This research paper from USAID calls attention to the challenges faced by vulnerable populations with respect to land. The paper identifies five vulnerable groups who have weak claims on land rights and are particularly vulnerable to changes in land tenure systems and property rights reform:
Women
Households that have been directly affected by HIV/AIDS
Pastoralist communities
Indigenous populations
Iniciamos nuestras actividades del año 2013 con la entrega del número 95 de la serie de artículos Diálogos. En esta oportunidad el Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS) invitó a la investigadora boliviana Andrea Baudoin Farah a que comparta con los cinco mil suscriptores/as del boletín Apuntes una perspectiva general de los principales desafíos que Bolivia y Perú, los principales países andinos productores de quinua deben enfrentar en el futuro inmediato.
Quinua: Desafíos andinos en competencia internacional
Andrea Baudoin Farah
For ICARDA, 2012 has been a time of change and evolution. We have been busy tackling the many issues of dryland agriculture and global food production against a backdrop of focusing our efforts as a force for change for people living in the world's drylands and our areas of scientific expertise.
Through the analysis of newspaper articles and a survey of journalists, this publication identifies gaps and highlights differences in how the media portray pastoralism in Kenya, China and India. In discussing their methodology, the authors note that their reliance on national, English-language publications meant that they were not able to include data from vernacular language press in pastoral regions.Although able to make significant contributions to food security, livelihoods and economic prosperity, the benefits of pastoralism often go unnoticed.
Latin American cities have been leaders in the implementation of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems—a transportation mode often characterised by infrastructure improvements that prioritise transit over other vehicles and allow quick vehicle access.
Urban LandMark visited DFID London from 12 to 13 November 2012 to present the organisation' s recent work on and approach to improving access to urban land and property rights.The main objective of the visit was to showcase Urban LandMark's work, impact and lessons learnt over the last seven years to a broader, more global audience, as well as to a larger audience within DFID, Urban LandMark's main funder over the past six years.
Read more at http://www.urbanlandmark.org.za/newsletter/issue/0801/04.php
The results of the Febraury 2013 Land Portal discussion "Using online platforms to increase access to open data and share best practices of monitoring women’s land rights" have been synthesized and incorporated into a new Land Portal paper entitled Connecting people, sharing knowledge, increasing transparency: Using the Land Portal to increase access to open data, share best practices. The paper will be presented at the upcoming Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2013, but is available now on the Land Portal:
Gender gaps in South and Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia highlight important issues that need to be considered in designing and implementing equitable development programs.
In a study conducted by the World Agroforestry Centre, researchers found that to better support agroforestry production in Sulawesi, women would benefit from greater access to land rights and ownership and more involvement in land-use management and decision-making.
"In the absence of an easily available source of reliable up-to-date data on foreign land deals in Tanzania, many reports have been published that attempt to provide an overview of these deals. While providing this overview is challenging due to the dynamic and non-transparent nature of the 'land grab' phenomenon itself, it has become even more debatable due to certain questionable methods of using and quoting existing data. This leads to several flaws including the ‘virtual survival’ of cancelled land deals ‘on paper’.
The "Bread for All-Protestant Development Service" recently released a document based on three case studies on the palm oil sector in Liberia.
The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) was established in 2010 as the science-policy interface of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS). The HLPE aims to improve the robustness of policy making by providing independent, evidence-based analysis and advice at the request of CFS.
Le Groupe d’experts de haut niveau (en anglais: High Level Panel of Experts/HLPE) sur la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition a été étabili en 2010 en tant que interface science-politique du Comité sur la Sécurité Alimentaire Mondiale (CSA). Le HLPE vise à améliorer la robustesse de l'élaboration des politiques, en fournissant des analyses indépendantes fondées sur des preuves et des conseils à la demande du CSA.