Links between tenure security and food security: Evidence from Ethiopia:
This study, thus, uses five rounds of household panel data from Tigray, Ethiopia, collected in the period 1998–2010 to assess the impacts of a land registration and certification program that aimed to strengthen tenure security and how it has contributed to increased food availability and thus food security in this food-deficit region. Land tenure, food security, land tenure reform, certification, basic needs, Gender, Women, household data, land registration,
Responsible Investments in Agriculture. In Practice Case Study Review
EBG Capital was appointed by the German Development Agency (GIZ) to obtain case studies from selected agricultural investment funds (predominantly private equity investors) to determine “best practice” in Responsible Investment (RI) in agriculture and the use of international RI principles and guidelines to achieve this. We requested a case study of a practical (“on-the-ground”) investment in farmland from 33 agricultural investors from around the world.
Challenges and Opportunities in Promoting VGGT to Secure Tenure Rights of Family Farmers
In 2014-2015, the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) implemented a project entitled “Popularizing the VGGT Among Small Scale Farmers Organizations, Relevant National Government and Inter-governmental Organizations” with the support of the International Land Coalition (ILC).
Managing land and water resources by consensus: the Anambé irrigation scheme charter
The Anambé irrigation scheme charter sets out management principles for efficient and sustainable agricultural development. The charter is based on a consensus between river basin users and local authorities. Now the challenge is to put this into practice.
VGGT: Monitoring the governance of land, fisheries and forests
The Tenure Guidelines aim to serve as a reference, providing guidance to improve the governance of land, fisheries and forests so that it can contribute effectively to securing the right to adequate food. The Guidelines thus constitute an internationally agreed upon normative standard that assesses the actions and omissions of states, UN agencies as well as international organisations with respect to the way they regulate land, fisheries and forests in specific situations. See box 1 below.
Owner or tenant: Who adopts better soil conservation practices?
Land tenure security is widely considered to be a fundamental factor in motivating farmers to adopt sustainable land management practices. This study aims to establish whether it is true that owner-operators adopt more effective soil conservation measures than tenant-operators, and whether well-designed agro-environmental instruments can provide sufficiently strong motivation to compensate for the differences between these two groups.
Women’s Access to Land in Mauritania. A Case Study in Preparation for the COP
Política de Prevenção e Mediação de Conflitos, Pernambuco, Brasil
BOLETIM INTERNO Nº 001/15 - Conselho Estadual das Cidades ConCidades/PE, PROPOSIÇÃO Nº 01, DE 06 AGOSTO DE 2015: Propõe  Defensoria Pública do Estado de Pernambuco e ao Governo do Estado de Pernambuco a criação de Núcleos Especializados para Defesa em casos de Conflitos Fundiários e para proposição de ações de Regularização de Terras Urbanas e Ouvidorias Externas. PROPOSIÇÃO Nº 02, DE 06 DE AGOSTO DE 2015: Propõe ao Governo do Estado de Pernambuco através da Secretaria das Cidades instituir a Política Estadual de Prevenção e Mediação de Conflitos Fundiários Urbanos.
2013 CSO land reform monitoring report: Reclaiming our rights to land
This report is a summary of the 2013 CSO Land Reform Monitoring papers in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Philippines. It focuses on land conflicts including killings, harassments, land-related detainments, and evictions experienced in the seven countries. It also includes interventions and principles which ANGOC and LWA call for the government and institutions to adhere to in addressing such issues.
Land grab issue brief: Upholding Farmers’ Land Rights against Land Grabs
This issue brief highlights the roots of land grabbing experienced in the aggrieved communities in seven countries. It also features the importance of advanced smallholder agriculture and local food industry, broadened land rights movement, and strengthened land governance in promoting the rights of the farmers.
Les conditions foncières de la viabilité de la riziculture irriguée
L’analyse des aménagements hydro-agricoles en Afrique de l’Ouest permet de tirer des leçons concernant l’affectation foncière, qui peuvent servir pour orienter les aménagements en cours, ou ceux qui sont prévus dans les années à venir. Sans affectation foncière adéquate, les objectifs principaux des barrages – la lutte contre la pauvreté et l’amélioration de la production nationale de céréales – pourront difficilement être atteints.