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Why Namibians want fresh impetus behind land reform

September, 2018
Namibia
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land reform
land
The shortcomings of the current land reforms suggest that voluntary;market-based transactions of land might not be a suitable measure to redistribute land;not to speak of wealth and power. The “policy” of national reconciliation has delivered one-sided benefits. The politics of national reconciliation are used to justify the status quo – an avoidance strategy to address the structural problems in Namibia. A more radical approach must be considered to redistribute land and capital. Only then will formerly disadvantaged people become equal co-owners of Namibia’s land and wealth.
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Using transformative scenario planning as a way to think differently about the future of land use in Bobirwa, Botswana

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2018
Botswana, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land grabbing
land use
Land use involves a diverse range of perspectives and cannot be resolved by any single stakeholder working alone. A process like Transformative Scenario Planning (TSP) can bring together conflicting opinions and help people to start thinking differently. This report summarises the main steps, processes and ideas involved in the TSP workshops in Botswana. It articulates the process of TSP, how it unfolds in a group setting and how it can be used to draw out questions and concerns.
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Simultaneous adoption of integrated soil fertility management technologies in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2018
Southern Africa, Africa
Empirical scientific evidence indicates that there is still room for increasing food production by improving land productivity. This study aimed at identifying the key determinants that govern farmers’ decisions to adopt multiple components of integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) in a maize mixed cropping system of the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa.
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The Urban Land Paper Series - Volume 2

A Transit-Oriented Development Lens

Conference Papers & Reports
August, 2018
South Africa
Urban Tenure
land
urban areas
capacity development
land management
land governance
land ownership
urban planning
urban population
The papers in this volume take a city perspective and provide both a critical reflection of and a pragmatic response to what cities are able to do given their current mandate and powers. The first paper begins by considering what the TOD agenda means for the urban poor. It questions whether TOD can adequately address the existing land challenges in South African cities, given the politics of land inequality and the skewed property markets.
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Ecosystem services and small-holder farming practices -between payments, development support and right- an integrated approach (ILMI Working paper 10)

Reports & Research
August, 2018
Namibia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
environment
development
food security
agriculture
Small-scale farmers in north-central Namibia face numerous challenges, ranging from low crop yields, high rainfall variability and land degradation which is threatening the long-term productivity of the land, to social changes that are reducing the work force available for farming. This paper aims to assess existing land use practices (LUPs) and to determine their relationship to ecosystem services (ES). As agriculture (crop and livestock farming) is the dominant land use in northern Namibia, it is the main driver influencing environmental services and will be in the focus here. We suggest
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Urban land reform in Namibia

August, 2018
Namibia
Urban Tenure
land reform
land
urban areas
urbanization
This document outlines some pertinent questions regarding urbanization in Namibia, provides central policy recommendations and identifies relevant research gaps to guide the policy debate on urban land reform as part of the 2nd National Land Conference scheduled for 1-5 October 2018.