Climate change is leading to higher average temperatures and greater rainfall variability, with a pronounced effect on agricultural productivity and the suitability of major crops in Ethiopia. Farming households with tenure security are more likely to choose to access credit and to invest in their land by planting trees and longer-term crops, and by reducing soil erosion—for example, via terracing. Such investments can help farmers mitigate risks related to heavy precipitation, such as soil run-off or crop failure.

By: Judoemue Kollie

Date: 11 January 2017

Source: Daily Observer

An increasing number of residents in Monrovia and its suburbs are involved in urban farming for income generation and food security.

Urban and peri-urban farming is the growing of crops and raising of animals within and around cities. It also involves the production of inputs, processing, marketing, and the provision of services to agricultural producers and agro-entrepreneurs.

By: Lou del Bello

Date: 12 January 2017

Source: IRIN

Living in the Kenyan slum of Mukuru is hard enough, but when it rains it’s downright miserable. Streets flood, sewage overflows, homes are inundated. 

After each bout of torrential rain, Nairobi’s largest informal settlement is left a little shabbier, a little poorer, the community more insecure.

The FAO announces a new e-learning course on the Responsible Governance of Tenure.

Learn about:

• making access to land, fisheries and forests more equitable
• how to protect people's tenure rights
• options to simplify the administration of tenure and make it accessible to all
• how to ensure disputes are resolved before they degenerate into conflict

About the e-learning courses

By: Rina Chandran

Date: 14 December 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

For decades, Kunta lived in a hut outside Kachhidih village in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, enduring the insults of higher-caste villagers who claimed her land - which she did not legally own - for grazing cattle.

She dreamed of owning just a small piece of land for her family who belong to the traditionally low-caste Dalit group.

Date: October 24th 2016

Source: Jaimaica Observer

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition spokesperson on land, Senator Sophia Frazer Binns, says the contentious informal settlement at 85 Red Hills Road in St Andrew is another reason to place the issue of land tenure, ownership and rectification on the agenda for discussion once again.

By: Fabiana Frayssinet

Date: October 13th 2016

Source: IPS News

EL PATO, Argentina, Oct 13 2016 (IPS) - Her seven children have grown up, but she now takes care of a young grandson while working in her organic vegetable garden in El Pato, south of the city of Buenos Aires. Olga Campos wants for them what she wasn’t able to achieve: an education to forge a different future.

By: Caroline Moser

Date: October 6th 2016

Source:  Next City

On  October 17, the Habitat III conference opens in Quito, Ecuador. Its primary objective is for UN member states to adopt the New Urban Agenda (NUA), reflect on the agreements reached, and elaborate on policy and planning processes for its implementation across the globe.

The winners have been identified of a £3.65m Challenge Fund funded through DFID’s LEGEND (Land-Enhancing Governance for Economic Development) umbrella programme, to drive innovative and responsible investments in land, in particular agriculture. The fund, managed by KPMG LLP, seeks to improve the effects of land investments on communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Funding has been awarded to seven civil society organisations that have formed partnerships with businesses to test innovative approaches to sustainable land investment.

 

By: Express News Service 

Date: October 5th 2016

Source: The Indian Express

Gujarat government has asked the revenue department to expedite the conversion of new tenure land to old tenure after the completion of the mandatory 15-year period.

By: Clayton Utz

Date: September 29th 2016

Source: Lexology

The draft Land Administration Amendment Bill 2016 will not be introduced to the WA Parliament during this term of government. But proposals for reforms to WA Crown land tenure are likely to be revived following the upcoming State election. 

By: Rina Chandran

Date: 22 September 2016 

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Marginalised low-caste Dalits are fighting against victimisation and demanding land that is owed to them