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Displaying 981 - 985 of 1156Pastoral land tenure and agricultural expansion: Sudan and the Horn of Africa
Examines the particular case of Sudan, but suggests the discussion is relevant to the countries of the African Horn in general and Southern Ethiopia in particular. Pastoralists in the Horn seem to experience similar, if not identical, processes resulting from land laws promulgated by the governments in the region.Concludes that the future of the pastoralist in the Horn of Africa will depend on which realistic land tenure system the government will chose.
Environmental histories, access to resources and landscape change: an introduction
This paper outlines a framework for understanding the complexity of land degradation processes, their impacts, and offers insights into their remediation.
Effects of Agricultural Commercialization on Food Crop Input Use and Productivity in Kenya
Analyses the effects of smallholder commercialization on foodcrop input use and productivity in rural Kenya.
Linkages between rural population ageing, intergenerational transfers of land and agricultural production: are they important?
The paper considers: the question of whether the process of population ageing affects the ways in which land is passed on between members of different generationsthe likely implications of ageing-related changes in intergenerational transfers for food production in developing countriesThe paper concentrates primarily on rural population ageing in contexts where the individual ownership of land or natural resources is a predominant socio-economic phenomenon, although it also considers communal ownership situations.The authors conclude that: the need to conceptualize the elderly as a neces
Towards Sustainable Development in Rural Africa
A growing recognition of the need to delimit the role of the government, to promote the market framework, and to rely on the private sector as the engine of growth, offers the prospect of a new beginning in rural development in Africa. Rural people must take a more dominant role, both in shaping their economic prospects and in assuming the responsibility for a high quality of stewardship of natural resources. To help to bring about such an empowerment of the people, governments and the donors will need to undertake some drastic reforms in the old systems and habits of governance.