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Confident Gender and Land Champions - New WOLTS Paper Published
23 May 2023
Latest paper from the WOLTS team offers new evidence of a sustainable approach to securing land rights for women and communities
Proposals for the protection and effective use of pasture lands presented
17 February 2023
It is proposed in Uzbekistan to develop a draft law “On pastures” in a new edition and the procedure for granting pasture land plots for rent.
Uncovering Land Governance Challenges in 9 African Countries: NELGA’s Overview of Pastoralism and Small-Scale Farming
30 January 2023
NELGA has put out nine country profiles about South Sudan, South Africa, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Egypt, and Mauritania. These profiles give information about pastoralism and small-scale agriculture in these countries.
Projects
Support to the agriculture sector transformation process and to decentralised land governance
Durationaab: January 2016 - January 2022
Value: $17,700,000.00
Donors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
The program aims at strengthening food security of smallholder farmers and pastoralists' communities with improved access to agriculture services and to land. The program has two components (i) institutional support to the agriculture sector including county capacity building to pursue county and cr
Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation and conservation in the Yaeda-Mangola area in Northern Tanzania
Durationaab: September 2016 - June 2019
Value: £503,713.00
Donors: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The project secured collective land rights for surviving Hadzabe hunter–gatherer and Datoga pastoralist groups, and improved the governance of village lands in 11 neighbouring village areas in the Yaeda-Mangola area, east of Lake Eyasi, in Northern Tanzania, which forms an important wildlife and m
Badia Rangelands Development Project
Durationaab: December 1998 - December 2010
Value: $525,000.00
Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development
The goal of the project was to restore the production of rangelands to its optimal potential; to seek a balance in development to address most existing constraints related to social aspects and necessary infrastructure; to give attention to the security of land tenure and the social fabric; and to o
Agropastoral Development and Local Initiatives Promotion Programme for the South-East (PRODESUD)
Durationaab: April 2003 - June 2010
Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development
The programme intended to initiate a process of community-led sustainable development for 11,000 households in the Governorates of Tataouine and Kébili. To this end, it created instruments to promote participatory and sustainable management of pastures and water resources; to improve livestock husba
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
Durationaab: July 2020 - December 2025
Value: €6,600,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Context Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2019, it ranked 182nd out of 189 countries on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI). 70% of the population lives in rural areas and is highly dependent on agriculture. However, almost no agricultural land is registered
So much has changed since I became a gender and land champion
29 September 2023
Traditional Maasai leader Milya shares how confident he has become in defending women's land rights after training as a gender and land champion.
Secure Land Rights: The Key To Sustainable Food Systems
2 September 2021
Securing land rights is critical for realizing sustainable food systems that provide food security and overcome poverty. Security of property rights is central to preserving livelihoods, maintaining social stability, and increasing incentives for investment and for sustainable, productive land use…
