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Land grab or development opportunity? Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa
Foreign acquisition of farmland in Africa presents risks and opportunities for local communities, governments and investors. Ensuring that sufficient detail is included in land deals to promote the benefits and minimise the risks is essential.
Date published: September 2009
The environmental responsibility reader
A collection of classic and contemporary environmental writing that offers students and general readers an overview of the issues involved in environmental responsibility.
Date published: September 2009
An elusive harvest - Working with smallholders in South Africa
An assessment of the strengths, weaknesses and lessons to be learned from field projects with disadvantaged smallholder farmers and urban vegetable growers in the Northern and Western Cape Provinces, South Africa.
Date published: September 2009
Mitigating climate change through food and land use
More than 30 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions are related to land use, including clearing of land for agriculture and deforestation. This book lays out five major strategies to mitigate climate change.
Date published: September 2009
Understanding climate change adaptation: Lessons from community-based approaches
Understanding climate change adaptation demonstrates how social networks can reduce vulnerability, strengthen resilience, and develop the capacity of poor people to adapt.
Date published: September 2009
Africa's turn presents Edward Miguel's theory that Africa may be experiencing an economic turnaround. Nine experts gauge Miguel's optimism and extend the debate.
Date published: September 2009
Within the next 20 years, global warming, in combination with factors such as population growth, will force humanity to radically change its way of living. To continue discussing how to slow or reverse global warming is a waste of time and a distraction; the urgent need is to develop new ways of living to survive a much changed world.
Date published: July 2009
He knew he was right - the irrepressible life of James Lovelock and Gaia
He knew he was right provides a comprehensive but readable background to James Lovelock, his Gaia theory, and his beliefs about the future prospects for mankind in the face of global warming and climate change.
Date published: July 2009
In reviewing the failure of aid, particularly in Africa, Dambisa Moyo reaffirms that simply giving money to the poor does not lead to sustainable growth. Better alternatives include access for the poor to microfinance and access by governments to venture capital and liberalised trade.
Date published: July 2009
A billion dollars a day provides a detailed study of the history of agricultural subsidies, current policies that continue to support them, and their impact on farmers in the developing world.
Date published: July 2009
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