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Mission statement
The African Studies Centre Leiden is a knowledge institute that undertakes research and is involved in teaching about Africa and aims to promote a better understanding of and insight into historical, current and future developments in Africa.
The institute is located in the Pieter de la Court Building of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Leiden.
Main objectives:
- To promote and undertake scientific research on Africa;
- To function as a national centre in the field of African studies and to contribute to education and teaching in these studies;
- To promote the dissemination of knowledge and an understanding of African societies in the wider public sphere.
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Resources
Displaying 6 - 8 of 8The assertion of rights to agro-pastoral land in North Cameroon: a cascade to violence?
What are the key causalities in the linkages between environmental resource scarcity, the non-violent assertion of rights to the environment and the (non) avoidance of violence itself? Focusing on the natural resource land, the author studies three different cases of conflict over land at the local level in Diamar‚, Baba Deli and Kubadje, in the extreme north of Cameroon, from 2001 to 2004, using different sociological, geographical and anthropological methods.
Le droit foncier au Sénégal: l'impact de la réforme foncière en Basse Casamance
Pendant l'année 1982 et une partie de l'année 1983 l'auteur a effectué une recherche au Sénégal avec la collaboration de M. Sypkens Smit, anthropologue. Le thème central de la recherche était l'interaction entre les différents systèmes de droit foncier. Le présent rapport relate la phase préparatoire de la recherche, ainsi que les activités des deux chercheurs sur le terrain, en Basse Casamance. Le chapitre sur "Les aspects anthropologiques du droit foncier: le cas d'un village diola" est de la main de M. Sypkens Smit.
Royal University of Agriculture
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Center for Agricultural and Environmental Studies (CAES) was established in 2011. It is one of the center under the management of RUA. The CAES plays a vital role in capacity building, research related to environment, climate change, agriculture, forestry, and particularly the sustainable land management in Cambodia. With expertise in the fields of research and training in agriculture, natural resource management, land use change, and innovative technologies aimed at improving agricultural production, technology transfer, sustainable land management and raising awareness. Through this project the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA)- Center for Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Will support training to partners and community leaders on climate smart agriculture technology; coordinate to implement climate smart agriculture models with selected households; monitor and follow-up to document learning. - Currently implementing a project with IFAD - “Scaling Up Climate Resilient Agriculture” inKampong Chhnang and Pursat provinces. - Can provide technical expertise in sustainable land management and rural development, vulnerability assessment, climate smart agriculture, ingerated farming systems, modelling, GIS, Data Web platform and E hub; training; and sharing of resources and materials.