The National Gender Policy is a multi-sectoral instrument applicable at the national level. The overarching goal of this policy is to mainstream gender equality and women’s empowerment concerns into the national development process in order to improve the social, legal, civic, political,…
La présente Loi d’Orientation sur l’Urbanisme et l’Aménagement Foncier fixe les règles et les procédures de base en matière de planification urbaine et d’urbanisme opérationnel ainsi que de contrôle de l’utilisation du sol urbain. Deux types de règles d’urbanisme caractérisent la planification…
The Act consists of 115 sections divided into 13 Parts: Preliminary (I); General principles and objectives (II); Environmental impact assessment, audit and monitoring (III); Environmental quality standards (IV); Pollution control and licensing (V); Guidelines and standards for the management of…
La présente ordonnance crée la Direction Nationale de l’Aménagement du Territoire (DNAT) dont la mission consiste en l’élaboration des éléments de la politique nationale d’aménagement du territoire et d’en assurer l’exécution. De ce fait, elle est chargée de: élaborer et mettre en œuvre le…
The Sierra Leone Trade Policy is a sectoral national policy. Its main goal is to promote a robust and competitive private sector and support growing production and service sectors to trade, at national and international levels, and contribute ultimately to wealth and employment generation.The…
This Working Paper summarizes research conducted as part of the AgWater Solutions Project in Burkina Faso between 2009 and 2012. Researchers from the AgWater Solutions Project examined the potential for small reservoirs, inland valley cultivation and the use of motorized pumps. The main findings…
Several cassava genotypes were observed although there were few bred varieties. The wide diversity in the cassava landraces was a consequence of the action of the farmers in continuously abandoning and introducing cultivars into their system as they tried to select those cultivars that met their…
This article discusses different issues pertaining gender and land governance with focus to access and control of land by rural women and how this affects their resilience in G5-Sahel region- Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Mauritania. Findings show that land remains the property of men,…