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A stronger voice for women in local land governance: effective approaches in Tanzania;Ghana and Senegal

August, 2019
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
land
land rights
poverty
women
youth
This report;based on primary and secondary data;highlights the link between land and inequality in Uganda. It underscores the need to review policies;laws and regulations governing institutions and practices in the realm of land ownership;access;use and management;and to allocate enough resources to secure land rights. The report looks at factors that have had an impact on poverty and vulnerability;and how policies;laws;regulations and cultural practices can be made more inclusive.
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A Time for Change? Comments on Chad’s draft Land Code

Reports & Research
July, 2015
Chad, Africa
land rights
land
capacity development
land ownership
The process to develop a new Land Code in Chad is a positive step forward but the draft reflects a highly centralised system of land ownership, management and administration which risks excluding most people from the means to document and protect their land rights while also fostering widespread tenure insecurity. It considers customary rights as ‘temporary’ and gives full legal protection to a land title, which converts customary rights into land ownership, which is likely to be inaccessible for the vast majority of the population.
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Access to farmland gets quick and dirty in sub-Saharan Africa

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa, Mozambique, Uganda, Ghana, Senegal
customary land rights
dispossession
farmers
farmland
land access
occupation
Who can access and use the land? The answer to this age-old question is changing fast in many parts of rural Africa. Land that used to be allocated within the community by chiefs is now increasingly changing hands in more diverse ways. The wealthy and well-connected within the community or from further afield are frequently able to override local statutory or customary land rights, dispossessing the previous occupants or forcing them to divide their already small plots of land.
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Accountability in Africa’s land rush: what role for legal empowerment?

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Africa
land rights
legal empowerment
Commercial interest in land has been increasing in recent years. While the trend is global, Africa has been centre stage to this new wave of land acquisitions. Agricultural investments can contribute to economic development and poverty reduction. But evidence suggests that many investments have failed to live up to expectations. In many cases, the deals have left villagers worse off than they would have been without the investment. Many deals are happening in developing countries where food security challenges are acute, and land tenure systems insecure.
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ADDRESSING THE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACTS OF ‘LAND GRABBING’

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Myanmar
Forest Tenure
land governance
land grabbing
land tenure
forestry
land rights
land tenure systems
This Study discusses the human rights issues raised by large-scale land deals for plantation agriculture (‘land grabbing’) in low and middle-income countries. Firstly, the Study takes stock of available data on large land deals, their features and their driving forces. It finds that ‘land grabbing’ is a serious issue requiring urgent attention. Secondly, the Study conceptualises the link between land deals and human rights, reviews relevant international human rights law and discusses evidence on actual and potential human rights impacts.
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Africa’s farmland in changing hands

A review of literature and case studies from sub-Saharan Africa

Reports & Research
March, 2017
Mozambique, Uganda, Ghana, Senegal
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
farmland
land
land acquisitions
land law
land ownership
Access to land is at the heart of rural livelihoods. In sub-Saharan Africa, the pace and scale at which land is changing hands are increasing fast. Understanding these changes in land access is crucial if the systems of land governance, the practices of companies and organisations, and the initiatives seeking to influence rural development, are to adapt and have a positive impact.
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Africa’s farmland in changing hands: A review of literature and case studies from sub-Saharan Africa

Reports & Research
March, 2017
Africa
scale
research
farmland
land access
land
In sub-Saharan Africa the pace and scale at which land is changing hands are increasing fast. Summarises findings from a research project – including case studies in Ghana, Senegal, Mozambique, and Uganda – to improve understanding of these changes by addressing 3 main questions: How is land access changing in rural Africa, and what are the major drivers of change? How are these changes affecting rural livelihoods? What are the implications of these changes for development policy and practice?
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Alternatives to land acquisitions: Agricultural investment and collaborative business models

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2012
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
advocacy
land access
land administration
local communities
This report presents experiences discussed at a workshop on the use of collaborative business models in agricultural investments, which aimed to facilitate the exchange of experiences and lesson and to generate lessons from local initiatives to be fed into international processes. The focus was on agriculture defined broadly to include agri-food, biofuels, timber plantations and other agricultural commodities. Experience from other sectors, such as tourism, was included to the extent that they provided insights for agricultural investments.
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Analyse des systèmes de production du périmètre irrigué de Bagré (Burkina Faso)

Reports & Research
September, 2017
Burkina Faso
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
agriculture
tenure security
Le développement de l’irrigation fait partie des stratégies prioritaires dans les pays du Sahel pour lutter contre la pauvreté et l’insécurité alimentaire. À l’heure où les gouvernements s’engagent, une fois de plus, à augmenter les superficies irrigables, il a semblé pertinent d’analyser, conformément aux lignes directrices de la CEDEAO, les résultats obtenus sur des grands périmètres aménagés dans les années 80 et 90 afin d’en tirer les leçons pour les aménagements futurs.
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Analyse des systèmes de production du périmètre irrigué de Sélingué (Mali)

Reports & Research
January, 2017
Mali
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
agriculture
tenure security
Le développement de l’irrigation fait partie des stratégies prioritaires dans les pays du Sahel pour lutter contre la pauvreté et l’insécurité alimentaire. À l’heure où les gouvernements s’engagent, une fois de plus, à augmenter les superficies irrigables, il a semblé pertinent d’analyser, conformément aux lignes directrices de la CEDEAO, les résultats obtenus sur des grands périmètres aménagés dans les années 80 et 90 afin d’en tirer les leçons pour les aménagements futurs.