Transformative Land Investment (TLI)

-  Marginalized and vulnerable rural communities affected by land investments in agriculture and forestry: 300’000 farmer women, youth and men are expected to be empowered to participate in and benefit from agricultural and forestry value chains, resulting in enhanced food, nutritional and tenure security

-  Civil society organizations will be empowered to engage in collective actions and form productive and mutually beneficial partnerships with the public and private sector

-  States, including local authorities will have enhanced capacities to appraise land based investments, and to articulate national land based investment policies and strategies consistent with food systems priorities and agroecology

-    Businesses will have reduced risks through improved partnerships, more durable and impactful business models and improved relations with local stakeholders

1.   Land-based investors actively integrate potential environmental and socio-economic impacts as standard practice, mitigating the negative and maximizing the positive impacts

2.   National government agencies and ministries adopt and effectively implement policies and regulatory frameworks and incentive mechanisms that better foster TLI

3.    Multilateral and bilateral organizations and initiatives adopt commitments, guidelines and financing strategies that more effectively promote TLI and VGGT principles

Risultati principali attesi:  

-  Development of an Investment Risk-Reward assessment tool and validation in countries

-  Business Transformation Labs supported, informed by gender toolkit and established in all countries

-  Multi-stakeholder platforms put in place to engage all actors and ensure the social and environmental positive impact of investments

-  Engagement with national authorities to improve the existing enabling environment

Good practices of the countries fed into regional and global networks, and private sector initiatives

Risultati fasi precedenti:  

The proposal is the result of an international call for proposals. The selected partner organisations have a long-standing experience in this thematic and geographies.

The project document was developed in a participatory process and included extensive consultations between the project partners and stakeholders, including the Swiss Cooperation Offices, in the five countries and globally. It englobed investors, civil society organisations, governments, research, international NGOs and specialized networks.

A gender analysis was conducted as well as the establishement of a logframe and baselines.