MRLG Phase 2 Regional Strategy for Responsible Agricultural Investment
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MRLG Phase 2 Regional Strategy Preliminary Conceptual Framework
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MRLG Phase 2 Regional Strategy for Responsible Agricultural Investment
- 1. MRLG Phase 2 Regional Strategy Preliminary Conceptual Framework Presentation by Christian Castellanet Deputy Team Leader, MRLG
- 2. Proposed strategy for Regional RLSLAI in MRLG Phase 2 • MRLG Phase 2 design is ongoing – activity and content decisions during transition phase, March – August 2018 • MRLG focus: strategic national level and regional networks/ alliances to consider key policy and practice areas of improvement in priority thematic areas • Key topic: Regulation of responsible large-scale land agricultural investment. – Rationale: cross border nature of investments and existing intergovernmental cooperation. • Four areas of potential engagement with partners.
- 3. Regional Strategy Overview Objective 1: Effective regulations for responsible agricultural investment Objective 2: Developing & supporting responsible partnerships Improvement in national regulations of agricultural investment Engagement with global actors and guidelines Promote alternatives to large scale farming Private sector engaging in responsible agricultural investments
- 4. Output Actions Objective. 1: Better regulations for agricultural investment (FDI / domestic) Objectives Interest of investing countries to improve their image Objective. 2: Developing and supporting responsible partnerships Draft Regional Strategy – details & actions More Private Sector actors engage in RAI (Formal EIA, recognition of CT, FPIC) Alliances with PS champions to pressure/advocate gov’t for better regulation Expose bad practice companies/ Pressure IFI Grievance/Mediation mechanisms Document & Support good practices Publicize risks and costs Engage PS with communities Proper compensation / FPIC / Recognition CT Revise existing international guidelines/CoC for RAI Engage with IFI ( IFC, ADB, WB) and national development banks (AIIB) Share good practices from outside the region Engagement with global actors on RAI guidelines and practices Deconstruct Large Scale Investment and Production Model & reassess contribution of smallholder farming systems Evidence-based research and policy dialogue Promotion of alternatives to Large Scale Agriculture Analyze the question of labor and employment in the current agrarian transition Analysis new forms of contract acquisition (leases, contract farming) Analysis of impacts/ outcomes from investments Review of RAI guidelines being implemented Inter-governmental cross-border dialogue Review investment laws and land laws Review public regulations Improve regulatory framework
Editor's Notes
- To initiate the panel on LSLA in the Mekong, we would like to present the synthesis of a research examining issues of Large-Scale Land Acquisition for Agricultural Development in the Mekong Region Research coordinated by MRLG but conducted by four research partners and institutions in the CLMV countries (RPP-NERI-GRET-IPSARD)
- MRLG Phase 2 design is ongoing activity and content decisions are to be made during project transition between phases, March – August 2018 MRLG will focus its activities on supporting strategic national level and regional networks/ alliances to consider key policy and practice areas of improvement in priority thematic areas Regulation of RLSLAI is identified as a key regional topic, because of the cross border nature of investments, and existing intergovernmental cooperation. Preliminary discussions with key partners (co-organizers of the workshop) point at four areas of potential engagement in Phase 2.
- The strategy considers two key streams of work as a priority that would contribute to the key objective of supporting the development and effectiveness of regulations for responsible agricultural investment, with an emphasis on being pro-smallholder farmer: Firstly, it will be necessary to focus on a continual review, improvement and integration of domestic, bi-lateral, and international regulations for responsible investments (first two circles) Secondly, the strategy will address the promotion of alternatives to large scale agriculture within the principles of responsible investment. Thirdly, necessary engagement with private sector to encourage voluntary responsible partnerships with communities.
- What about further activities of Follow the Money – investigation in the value chain? Does this have an entry in this strategy, even though it’s more advocacy and specific case to case?