As in many of the States of Equatorial-Africa, Chad's system of public

African land tenure problems, just like those of the African family, are exceedingly complex and baffling. With its ethnic diversity, Cameroon is an inextricable tangle of different concepts of title to land. Yet, except in the overpopulated areas and some times in the towns, the tensions stemming from land tenure problems were practically unknown in Cameroon until about thirty years ago.

The original and primary owners of lands in. Ghana are the stools or skins.

Les premiers propriétaires de terres au Ghana sont les chefs

locaux. Les families et les particuliers possedent aussi des terres, dont les titres de propriète sont établis par les chefs.

The share of agriculture in the GDP declined from 16 percent in the 1990s to almost 14 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, those employed in agriculture as a percent of total labor force is declining since 1960 to 2006. Despite losing labor and share of the GDP, agriculture is, and will continue to be, among the major economic activities in Egypt, and a generator for economic growth.

This review of land tenure in West Asia and North Africa (WANA or the Near

East region) places contemporary developments in their historical context. Land

tenure in the region has its origins in state, customary or religious law, or more often a

combination of the three. With the ascendancy of the nation state over the past

This training manual is for people working on emergency response and disaster risk management; it

aims to provide an overview of the major land issues that may arise following a natural disaster that

require consideration and inclusion in the decision-making processes associated with response,

Land Tenure Working Paper 16 Governance of Land Tenure Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) looks at the land governance situation in the region. It has been prepared to provide a base for discussion for the regional consultation meetings on the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources.

One of the striking features of transition from plan to market in CIS agriculture is the

dramatic shift from the predominance of large corporate farms (kolkhozy and sovkhozy,

generally referred to as agricultural enterprises) to individual or family agriculture based on a

spectrum of small farms. The individual sector, combining the traditional household plots and

What are the impacts of the increasing spread of biofuels on access to land in producer countries, particularly for poorer rural people? Biofuels could revitalise rural agriculture and livelihoods or, where there are competing claims on land exclude poorer land and resource users.