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  1. Library Resource
    No clear grounds

    The impact of land privatisation on smallhold farmers’ food security in Zambia

    Reports & Research
    March, 2014
    Zambia

    The global finance, energy and food crises are fuelling a global rush for land in developing countries. In their search for land, political leaders and investors look to Africa as a potential food supplier for the rest of the world. However, the current trend of land liberalisation rarely offers a solution to sustainable food production and poverty reduction among smallhold farmers in rural areas, as shown by this case study.

  2. Library Resource
    Land administration

    History, Opportunities and Challenges From the 1995 Lands Act

    Journal Articles & Books
    February, 2014
    Zambia

    The Land tenure system in Zambia is divided in the following administrative segments: colonial period

    1880-1964; immediate post independence 1964-1975, post independence period of one party political

  3. Library Resource
    Zambia vs Zimbabwe

    Zambia versus Zimbabwe

    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2014
    Zambia, Zimbabwe

    This article examines the impact of the land reforms undertaken in Zambia and Zimbabwe on agricultural development. The Zambian land reform of 1995 has led to significant improvements in agricultural productivity and output since the early 2000s, allowing for a rising GDP and hopes that such growth will be redistributed across the education and health sector.

  4. Library Resource
    Rural land rental markets

    Trends, drivers, and impacts on household welfare in Malawi and Zambia

    Peer-reviewed publication
    July, 2014
    Malawi, Zambia

    We use nationally representative survey data from two neighboring countries in Southern Africa – Zambia and Malawi – to characterize the current status of rural land rental market participation by smallholder farmers. We find that rural rental market participation is strongly conditioned by land scarcity, and thus is more advanced in Malawi than in lower-density Zambia. In both countries, we find evidence that rental markets contribute to efficiency gains within the smallholder sector by facilitating the transfer of land from less-able to more-able producers.

  5. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2014
    Zambia

    Zambia recognizes two types of land tenure: customary and leasehold tenure. While historically the majority of land in Zambia has been held under customary tenure, leases (also called leasehold titles) are the only legal means of holding land rights.

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