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Clark University
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Clark University has a world-renowned Graduate School of Geography with a long history of significant and influential research. Omidyar Network supported Clark to create a next-generation, open source, land cover mapping platform that would overcome many of the existing obstacles to mapping complex agricultural landscapes by optimally applying human judgement and ground truthing to guide machine learning of high resolution satellite imagery. The Grant promoted deeper collaborations with partners and contributed toward development of a vision and plan for future geospatial/Earth observations initiatives at Clark University.
Support to the World Bank Land Governance Assessment Framework Trust Fund
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This activity (Support to the World Bank Land Governance Assessment Framework Trust Fund) is a component of Land Governance for Economic Development reported by FCDO, with a funding type of 109 - Multilateral organisation and a budget of £500,000.This project benefits Developing countries, unspecified.And works in the following sector(s): Rural development, Agricultural land resources, Agricultural policy and administrative management, Urban development and management.
Reversing Land Degradation in Africa by Scaling-up Evergreen Agriculture - component 1
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The project aims to improve livelihoods, food security and resilience to climate change by smallholder farmers in Africa and restore ecosystem services by scaling-up the practices of evergreen agriculture. It will help strengthen the national ability to assess the costs of land degradation and the economic benefits of investment in sustainable land management/evergreen agriculture, in 8 African countries.
FTF Ethiopia Land Governance Activity
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(Ethiopia): Improved land tenure security enables landholders to make longer-term investments in their agro-pastoral activities, thereby contributing to increased productivity and incomes. It also allows pastoralists and farmers to lease their landholdings to entrepreneurs in need of land to grow their own businesses, including activities such as mechanized farming, industry, and marketing services. In addition to helping landholders build more lucrative and stable livelihoods and emerge from poverty, these leasing arrangements also have a spillover effect on the rural economy by increasing opportunities for high growth potential SMEs to provide services and employment opportunities. Building on previous investments to improve rural landholders' land tenure security, particularly women's, the activity will use FY 2021 funds to expand its work with community organizations, rural landholders, and urban dwellers to adopt a scalable approach for land demarcation and certification. The approach includes the use of satellite imagery, simple and cost-effective land surveying and mapping tools, an integrated land information database, research, training, and professional services. The Activity will work with key civil society organizations, such as the Ethiopia Land Administration Professionals Association, to improve the rights of landholders through increased advocacy, research and technical assistance in the implementation of land surveying, planning, demarcation, and registration. By improving incomes and food security, social cohesion, and more equitable urbanization, the Activity advances the USG Global Food Security Strategy and Ethiopia's resilience. . .These efforts directly support Ethiopia's Integrated Country Strategy Mission Goal 3: Spur Broad-based Economic Growth and Mission Objective 3.1: Increase Economic Growth with Resiliency in Rural Ethiopia......