Policy Options for Agricultural Investments and Governance of Markets: In support of small-scale farmers in Guatemala

Diaz, Guillermo

dc.contributor.author	Diaz, Guillermo	*
dc.date.accessioned	2013-08-28T10:52:47Z	en
dc.date.available	2013-08-28T10:52:47Z	en
dc.date.issued	2013-08-29
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10546/300024
dc.description	<p>In 2012 Oxfam and <a href="http://www.iied.org/">IIED</a> joined forces to create Tipping the Balance a global report exploring the connection between the policy and practice of investment and market governance in small scale agriculture in four countries: Nigeria, Tanzania, Guatemala and the Philippines. This is the study from Guatemala evidence of which fed into the main Tipping the Balance report.</p> <p>Public policies on commercial investment in agriculture and market governance play a fundamental role in ensuring inclusive, sustainable development of small-scale farming, particularly with regard to women in rural areas. This study focuses on establishing the framework of policies and rules applicable in Guatemala and the favourable or unfavourable impact they have on both male and female small-scale rural producers. The results reveal that, although rural-development policies and programmes exist, their benefits are limited due to the disconnect between the design and the implementation of such policies. The public policies and forms of market governance currently in place clearly tip the balance in favour of large-scale commercial investments in both monoculture farmland and the agri-food sector.</p> <p>This report is the result of the research carried out pursuant to the research report summary published by Oxfam and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in December 2012 entitled '<a title="Oxfam Policy & Practice: Tipping the Balance: Policies to shape agricultural investments and markets in favour of small-scale farmers" href="http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/tipping-the-balance-policies-to-shape-agricultural-investments-and-markets-in-f-254551">Tipping the balance: policies to shape agricultural investments and markets in favour of small-scale farmers</a>'.</p>	en_US
dc.format.extent	67	en_US
dc.language.iso	English	en_US
dc.language.iso	Spanish	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxfam International	en_US
dc.relation.url	https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/policy-options-for-agricultural-investments-and-governance-of-markets-in-suppor-300024
dc.subject	Food and livelihoods
dc.subject	Approach and methodology
dc.title	Policy Options for Agricultural Investments and Governance of Markets: In support of small-scale farmers in Guatemala	en_US
dc.type	Research report	en_US
oxfam.signoff.status	For public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam.	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Guatemala	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Agriculture	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Development methods	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Livelihoods	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Business	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Collective enterprise	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Food prices	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Food production	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Land rights	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Smallholder agriculture	en_US
dc.year.issuedate	2013	en_US
refterms.dateFOA	2018-08-16T23:46:40Z