More than 200 million people living in dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa make their living from agriculture. Most are exposed to weather shocks, especially drought, that can decimate their incomes, destroy their assets, and plunge them into a poverty trap from which it is difficult to emerge…
More than 200 million people living in dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa make their living from agriculture. Most are exposed to weather shocks, especially drought, that can decimate their incomes, destroy their assets, and plunge them into a poverty trap from which it is difficult to emerge…
As part of a F&BKP <a href="https://knowledge4food.net/land-governance-food-security/">knowledge agenda on land governance and food security</a>, LANDac organised<a href=…
Water management by smallholders, including all forms of informal irrigation, private, water farming, fishing, etc, has a significant potential for development which is still largely untapped. This project funded by IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) and implemented by FAO…
Equitable access to land is vital for inclusive economic growth, sustainable development and food security. Although much is known about the topics of land governance and food security, it is not always clear how the two relate to each other, especially in specific country contexts. This…
Project goal is to reduce food insecurity and improve livelihoods of poor people living in African
drylands by restoring degraded land
and returning it to effective and sustainable
tree, crop and livestock production, thereby
increasing land profitability as well as…
In rural societies of low- and middle-income countries, land is a major measure of wealth, a critical input in agricultural production, and a key variable for assessing agricultural performance and productivity. In the absence of cadastral information to refer to, measures of land plots have…
In rural societies of low- and middle-income countries, land is a major measure of wealth, a critical input in agricultural production, and a key variable for assessing agricultural performance and productivity. In the absence of cadastral information to refer to, measures of land plots have…
This communications strategy aims to increase the number of rural landholders renting out their land in certified woredas (districts) after receiving their second level certificate..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more…
This report examines the transparency in land governance in Ethiopia and proposals to improve this..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: <a href="…
This summary examines the transparency in land governance in Ethiopia and proposals to improve this..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: <a href="…
This paper provides evidence from one of the poorest countries of the world that the property rights matter for efficiency, investment, and growth. With all land state-owned, the threat of land redistribution never appears far off the agenda. Land rental and leasing have been made legal, but…