores y los trabajadores agrícolas no coinciden en que la racionalización de las inversiones a gran escala sea la respuesta al problema global del acaparamiento de tierras.
The G20 has proposed a twin track approach as the way forward comprising piloting the PRAI (first track) and using the lessons learned to inform a consultation process (second track).
Ethiopia achieved positive results in the agriculture sector, which in turn led to improved domestic production and better environmental standards, says UNCTAD.
- UN News Service
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04 May 2011
UNCTAD believes pension funds, with their apparent focus on reputation, accountability, and the long term, could set new best-practice standards as they join the farmland investment trend.
- Guardian News and Media
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27 August 2010
El último informe de Unctad sobre ciencia y tecnología repite el llamado a una "revolución verde" en la agricultura de África, pero no hace mención de los peligros reales que suponen el comercio y el marco financiero internacional para los productores de ese continente.