Launched on 18 May 2012, the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (NAFSN) is a G8 (now G7) initiative spearheaded by former US President Barack Obama. The New Alliance aims to increase private investment in African agriculture as a means to “achieve sustained and inclusive agricultural growth and raise 50 million people out of poverty over the next 10 years.” In total, 10 African countries have signed on to the NAFSN.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2017Senegal
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2017Gabon
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2017Senegal
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchApril, 2017Kenya
The Land Corruption Risk Mapping Instrument is designed to raise awareness and understand how to detect corruption in land governance issues. The instrument is developed in a way that it can be applied in any Sub-Saharan African country. It is published as a handbook that gives explanations, guidance and examples.
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Library ResourceLegislationApril, 2017Mali
JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU MALI
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchApril, 2017Cameroon, Ghana, Uganda, Sub-Saharan Africa
Large scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) impact women: loss of rights and access to land, water resources, fuel wood, adequate shelter, compensation and livelihood. The study looks at three sub-Saharan African countries (Cameroon, Ghana and Uganda) each having different land tenure regimes. Since land is vital for the survival of rural dwellers especially women, the study recommends that laws and policies governing the process of LSLA stress a mandatory participatory approach that includes women. There is urgent need to revalorize national laws to mainstream women’s land rights.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksApril, 2017Ghana
In Ghana, farmer-herder conflicts have become widespread and increasingly assume a violent dimension. Competition over access to and use of land and water resources is at the center of the conflicts. However, competition does not automatically result in conflicts. The conflicts are driven by triggering activities of both farmers and herders. This study identifies triggers of farmer-herder conflicts in the Upper West Region of Ghana and tests the level of agreement among key stakeholder groups on the triggers of these conflicts.
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Library ResourceLegislationApril, 2017Mali
Le chapitre I prévoit les dispositions générales. Cette loi porte sur le foncier Agricole.
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Library ResourceLegislationApril, 2017Mali
La présente ordonnance crée un Direction nationale du Cadastre dont la mission est de: élaborer les éléments de la politique nationale en matière de cadastre et assurer et d’assurer la coordination et le contrôle de la mise en œuvre de ladite politique.A ce titre, il est chargé de: élaborer et de mettre en œuvre la législation et la réglementation en matière de confection et de mise à jour du cadastre; coordonner et de contrôler la réalisation des travaux topographiques relatifs au foncier; délimiter et de réaliser les travaux techniques d’immatriculation des domaines public et privé immobi
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2017Kenya
The Constitution of Kenya provides that every citizen has the right to property. The provision ensures that an individual or group of people that acquire land have the protection to own this property if acquired lawfully. Individuals living in informal settlements then have a right to have property when acquired through proper means. Even though there are processes in progress to address the issue of securing tenure rights in informal settlements by the government.
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