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Land Rights Monitors and the Struggle for Land Rights in Agricultural Investment Areas

Experience from Tanzania

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2014
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
capacity development
communal ownership
community land rights
compulsory acquisitions
gender equity in access to land
land
land access
land investments
To ensure that there is sustainability at the community level in its land rights and governance training programme, Land Rights Research and Resources Institute (HAKIARDHI), a Tanzanian national level organization that spearheads land rights of small-scale producers, uses land rights monitors (LRMs) in its program areas. In each of the selected villages of the program districts, two LRMs (a man and a woman) who have received land rights training from HAKIARDHI are democratically elected by villagers.
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Property Grabbing from Ugandan Widows and the Justice System

A mixed-methods assessment in Mukono County, Uganda

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Uganda
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity in access to land
land grabbing
land law
land policies
land tenure systems
property rights
tenure security
women
In a first study of this kind, International Justice Mission has used mixed methods assessment to portray the depth of widow and orphan property grabbing problem and lack of justice system response in Mukono County, Uganda. The report demonstrates that nearly a third of widows have experienced land grabbing with virtually no criminal justice system response.
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Land Tenure in Asia and The Pacific: Challenges,Opportunities and Way Forward

Reports & Research
January, 2015
South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
gender equity in access to land
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land acquisitions
land governance
land policies
land tenure
landlessness
natural disasters
urbanization
This publication provides an overview of the findings of a review of land tenure security in Asia and the Pacific region in collaboration with key partners. It highlights the major land challenges, barriers and opportunities as the basis for future decisions about partnerships and engagement in the land sector at sub-regional and country level. The findings are based on an extensive literature review, interviews, a questionnaire, validation at several multi-stakeholder meetings and peer review.
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Medium and large-scale farmers and agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Survey results

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Ghana
Land & Investments
gender equity in access to land
women
land acquisitions
This survey was planned and executed in order to address key policy and research questions which have arisen as priorities for the research agenda, but for which there has been a lingering data gap. Successful commercialization of farming enterprises and f
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Conflicts Over Land - A Role for Responsible and Inclusive Business

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Asia
Land & Investments
advocacy
agrarian reform
agriculture
cadastres
capacity development
climate change
common property
desertification
environment
extractive industries
farmers
fisheries
food security
forestry
gender equity in access to land
Indigenous Peoples
land area
land conflicts
land governance
land grabbing
land markets
land policies
land rights
landlessness
legal empowerment
local communities
natural resources management
pastoralists
property law
research
rural development
women
This briefing paper makes the case for proactive business engagement in respecting land rights and ensuring legal, fair and inclusive practices on land use, access to natural resources and equitable development opportunities. It outlines key challenges, provides an overview of existing instruments that can help companies address issues related to land, and points to practical entry points for improved business practices.
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This Land is Whose Land? Dispossession, Resistance and Reform in the United States

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2014
Northern America
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
advocacy
agrarian reform
agriculture
extractive industries
cadastres
capacity development
climate change
common property
land conflicts
desertification
environment
farmers
fisheries
food security
forestry
gender equity in access to land
Indigenous Peoples
land governance
land grabbing
land policies
land rights
landlessness
legal empowerment
local communities
natural resources management
pastoralists
property law
research
rural development
land area
land markets
women
Food First Backgrounder, Spring 2014, Vol. 20, No. 1

Introduction: Land, Race and the Agrarian Crisis

The disastrous effects of widespread land grabbing and land concentration sweeping the globe do not affect all farmers equally. The degree of vulnerability to these threats is highest for smallholders, women and people of color—the ones who grow, harvest, process and prepare most of the world’s food.
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Tenure security and demand for land tenure regularization in Nigeria - Publication - IFPRI

Empirical evidence from Ondo and Kano states

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Nigeria
Land & Investments
capacity development
climate change
common property
land conflicts
desertification
environment
extractive industries
farmers
fisheries
food security
forestry
gender equity in access to land
Indigenous Peoples
land governance
land grabbing
land policies
land rights
landlessness
legal empowerment
local communities
natural resources management
pastoralists
property law
research
rural development
land area
land markets
women
In line with the conventional view that customary land rights impede agricultural development, the traditional tenure system in Nigeria has been perceived to obstruct the achievement of efficient development and agricultural transformation. This led to the Land Use Act (LUA) of 1978.
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How the world is paving the way for corporate land grabs - Publication - ActionAid

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Global
Land & Investments
advocacy
agrarian reform
agriculture
extractive industries
cadastres
capacity development
climate change
common property
land conflicts
desertification
environment
farmers
fisheries
food security
forestry
gender equity in access to land
Indigenous Peoples
land governance
land grabbing
land policies
land rights
landlessness
legal empowerment
local communities
natural resources management
pastoralists
property law
research
rural development
land area
land markets
women
"For millions of people living in the world’s poorest countries, access to land is a matter not of wealth, but of survival, identity and belonging. Most of the 1.4 billion people earning less than US$1.25 a day live in rural areas and depend largely on agriculture for their livelihoods, while an estimated 2.5 billion people are involved in full- or part-time smallholder agriculture.
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How agribusiness is failing small farmers in Latin America

Oxfam Briefing Paper

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2014
Latin America and the Caribbean
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
local communities
women
pastoralists
landlessness
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
property law
common property
rural development
land governance
land policies
land area
extractive industries
land markets
food security
climate change
legal empowerment
land conflicts
capacity development
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
environment
research
Indigenous farmer in the municipality of Sayaxché, department of Petén, Guatemala, viewing the stunted corn crop on his land bordering an oil palm plantation.

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Agricultural change, land, and violence in Darfur

We No Longer Share the Land - Oxfam Briefing Paper

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2014
Central African Republic
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
local communities
women
pastoralists
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
property law
extractive industries
forestry
common property
fisheries
rural development
land governance
land policies
land area
land markets
food security
climate change
legal empowerment
land conflicts
advocacy
capacity development
cadastres
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
environment
research
desertification
Most analyses of violence in Darfur ignore the local dimension of the crisis, focusing instead on the region’s economic and political marginalization and climatic variability. However, agricultural change and other changes relating to the land-rights and land-use systems have led to competition and exclusion, and have played a major role in the collective violence that has raged throughout the region. Understanding these questions is essential for the successful resolution of political and policy debates in Darfur.

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