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Gender equality and food security - women’s empowerment as a tool against hunger

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Asia
Land & Gender
gender equity
discrimination
food security
legal empowerment
women
This publication analyzes gender inequalities that constrain women’s roles in agriculture and food production, and in the long run undermine achievement of food and nutrition security in the Asia and Pacific region. It recommends priority interventions that would enhance food and nutrition security in the region by ending gender discrimination and empowering women. It argues for policy reforms to advance gender equality and strengthen country-owned food security strategies.
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Issues and Options for Improved Land Sector Governance in the Gambia

Results of the Application of the Land Governance Assessment Framework

Reports & Research
August, 2013
Gambia
land administration
land governance
customary tenure
land stakeholders
The Government of the Gambia has acknowledged that a prudent and sustainable management of the country‟s limited land resources is an essential precondition to poverty reduction and national food security. A critical step towards the realization of current national strategic objectives
would be an evaluation of the land governance environment to determine where the country stands. In order to evaluate and prioritize these issues more systematically, country experts utilized the Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) developed by the World Bank and its
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The Great Soy Expansion: Brazilian land grabs in Eastern Bolivia

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Bolivia
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
land investments
foreign investment
In the last two decades, the best agricultural lands in Bolivia have been put into commercial production by large-scale producers closely linked to foreign investors, particularly Brazilians. Foreigners now control more than one million hectares of prime agricultural and ranching lands in Bolivia, primarily in the eastern lowland department of Santa Cruz, an important agroexport region dominated by transnational corporations and what has been termed “trans-Latina” corporations or TLCs.
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Igualdade De Género E Direito À Terra E Aos Recursos Naturais

Guião técnico para agentes de desenvolvimento

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Mozambique
Land & Gender
rural areas
legal empowerment
women
De modo a apoiar e promover a igualdade de género e o empoderamento da mulher rural
moçambicana, através da divulgação de legislação e informações relevantes sobre as
questões de género no país, o Centro de Formação Jurídica e Judiciária (CFJJ) do Ministério
da Justiça em Moçambique, a Organização das Nações Unidas para Alimentação e Agricultura
(FAO), o Centro Terra Viva (CTV) e a Embaixada do Reino da Noruega em Moçambique unemse na publicação deste material informativo.
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Agriculture and Rural Cooperation: Examples from Armenia, Georgia and Moldova

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Armenia, Georgia, Moldova
development
rural development
rural planning
agriculture
land economics
farmers
farmers associations
rural population
This paper was prepared within the “Cooperatives and their alternatives” component of the Agrarian Structures Initiative (ASI) which a regional program of FAO in Europe and Central Asia. This paper outlines some of the main issues influencing the development (or not) of farmer and rural organisations and presents in further detail the specific situation in Armenia, Georgia and Moldova. All three countries returned ownership of the majority of land to the rural population.
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Land Ownership and the Development of the Land Market in Georgia

A Report Commissioned by Alliances KK and Undertaken by a Private Consultant

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Georgia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
cadastres
land register
land registration
land reform
pastoral lands
agriculture
land markets
land economics
land rights
control rights
land ownership
private ownership
private property
This report was produced by a private consultant Alexander Gvaramia a legal expert on land laws and issues and a member of the Swiss Development Cooperation funded Mercy Corps Georgia implemented Alliances Kvemo Kartli Programme, Helen Bradbury, a market development programme working in the dairy, beef and sheep value chains in Dmanisi, Tetritskaro and Tsalka municipalities of Kevmo Kartli. The International Centre for Conflict Negotiation (ICCN) a partner of Alliances KK was responsible for facilitating the concept and production of the report.
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Amélioration de la gouvernance foncière au Sénégal

Enjeux actuels et défis pour l’avenir

Reports & Research
November, 2013
Senegal
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land governance
land law
land access
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Land tenure reform and politics in post-conflict Côte d’Ivoire

A precarious peace in the western cocoa regions

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2014
Côte d'Ivoire
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land in post-conflict settings
post-conflict settings
land reform
conflicts
land rights
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High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2013
Global
Forest Landscape Restoration
forestry
deforestation
forest land
natural resources
Quantification of global forest change has been lacking despite the recognized importance of forest ecosystem services. In this study, Earth observation satellite data were used to map global forest loss (2.3 million square kilometers) and gain (0.8 million square kilometers) from 2000 to 2012 at a spatial resolution of 30 meters. The tropics were the only climate domain to exhibit a trend, with forest loss increasing by 2101 square kilometers per year.
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Negotiating Access to Land in Nepal

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2013
Nepal
development
rural development
agrarian structure
land policies
rural areas
agriculture
land access
right of access
In a rural agrarian economy like that of Nepal, land has traditionally been a primary source of livelihood and security, as well as a symbol of status. Thousands of poor farmers are completely dependent on land for their livelihoods, yet not all of them have access to or control over this fundamental resource. Negotiation for access to land has been a lengthy and complicated process. It remains so in the changed political context of Nepal, where increasing numbers of emerging actors need to be considered, often with conflicting claims and counterclaims.