Concentration of land ownership, lack of access, insecurity of tenure and lack of efficiency and transparency in land administration services, are among the obstacles towards responsible governance of tenure of land and other natural resources in Latin America. These issues have been the subject of discussions and policy recommendations during many international forums, such as the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD) held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in March 2006.

Quels enseignements peut-on tirer des expériences de mise en œuvre des Plans fonciers ruraux dans la perspective de la formulation de politiques et de législations foncières adaptées en Afrique de l’Ouest et d’amélioration des stratégies de sécurisation foncière des droits des producteurs ruraux ? La présente étude vise à répondre à une telle question à travers une analyse de la mise en œuvre des opérations de Plan foncier rural au Bénin, au Burkina et en Côte d’Ivoire. Il s’agira de rendre compte de la diversité des pratiques mises en oeuvre en fonction ocaux.

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Land Tenure Working Paper 17. This publication identifies and assesses issues related to land governance and provides examples of good governance in the Caribbean subregion. This working paper was done in light of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources.

This paper identifies the key issues of land tenure security for the rural poor, vulnerable and marginalized in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The report finds that most of these issues are common across the three countries, both in terms of the challenges that the communities face and imperatives that inform policy interventions and responses.

Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in agricultural investment. In many cases, this new momentum has translated into large-scale acquisitions of farmland in lower- and middle-income countries. Partly as a result of sustained media attention, these acquisitions have triggered lively if polarised debates about “land grabbing”. Less attention has been paid, however, to alternative ways of structuring agricultural investments that do not involve large-scale land acquisitions.

This publication presents the outcome of the twenty-fifth session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS) held in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic from 18 to 21 February 2014. Attended by 87 participants, including 64 delegates from 19 APCAS member countries, the session assessed both the current status of food and agriculture statistics in member countries and progress made in implementation of the both the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the region and the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010.

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Ky udhëzues teknik për Qeverisjen e tokës për gratë dhe burrat synon të ndihmojë në vënien në jetë të “Udhëzimeve vullnetare për qeveris-jen e përgjegjshme të të drejtave mbi tokën, burimet e peshkimit dhe pyjet në kuadër të sigurisë ushqimore kombëtare” (FAO, 2012b) për-mes ofrimit të orientimeve që mbështetin parimin e barazisë gjinore lidhur me qeverisjen e të drejtave mbi tokën të mishëruar në Udhëzimet. Në krye të çdo moduli, bëhet lidhja me dispozitat përkatëse të Udhëzimeve.

The Pinheiro Principles provide restitution practitioners, as well as States and UN and others agencies, with a consolidated text relating to the legal, policy, procedural, institutional and technical implementation mechanisms for housing and property restitution. As such, the Principles provide specific policy guidance regarding how to ensure the right to housing and property restitution in practice and for the implementation of restitution laws, programmes and policies, based on existing international human rights, humanitarian, refugee and national standards.