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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.Global context and issues -- 2.Assessing the extent of foreign investment in agriculture -- 3.Origins of agricultural FDI -- 4.Patterns of FDI flows -- 5.Implications for food security -- 6.Urgent need for agricultural investment in developing...

Contents note continued: 3.Lessons from Brazilian agriculture development experience -- 3.1.Business climate history for agriculture investment -- 3.2.Agricultural development of the Brazilian Savannah -- 4.The business climate for FDI in Brazilian agriculture -- 4.1.The enabling environment for FDI...

Contents note continued: 5.The TRIMs agreement -- 6.The incentives framework -- 6.1.Tax exemptions -- 6.2.Export processing zones programme -- 7.Land policies and related issues in the United Republic of Tanzania -- 7.1.The Institutional Framework for Implementation -- 8.Recent trends in large-scale...

Contents note continued: 3.Policies, legislations, institutions affecting FDI in Thai agriculture -- 3.1.Overview -- Investment barriers -- Investment policy climate -- 4.Analysis of international investments in the agricultural sector -- 4.1.Overall FDI analysis -- 4.2.BOI's promoted foreign invest...

Contents note continued: 3.Policies to encourage private investment in the agricultural sector -- 3.1.Policies to enhance domestic capabilities and safeguards -- Incentives offered to encourage private investment in agricultural sectors -- 4.Investments by transnational corporations in the agricultu...

Contents note continued: 6.5.Impact on technology and knowledge sharing -- 6.6.Enforcement of production and processing standards -- 6.7.Investment in training -- 6.8.Market development -- 6.9.Market access and exports -- Positive impacts of market access -- Negative impacts of market access -- 6.10...

Contents note continued: 2.2.Production and harvested areas -- 2.3.Foreign exchange earnings -- 2.4.Regional comparison: opportunities and challenges -- 3.Extent and nature of foreign investment in agriculture in cambodia -- 3.1.Approved Investment by sector -- 3.2.FDI in agriculture by nationality...

Contents note continued: 7.Conclusions and recommendations -- 7.1.Policy recommendations -- 7.2.Central and local government -- 7.3.Private companies -- 7.4.Affected communities -- 7.5.NGOs/Civil society -- References -- Ghana: Private Investment Flows and Business Models in Ghanaian Agriculture --...

Contents note continued: The out-grower scheme -- The pack house -- Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities -- 4.2.The Solar Harvest Limited Company -- Overview -- Land acquisition, stakeholders' roles and responses -- Socio-economic outcomes -- 5.Conclusions and recommendations -- Referenc...

Contents note continued: 3.1.A long tradition of land acquisition by urban elites -- 3.2.A process that accelerated and diversified in the second half of the 2000s -- 3.3.A legal and institutional framework under threat from current practice -- A multitude of management and regulatory bodies and mec...

Contents note continued: Advantages and limitations of the project -- 4.2.A private-community partnership: The case of Mali biocarburant SA -- The institutional context for biofuels in Mali -- Origin of the initiative -- Project design and business strategy -- Early outcomes, advantages and limitati...

Contents note continued: Cadaster -- Conservation Foncier (CF) -- Bureau de Domain -- 3.8.Local government entities set to enforce Senegal 1996 local government code -- 3.9.The special power of rural councils to allocate and withdraw available rural lands -- 3.10.Senegal's current land policy -- 3.1...

Contents note continued: Increased risks of seeing Senegal small farmers lose available fertile land areas -- 5.Conclusions and recommendations -- Zambia: Investment in Agricultural Land and Inclusive Business Models -- 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Research methodology -- 1.2.Study limitations -- 2.Nationa...

Contents note continued: 4.1.The situation prior to the investments -- 4.2.Direct livelihood contributions -- Wage employment -- Who gets the jobs -- Livelihood opportunities other than direct employment -- Productivity, technology transfer and skills development -- 4.3.Impact on food security -- 4....

Contents note continued: pt. 6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1.Large-scale land acquisition -- 2.Inclusive business models -- 3.International guidance -- 4.Recommendations -- 4.1.Further research on the impacts of agricultural investment -- 4.2.Policies for promoting investment for sustainable...