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Mind the Gap

Bridging the Divide between Land Policy and Practice. Securing women’s land rights through engendering the formalization process of customary land tenure in Uganda: Uganda Community Based Association for Women and Children’s welfare

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2016
Africa, Uganda
Land & Gender
advocacy
customary land rights
customary tenure
gender equity in access to land
land access
land law
The 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda is one of the most gender sensitive constitutions in the world, with clear provisions for promoting and protecting the rights of women. This is also the case in relation to women’s land rights – the Constitution clearly vests land in the people of Uganda, including the rights of women to own and inherit land. Other land laws, including the Land Act, recognize and uphold women’s rights to land as individuals, and as part of a family or community.
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Forestry Contribution to National Economy and Trade in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

Reports & Research
March, 2016
Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
deforestation
sustainable development
The economic contributions of forests in Eastern African countries have not received the desired attention in terms of policy and budgetary allocation needed for sustained growth of these forests. This, among other reasons, has led to the reduction of forest zones and an increase in the import of forest-related products, resulting in dwindling foreign currency reserves.
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Improving tenure, improving lives

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2016
France, Nigeria, Belgium, Nepal, Burundi, Germany, Guatemala, United Kingdom, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Italy, Niger, Malawi, Switzerland, Kenya, South Africa, Finland, Uganda, Somalia, Myanmar, Senegal
land governance
land tenure
Four years since the Voluntary Guidelines were endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security as the global consensus on improving tenure, their principles and processes are inspiring people around the world to take action. With wide ownership by governments, civil society and the private sector, they represent an unbiased framework in which new conversations on tenure are taking place, new skills are being developed, and new policies are being influenced in participatory ways.
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Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Information, Vol. 38/1, 2015

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2016
Burkina Faso, Switzerland, United States of America, Togo, Mali, France, Canada, Congo, Niger, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Italy, Austria, Senegal, Chad, Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire
TTI disseminates current information on all aspects of tsetse and trypansomosis research and control to institutions and invididuals involved in the problems of African trypanosomosis. This services forms an integral part of the Programme Against African Trypanosomosis (PAAT).
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Solutions for Open Land Administration (SOLA) & Open Tenure

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2016
Uganda, Nigeria, Guatemala, Cambodia, Finland
VGGT
land administration
land tenure
property rights
capacity development
SOLA & Open Tenure are open-source software to help protect tenure rights and support the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security.
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Ethiopia Climate-Smart Agriculture Scoping Study

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2016
Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, Australia, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Niger, Africa
climate change
agricultural land management
This climate-smart agriculture scoping study for Ethiopia was produced by the FAO. The study is aimed at identifying and documenting existing climate-smart agriculture practices in Ethiopia that enable stakeholders to understand the opportunities and constraints to adopting particular climate-smart agriculture technologies or practices.
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Eastern Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture Scoping Study: Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

Reports & Research
March, 2016
Rwanda, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, Australia, Canada, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Niger, Eritrea, Africa
climate change
agricultural land management
This publication was commissioned under the auspices of the project “FAO technical support to the COMESA-EAC-SADC program on climate change adaptation and mitigation in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSRO/RAF/307/COM)”.
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Regional Initiatives for Africa

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2016
Angola, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Zambia, Mali, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Congo, Senegal, Malawi, Niger, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Uganda, Somalia, Madagascar, South Sudan, Chad, Kenya, Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land management
sustainable development
FAO has focused and integrated its work in the Region through three Regional Initiatives. The Initiatives respond to the priorities of member-states and will achieve demonstrable impact in a time bound manner, whilst responding to FAO’s Strategic Objectives. In Africa, the Regional Initiatives were developed based on an in-depth cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary review of regional issues.
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Learning Route: Innovative Ideas on Securing Resource Land Rights through inclusive business models: The case of Uganda

Reports & Research
March, 2016
Uganda
Land & Investments
land investments
land rights
The Learning Route (LR) is capacity development deliverable of the TSLI-ESA project implemented by UN-Habitat through GLTN, funded by IFAD. It aims at enhancing awareness, knowledgeand skills of staff from IFAD supported projects, programs and partners in application of geo-spatial technologies in securing land and natural resource tenure and on innovation on inclusive business models (IBMs).
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7. Enhancing Tenure Security for Customary Lands and Natural Resources in Karamoja Region through Participatory Community Mapping - Paper

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2016
Uganda
tenure security
land access
customary tenure
customary land rights
land policies
land use mapping
Enhancing Tenure Security for Customary Lands and Natural Resources in Karamoja Region through Participatory Community Mapping