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Land and Socio‐Economic Effects of the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Rural Kenya
Journal Articles & Books
October 2022
Kenya

Following its outbreak in late 2019, the Coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) has been reported to have had devastating human health, health systems, and socioeconomic impacts across the globe.

Peer-reviewed publication
October 2022
Middle Africa
Cameroon

L’agriculture dite de « seconde génération » est désormais le chemin à suivre pour le développement du Cameroun. Dans cet article, il est question de saisir la signification de ce concept et d’explorer les conditions d’une mise en œuvre réussie.

National gender profile of agriculture and rural livelihoods Azerbaijan
Reports & Research
September 2022
Azerbaijan

This country gender assessment (CGA) for the Republic of Azerbaijan was undertaken as part of FAO and national commitments to promote gender equality while integrating a gender perspective into its operations.

July 2021
Ethiopia

Secure land tenure is key to eradicating poverty;increasing agricultural investment and ensuring food security;and is an essential element of climate action and climate resilience. Yet women have far weaker rights to land than men.

Policy Papers & Briefs
May 2021
Cameroon

The Cameroonian government’s decision to reform the land legal framework is an opportunity to provide real protection for rural land tenure rights, in a context where major investments and projects are increasing tenure insecurity across the country.

Reports & Research
March 2021
Norway

Land consolidation courts deal with cases where the relationship between holders of grazing rights needs be regulated, but also where the rights holders are competing with other potential land uses, such as building holiday cabins, forestry, hunting, etc. These cases are governed by the provisions of sections 3-8 and 3-10 of the Land Consolidation Act.

Reports & Research
March 2021
Norway

In most countries, land consolidation was first introduced in rural areas, with legislation suitable for urban areas being drafted at a later date. This is also true of Norway. The first evidence of urban competency in the legislation is found in the Land Consolidation Act from 1950. It is important to note that in Norway land consolidation remains the exclusive province of the court system.

Peer-reviewed publication
February 2021
France
Hungary
Poland
United States of America

Agricultural development is determined by various factors, such as environmental, economic, demographic, or social circumstances. In order to present the level of this development as com-prehensively as possible, a multidimensional analysis should be carried out with an appropriate methodology.

Peer-reviewed publication
February 2021
Spain
United States of America

The modernization of economic activities in mountain areas is conditioned by the physical characteristics of the territory, the weight of activities related to the primary sector, infrastructure deficits, low population density, as well as the declining and ageing population. The response to this situation has involved implementing a certain degree of functional diversification.

Peer-reviewed publication
January 2021
Poland
United States of America

This paper determines the extent to which rural areas in Poland have been beneficiaries of the EU’s Cohesion Policy (CP). The amount of funds allocated to rural areas at the local (gmina/commune) level as part of the total CP obtained by Poland from 2007 to 2018 was estimated. The spatial distribution of that allocation was then determined.

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