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The past, present, and future of agrarian reform in Colombia. A dialogue in the context of ICCARD+20

2026-01-26T19:48:28Z

European Land Observatory: data that must not be overlooked in guiding agriculture towards job creation and ecological transition

2026-01-08T10:50:00Z

AGTER, together with TransNationalInstitute, the European Coordination Via Campesina and Access to Land, is calling for the creation of a European observatory on rural land to shed light on the grabbing of land and CAP subsidies, with a view to developing public policies that will put an end to this practice and promote job-intensive agroecology, which guarantees a healthy and diverse food supply and environment.
After consulting with organisations in the sector as part of the Strategic (…)

- Ongoing activities and new publications

The influence of coca cultivation on land governance in Colombia (Thematic meeting 29/09/2025)

2025-09-11T18:24:11Z

- Recent and upcoming / Article du mois

Regulating rural land markets. Why should they be regulated, and how?

Michel Merlet — 2025-04-17T16:11:55Z

This factsheet reviews the direct and indirect instruments that can be used to regulate land markets.
It has been elaborated with the support of the CTFD (Comité Technique Foncier Développement) of the French Cooperation (MEAE - Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, and AFD - French Development Agency), in the framework of a joint work between the school of researchers organised in Senegal by IPAR, the "Pôle Foncier de Montpellier", the Gaston Berger University (Senegal) and AGTER.
It (…)

- Ongoing activities and new publications / Article du mois

BRAZILIAN ELECTIONS: Tipping point for the Amazon forest and indigenous peoples

2022-10-11T07:54:59Z

The first round of the Brazilian presidential election was held on Sunday, October 2. The outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro, collected 43.2% of the votes against 48.4% for his rival, former president Lula. A close and worrying result, which leaves doubt on the results of the second round which will take place on October 30. This moment constitutes a tipping point for the Amazonian forest and the indigenous peoples, and in fact for the governance of the land and the natural resources in (…)

- Actions / Article du mois

The Commons Revolution and the Law. New land issues in Africa, America and Europe

Etienne Le Roy — 2022-06-02T10:35:41Z

- Papers

Why and how did the juridicity of the commons impose itself on our work on land issues? The story of an initiation

Etienne Le Roy — 2022-06-01T22:38:59Z

- Papers

Towards territorial charters of commitment for the preservation and sharing of land in Nouvelle Aquitaine

2021-12-30T17:33:38Z

Following long-standing working relationships between the former Rhône-Alpes Region, the former Aquitaine Region and the Association of French Regions (ARF), the Nouvelle Aquitaine Region approached Agter in 2018 to help it pioneer the design of reciprocal land commitment charters with 3 territories: Grand Cognac, Bergeracois and Perigord-Limousin.
The said Region has expressed a strong will to act to preserve natural spaces and to reduce the effects of climate change, but also and at the (…)

- Ongoing activities and new publications

Forest governance in debate. Cycle of video forums December 3 to 17

2021-12-30T13:14:14Z

In the face of massive biodiversity loss, climate change, forest resource grabbing, and the violence experienced by many who inhabit and defend forests, every opportunity to nurture collective thinking, strengthen arguments, struggles and alliances for sustainable and equitable forest management is important.
As part of AGTER's December online course on forest governance, a series of video-forums were organized around guest speakers. These forums will present and discuss concrete (…)

- Recent and upcoming

The coalition for a law to preserve and share land in France

2021-12-29T17:13:29Z

AGTER with Terre de liens and the Confédération Paysanne lead the Land Coalition. This Coalition aims to bring together civil society organizations to influence land policies in France.
In 2021, the Coalition followed the evolution of the parliamentary bill on the regulation of the market for shares in agricultural production companies and on companies owning agricultural property (land and buildings). The basic principle is to establish a system of administrative authorizations for (…)

- Ongoing activities and new publications