Three separate ‘on my mind’ articles by Professor Mbilinyi: Making National Land Policy inclusive and people-centred; In whose interest will this National Land Policy be?; Questions about the National Land Policy, 2016. Draft NLP just released for external consultation. Shares the views of other researchers. Critical issues include questionable statistics, compensation woes, need to be inclusive and people-centred, to recognise and strengthen the power of Village Councils and Village Assemblies to oversee land allocations and use, and for Swahili and popular versions and more time for wide consultation. Major conflict of interest between large-scale commercial companies and small-scale producers. Enormous pressure from banks and agribusiness to provide more land for large-scale commercial investments. Researchers deny claim that there is abundant land for distribution.
Autores e editores
Marjorie Mbilinyi (The Citizen)
Provedor de dados
Mokoro is pleased to host the ’Land Rights in Africa’ site as a contribution to the land rights dialogue and related debates. This website was created in January 2000 by Robin Palmer, and was originally housed by Oxfam GB, where Robin worked as a Land Rights Adviser. A library of resources on land rights in Africa – with a particular focus on women’s land rights and on the impact of land grabbing in Africa – the portal has been well received by practitioners, researchers and policy makers, and has grown considerably over the years.