Land tenure
- Will legislation disempower pastoralists in the Sahel?
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Guinea, Mauritania, Mali, and Burkina Faso have all passed specific legislation in support of pastoralism. This paper reports that while some of these laws provide an improved framework for the management of rangelands and greater tenure security for pastoralists, they contain conceptual and practical problems which may ultimately further marginalise pastoral people. The authors find that pastoralists must develop “leverage” to improve policy and legislation in support of pastoralism.
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- Do land markets contribute to poverty reduction?
- ( A. Tatwangire;S. T. Holden / Norwegian University of Life Sciences , 2009)
- This paper estimates the poverty reducing impact of land access in rural Uganda. The paper firstly states that land acquired through markets or otherwise may play an important role for rural household...
- Land productivity differential between high and low caste households in Nepal
- ( J. P. Aryal;S. T. Holden / Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences , 2009)
- This paper looks for the possible explanations for the land productivity differential between high caste and low caste farm households in Nepal. The paper indicates that caste position still plays a v...
- Is large-scale private land acquisition beneficial to Africa?
- ( L. Cotula;S. Vermeulan;R. Leonard / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2009)
- Over 2008 large-scale acquisitions of farmland in Africa, Latin America, Central Asia and Southeast Asia have increased. This report discusses key trends and drivers in land acquisitions, the contract...
- Stakeholder participation in land use: Kenya and Uganda
- ( E. Soini (ed) / World Agroforestry Centre , 2007)
- This working paper reviews historical and current factors and patterns affecting land use, land tenure, resource access, human settlement, and conflicts over resource access and tenure...
Female land productivity in the Ethiopian highlands
- ( S. Holden;M. Bezabih / Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences , 2008)
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There is a common view and belief that women are the ones that do the farming in Africa while the men do not work much. This paper seeks to find explanations to why land productivity is lower on la...
- Possibilities for successful land reform in Malawi
- ( E.W. Chirwa;B. Chinsinga / IPPG Programme , 2008)
- It is estimated that up to 84% of Malawians earn their livelihoods directly from agriculture - it contributes over 90% to export earnings, 40% to GDP and accounts for 85% of total employment. While th...
- How to address and prevent land conflicts
- ( B. Wehrmann / Deutsche Gessellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit , 2008)
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Land conflicts often have extensive negative effects on economic, social, spatial and ecological development. This is especially true in developing countries and countries in transition, where land...
- Persisting rural poverty in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region
- ( I. Christensen;B. Veillerette;S. Andricopulos / International Fund for Agricultural Development , 2007)
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Poverty in the Near East and North Africa region (NENA) is mainly a rural phenomenon. Almost half (48%) the area’s population lives in rural areas. This report focuses on key rural poverty is...
- Could the traditional Hima system of resource tenure help address modern development and conservation challenges?
- ( K. Hala;A. Serhal;O. Llewlyn / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union) , 2007)
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The Hima is a traditional system of resource tenure that has been practiced for more than 1400 years in the Arabian Peninsular. With the numerous deteriorations that came and halted advancement in ...
Farmers speak frankly on land restitution, redistributive justice and sustainable agriculture in South Africa
- ( A. Bernstein (ed);J. McCarthy (ed);D. Shepherd / Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa , 2008)
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This report details the findings of a round table discussion on land reform and agricultural development in South Africa convened by The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) in October 2007....
