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Session Overview

Session

04-09: Can Agribusiness Investment Enhance Local Welfare?

Time:

Tuesday, 21/Mar/2017:

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Session Chair: Derek Byerlee, Georgetown University, United States of America

Location: MC 6-100

Presentations

ID: 472 / 04-09: 1
Individual Papers
Oral Presentation
Topics: Land for infrastructure, investment, disaster risk reduction
Keywords: Guidebook; Land; Investment; Governance; Tanzania

Contextualizing International Voluntary Guidelines into Country Specific Land Investment Governance: Experience from Tanzania

Wilbard Mkama Makene

Tanzania Natural Resource Forum, Tanzania

04-09-Makene-472_paper.pdf

04-09-Makene-472_ppt.pptx

ID: 549 / 04-09: 2
Individual Papers
Oral Presentation
Topics: Land for infrastructure, investment, disaster risk reduction
Keywords: Responsible investment, agri-business, community engagement, private sector engagement

Experiences of Agribusiness Investments in Lao PDR

Justine Sylvester¹, Phouvong Phaophongsavath²

¹Village Focus International; ²Ministry of Planning and Investment

04-09-Sylvester-549_paper.pdf

04-09-Sylvester-549_ppt.pptx

ID: 1145 / 04-09: 3
Individual Papers
Oral Presentation
Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience
Keywords: Voluntary Guidelines; due diligence; responsible investment; tenure

Private Sector Responsibilities in Agriculture under the VGGT

Darryl Vhugen

Land Tenure Investment Consultant, United States of America

04-09-Vhugen-1145_paper.pdf

04-09-Vhugen-1145_ppt.pptx

ID: 240 / 04-09: 4
Individual Papers
Oral Presentation
Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience
Keywords: Private sector, Brazil, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo

How Behind the Brands companies are implementing their land rights commitments in Brazil

Chloe Christman, Gustavo Ferroni

Oxfam

04-09-Christman-240_paper.pdf

ID: 234 / 04-09: 5
Individual Papers
Oral Presentation
Topics: Academic research on land governance / rigorous impact evaluations

Pilot Use of Responsible Agricultural Investment Principles: A Status Update

William Speller¹, Hafiz Mirza¹, Asuka Okumura², Paul Gardner Yvelin De Beville², Duncan Pringle²

¹UNCTAD, Switzerland; ²World Bank, USA

04-09-Speller-234_paper.pdf

04-09-Speller-234_ppt.pptx

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