Ce rapport est un résumé des résultats présentés lors de la quatorzième réunion du Sous-Comité ouest et centre africain de corrélation des sols pour la mise en valeur des terres, qui s'est tenue à Abomey, République du Bénin du 9 au 13 octobre 2000. Les discussions ont porté principalement…
La situation mondiale de l’alimentation et de l’agriculture 2002 est le rapport annuel de la FAO sur les nouvelles tendances et les problèmes courants de l’agriculture mondiale. Il examine la situation agricole dans le monde et l’environnement économique global dans lequel s’inscrit aujourd’hui…
l'eau - source de sécurité alimentaire Journée mondiale de l'alimentation: 16 octobre 2002
A review of all Botswana land-related policies in preparation for a comprehensive new National Land Policy. Covers land rights, land markets and taxation, urban and rural land management, land use planning, legal, institutional and financial issues. Dominant theme is the need to adjust land…
This paper discusses the development of a new Land Law in Mozambique 1 , under the leadership of the Technical Secretariat (TS) of the Inter-ministerial Commission for the Revision of Land Legislation (popularly known as ‘the Land Commission’). The TS began work on the new law in August 1995…
This document considers the economic impact of diamonds in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. It states that the many global campaigns to stop trade in conflict diamonds has tended to ignore the benefits of the legitimate industry for these countries. The author describes a study that attempts…
This Bostwana government report examines the linkages between land rights and both rural and urban poverty in Botswana, which constitute a strong element of the Bostwana PRSP. Its basis for this arises out of a need to adjust the land policy and land laws, administration and management to the…
Proceedings of the meeting including a summary of the resulting recommendations and the text of papers presented.
This country outlook document examines the state of forestry in Botswana today and lists the key drivers of change. Important institutional and legislative reforms that are required to achieve a successful outcome are identified.
This publication is a set of practical guidelines and norms for field project engineers for the design and building of small hydraulic structures using earth and gabions. This publication would be useful in designing small earth dams with a gabion spillway, intake weirs for gravity irrigation…