peer review | practice review | practice inspection | professional inspection | firm on firm review | FOF

peer assessment | peer evaluation | peer review

critical examination [ challenge review | critical review ]

critical design review | CDR [Abbr.]

critical review

critical control points and hazard analysis | ensure the safekeeping of hazardous cleaning materials | analysis of hazard and critical control points | hazard analysis and critical control points

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Observes that agricultural investment policies mostly focus on large-scale land acquisitions and on export-oriented agriculture that is usually unrelated to local economies; notes that the development of extensive irrigation in the targeted geographical investment areas of NAFSN may reduce water availability for other users, such as small-scale farmers or pastoralists; stresses that under those circumstances the ability of mega-PPPs to contribute to poverty reduction and food security must be critically assessed and improved; emphasises that agricultural investment policies should be linked to and should support the development of the ...[+++] local economy, including smallholders and family farming; recalls that the FAO Tenure Guidelines recommend secure access to land in order to allow families to produce food for household consumption and to increase household income; stresses the need to base large-scale land-based investment in Africa on these guidelines, ensuring smallholders’ and local communities’ access to land, promoting local SME investment. and ensuring that PPPs contribute to food security and to reducing poverty and inequality.

The study, requested by the Commission, was presented to the Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment (CSTEE) for peer review.