This Atlas summarizes recent advances in interdisciplinary approaches and research to address the different components of West African urban food systems, including urban and peri-urban agriculture. It thereby draws on the results of several major collaborative research projects and stakeholder…
Oil palm investments are returning from Southeast Asia to West Africa, where the crop originated. As this interest intensifies, land conflicts are likely to become more prevalent. Our research shows that such disputes can treble the cost of cultivation and cause year-long delays. Despite this,…
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Source: Foncier & Développement
Par: Philippe Lavigne Delville, Justine Robin
L’aménagement des bas-fonds et des petites vallées inondables peut permettre d’accroître la production agricole et la résilience des agricultures familiales en Afrique soudanienne. Mais…
Land degradation poses a major challenge to sustainable development in Burkina Faso. Against this backdrop, the fact sheet explores relevant Forest and Landscape Restoration approaches as well as enabling factors to overcome pertaining constraints for the country to achieve its varied…
Date: 2018
Source: <a href="http://www.foncier-developpement.fr/publication/systeme-damenagement-foncier-porte-a…;…
The understanding of multiple effects by possible future development is essential for adapted land use planning. This study assessed the potential of land use scenarios for the provision of ecosystem services using local knowledge in two districts of northern Ghana. Local knowledge was gathered…
Date: juin 2018
Source: <a href="http://www.foncier-developpement.fr/publication/sept-fiches-de-synthese-letude-regio……
Sierra Leone's first documentary on Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) and the New Land Policy of Sierra Leone produced by Culture Radio 104.5 FM in cooperation with Food and Agriculture…