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The Case for Women's Land Rights in the Proposed New Constitution

January, 2006
Kenya
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Investments
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Women, Land Rights and the Environment: The Kenyan Experience

January, 2006
Kenya
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
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The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya

Peer-reviewed publication
Reports & Research
December, 2005
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
Forest Tenure
Land & Gender
agroforestry systems
poverty
women
natural resources management
agriculture
Western Kenya is one of the most densely populated areas in Africa. Farming there is characterized by low inputs and low crop productivity. Poverty is rampant in the region. Yet the potential for agriculture is considered good. In the study described here, researchers looked specifially at soil fertility replenishment (SFR) systems...Focused on two specific systems -- the tree-based "improved fallow" system and the biomass transfer system -- the study compared rates of adoption in poor and nonpoor communities and evaluated the extent to which their adoption reduced poverty.
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The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2005
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
Forest Tenure
Land & Gender
agroforestry systems
poverty
women
natural resources management
agriculture
Western Kenya is one of the most densely populated areas in Africa. Farming there is characterized by low inputs and low crop productivity. Poverty is rampant in the region. Yet the potential for agriculture is considered good.
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The Ndungu Report: Land & Graft in Kenya

Reports & Research
March, 2005
Kenya, Africa
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
protected areas
land dispute
land
scale
forest land
trust
landlessness
This summary of the Report of the Ndungu Commission on Illegal and Irregular Allocation of Public Land provides an insight into a critical recent episode in the struggles over land and graft in Kenya. Includes land and demography in Kenya; the law relating to the allocation of land; the Commission’s findings – (1) urban, state and ministries’ land, (2) settlement schemes and trust lands, (3) forest lands, national parks, wetlands, riparian resources and protected areas; the Commission’s recommendations; commentary.
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حالة الغابات في العالم 2005

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2005
Kenya, Laos, Switzerland, Japan, Malaysia, Germany, China, Madagascar, Indonesia, Ecuador, Canada, India, Pakistan, Italy, Sri Lanka
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
تنشر حالة الغابات في العالم تقارير عن حالة الغابات وعن أحدث السياسات والتطورات المؤسسية والموضوعات الخاصة بقطاع الغابات.وفضلا عن ذلك تتيح حالة الغابات في العالم آخرالمعلومات المتعلقة بالسياسات الحرجية لتسهيل مناقشتها واتخاذ القرارات المتعلقة بغابات العالم.وتصدر حالة الغابات في العالم كل عامين باللغة العربية والصينية والإنجليزية والفرنسية والأسبانية.