As in many of the States of Equatorial-Africa, Chad's system of public

and private land tenure is based on the French decree of 28 March 1699 and on the subsequent modifying texts. This system has not been very successful and Africans have proudly clung on to their respective "concessions", because they enjoyed a material hold over the land (habitation, farming, grazing, fishing m -certain water courses), until i960 and beyond.

BE IT ENACTED by the State President, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-
1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates(i) “agricultural land” means any land, except-

This issue of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives contains an interesting and

wide-ranging set of contributions providing insights into land related issues ranging from

Italy to the Central Andes, and from the historical development of sustainable tenure

practices to aspects of agriculture sector planning.

The eight articles featured open with that of Lavigne Delville, which addresses issues

relating to insecurity of tenure in West Africa, and identifies what the paths of change

This paper discusses the role of FAO support to the Government of Mozambiques Land Commission since 1995, through three consecutive projects. While each has had a relatively short duration, all have been planned and implemented within a single conceptual framework with a much longer time horizon. This has allowed a difficult and complex issue to be progressively developed and nurtured within a realistic time scale, while building up a strong sense of national ownership of the process.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the economic effects of land reform policies in

Tajikistan on the country’s agricultural sector and rural households. There is a conspicuous

lack of evidence-based policy dialogue with the government on the effectiveness of land and

agricultural policies in Tajikistan. Though the majority of rural inhabitants live in poverty and

many are food insecure, a scientifically proper evaluation of the effects of land and farm

policy reforms has yet to be done. The present study is an attempt to fill this void by offering

The articles in this issue supplement the recent publication "Good governance in land tenure and administration" (Land Tenure Studies No. 9), which provides practical advice for land professionals on improving governance in a land administration system or other land tenure arrangement.