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Matriarchy At The Crossroads In Africa: The Clash Between Its Theoretical And Practical Orientation In Tanzania’S Land Tenure Systems

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Décembre, 2021
Global

Contrary to scholarship that attaches matrilineal practices to women’s control and power over land in Africa. This paper interrogated this theoretical positioning to its contemporary practicality by posing the discussions among the ‘Luguru’ matrilineal of Eastern Tanzania.

Urban Planning, Institutional Pluralism, And Indigenous Belief Systems In Peri-Urban Ghana In The Era Of Land Commoditisation

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Décembre, 2021
Ghana
Norway

Context and backgroundColonial legacy and the continuous implementation of neoliberal policies have led to the creation of institutional pluralism in the planning of customary land in peri-urban areas in Ghana. During land commoditisation, peri-urban customary land planning regularly involves physical planning authorities, traditional authorities, and private surveyors.

Land Tenure And Agricultural Intensification By Women Farmers In Nigeria Effects On Crop Commercialization

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Décembre, 2021
Nigeria
Norway

Women make essential contributions to agriculture by playing a large role in food crop production. They require land as source of rural livelihood and monetary strengthening through land right security. Women’s ownership of land and property can be potentially transformative, not only as a store of value, but also as a means of acquiring other assets and engaging in a range of markets.

Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding institutional arrangements in land tenure systems

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Décembre, 2021
Global

Natural calamities such as drought, famine, and climate change have collided to create a humanitarian crisis. For the Horn of Africa (HoA), famine is among the factors that have caused the worst historical damages to the individual countries. Man-made calamities such as decentralized agricultural, pastoral activities and forest clearing are also root causes for the damage.

Pathways for improving rangeland governance under constraining land tenure systems: Application of a participatory Bayesian Belief approach

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Décembre, 2021
Global

This paper analyzes the complex relationships of factors influencing rangeland governance in the arid areas. A Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) model was developed in a participatory way to illustrate and assess the weight of a combination of environmental, social and institutional factors enabling the achievement of strengthened rangeland governance at a local level.

Understanding systemic land use dynamics in conflict-affected territories: The cases of Cesar and Caquetá, Colombia

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Décembre, 2021
Colombia

In the Colombian context, disputes over natural resources, mainly over land, and poor governance are intertwined with armed conflict. Although efforts to address this situation, including the 2016 peace agreement signed between Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, by Spanish acronym) are underway, these disputes continue, affecting land use dynamics.

Tenure-Responsive Land Use Planning

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Reports & Research
Novembre, 2021
Uganda
Philippines

Land use planning is rarely a neutral process. Stakeholders often use it to control access to, ownership
of and use of land. It is therefore essential to have a participatory tool (with constantly counterchecked processes) and flexible monitoring approaches to ensure sustainable land use and secure

Les forêts, les arbres et la diminution de la pauvreté en Afrique : Une synthèse politique élargie

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Journal Articles & Books
Novembre, 2021
Afrique
Afrique septentrionale
Amériques
Asie
Europe
Europe orientale
Océanie
Malgré la richesse en ressources naturelles, la pauvreté reste un défi majeur dans les pays d'Afrique. Le continent abrite 70 % des personnes extrêmement pauvres du monde, dont beaucoup dépendent souvent des forêts, des arbres et des services écosystémiques qu'ils fournissent pour assurer leur subsistance.

BRIEF: GENDER AND LAND RIGHTS

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Reports & Research
Novembre, 2021
Global

Gender and land rights are closely intertwined with each other. Globally, more than 400 million women work in agriculture. Women comprise 43 percent of the agricultural labor force in developing countries, yet they account for less than 20 percent of landholders (FAO 2011). These disparities are even higher in some regions.

Land Tenure Systems in North Africa: A Scoping Study

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Reports & Research
Novembre, 2021
Northern Africa

Within the framework of the priorities and activities of NELGA, a study was planned on the need’s analysis on training, continuing education and Research in North Africa for implementing convenient strategies and programmes. The expected outcomes must reflect the reality of the problems related to various needs of the Northern Africa countries.

Support to Strengthen Governance of Tenure through the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure Of Land, Fisheries and Forests in Tanzania - TCP/URT/3702

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Manuals & Guidelines
Novembre, 2021
Tanzania

Land has played a critical role in the development of the United Republic of Tanzania, with the roots of land tenure frameworks, issues and conflicts dating back hundreds of years Current land laws in the country are seen as progressive policies and legislation recognize the equal rights to land of men and women, including unregistered rights under customary laws, and any transfer of rights req