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    Livelihood diversification in Borana pastoral communities of Ethiopia - prospects and challenges

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007
    This paper analyses the livelihoods of the Borana pastoral communities of Southern Oromiya in Ethiopia. It aims to inform policy makers, donors, and development practitioners about the best strategies for protecting and promoting sustainable livelihoods in the region.
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    Land in Africa: market asset or secure livelihood?

    Human Settlements Programme, 2004
    This document summarises the proceedings from a conference organised by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) , Natural Resource insitute (NRI) and the Royal African Society in November 2004.The conference brought together a wide range of interest groups including, African policy makers, academics and civil society representatives, as well as representatives of the private
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    Forest dependence and participation in forest co-management in Malawi

    International Association for the Study of Common Property, 2006
    Using data from Chimaliro and Liwonde forest reserves in Malawi, this paper investigates how forest dependence influences households' decision to participate in forest co-management programme. The key question of this paper is: What makes people participate in the forest comanagement (FCM) programme in Malawi?
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    Landless women, hopeless women? Gender, land and decentralisation in Niger

    Drylands Programme, IIED, 2006
    This paper is a summary of a case study on gender, land and decentralisation. It addresses how women in rural areas of Niger deal with pressure on land within changing agricultural production systems. A separate focus is on women’s land rights, and the strategies they use to capitalise on these rights.
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    The land question in South Africa

    Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2006
    The need for large-scale land redistribution in Southern Africa is undisputed. In order to redress centuries of dispossession, this highly complex process has the potential to encourage economic growth and poverty reduction.
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    Land rights reform and governance in Africa

    United Nations Development Programme, 2006
    The main argument of this paper is that insecurity of land tenure is a socio-political condition that can be made and unmade. This discussion paper focuses on customary land rights, particularly in the African context.
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    More than simply "socially embedded": recognising the distinctiveness of African land rights

    Landrightswatch.net, 2006
    Land tenure reform remains a key policy issue in Africa, given the large proportion of people relying on land and natural resources for their livelihoods. This paper addresses the exclusionary nature of many processes around land, which can lead to social divisions.
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    Investing in maintaining mobility in pastoral systems of the arid and semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa

    Livestock, Environment and Development, Virtual Research and Development Centre, 2006
    This paper seeks to provide national and international policy-makers interested in the development of arid and semi-arid areas with background information and policy options, on whether and how to invest in mobility of pastoral systems in Africa.It first describes the trends leading to declining mobility, followed by a description of the key underlying causes for these trends and their impacts
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    Agrarian reform in the context of food sovereignty, the right to food and cultural diversity: “land, territory and dignity”

    International NGO/CSO Planning Committee, 2006
    Through an analysis of the right to adequate food and the right to land, this civil society report, argued that achieving food sovereignty requires agrarian reform.
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    Land rights for African development: from knowledge to action

    CGIAR System-wide Program on Property Rights and Collective Action, 2006
    This collection of briefing papers summarises select papers presented at the workshop: "Land Rights for African Development: From Knowledge to Action" held in November 2005.

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