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African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences is a journal specialized in publishing research activities carried out in the field of geo-spatial sciences and land governance. It aims to encourage innovation, promote the exchange of knowledge and scientific outcomes related to its themes. The journal's target community is made-up of researchers, professors and professionals working in the newspaper field. The journal also aims to promote scientific articles and productions at the African, regional and global levels. The institutions as well as the international universities will enrich by their contribution the scientific level of the journal. The journal can, among other things, deal with professional themes and good practices in the field of land governance.
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Displaying 301 - 305 of 434La gouvernance foncière dans un contexte de pluralisme juridique chez les autochtones Aka en Centrafrique
Dans le massif forestier du Sud-ouest de la République Centrafricaine, la terre représente, une richesse inaliénable pour les peuples autochtones Aka. C’est de la terre, que les Aka communément appelés pygmées, tirent l’essentiel de leurs subsistances. Raison pour laquelle, les ressources foncières ont fait l’objet d’attention particulière de ces premiers occupants du terroir, qui les ont régies par des normes juridico traditionnelles. Ces règles, quoique fondées sur l’oralité, requiert une valeur juridique, dont l’observance s’impose à toute la communauté.
EFFECTS OF JATROPHA INVESTMENTS ON LOCAL CITIZENSHIP IN GHANA
This paper aims to explore implications of large-scale land investment for local citizenship, with a particular focus on customs and mobility. The concept of local citizenship is a neglected aspect of land investment debates. We argue that the use of the concept helps us to identify how large-scale land investments work to invoke the hegemonic and customary power of indigenes and undermine local citizenship identity of migrants.
Strengthening Land Tenure in Informal Settings: A Fit-For-Purpose Approach
A functioning land administration sector is the foundation for economic growth. Unfortunately, effective land registry and cadastral systems with national coverage exist in only a fraction of the world’s countries. Cadasta Foundation is working to overcome this challenge by developing simple digital tools and technology to help partners efficiently document, analyze, store, and share critical land and resource rights information.
Land Patronage and Static Urban Boundaries in Zimbabwe Implications for Land Tenure Security
The political dysfunction that had come to characterize an imploding Zimbabwean economy is beyond dispute. This paper explores how a government that had become weakened in the face of a formidable opposition in urban areas turned to use land as a reward for supporters and as a means of luring new members to join the ruling party. It argues that land patronage has been used as a means for legitimating fledgling state rule while undermining the tenure security of the poor.
Sustainable land-based investments in Africa: The quest for inclusion and transparency.
ABSTARCTA common limiting factor to the development of agriculture on the continent is the amorphous land administration laws and practices which in certain locations, is dominated by traditional administration and inheritance among an ever-increasing population, leading to fragmentation of available land with little available for commercial agriculture.Using desk reviews of previous studies, this research aimed to analyse the causative factors of ineffective land-based investments especially in agricultural production with a view to harnessing the huge potentials of land-based investments