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The Relation between Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Rural Households: Evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Ethiopia, Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
food security
land acquisitions
land equity
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure systems
property rights
rural development
markdownabstractThe aim of the thesis is to understand the impact of large-scale foreign land acquisitions on rural households. The rapid expansion of large-scale land acquisition (LSLA) by foreign investors in developing countries over the past 10 years has precipitated a heated debate over the impacts on rural households in the recipient regions. LSLA brings often much-needed investment to agriculture in developing countries, potentially raising productivity, and creating rental and labour opportunities from which rural households can benefit.
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Sustainable recommendation domains for scaling agricultural technologies in Tanzania

Land Use Policy Volume 66

Peer-reviewed publication
July, 2017
Tanzania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
geographical information systems
land use
research
Low adoption of sustainable intensification technologies hinders achievement of their potential impacts on increasing agricultural productivity. Proper targeting of locations to scale-out particular technologies is a key determinant of the rate of adoption. Targeting locations with similar biophysical and socio-economic characteristics significantly increases the probability of adoption. Areas with similar biophysical and socio-economic characteristics are referred to as recommendation domains (RDs).
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Critical Review of Dryland Restoration in Tanzania: Elements of Success and Failure & Technologies Employed

Reports & Research
January, 2017
Eastern Africa, Tanzania
Land & Food Security
food security
drylands
Arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas cover 61 % of Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania, 1999) and, over the past decades, several restoration projects have worked toward reversing degradation in these areas (Kikula, 1999; Kisanga et al., 1999). These projects have addressed from social and ecological perspectives and have spanned for decades, thereby allowing for a genuine opportunity to identify and articulate lessons learned and develop good practice guidelines for restoring productive capacity of drylands.
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M&E and Development engagement for ICRAF Project on Land Restoration EU-IFAD Funded

Institutional & promotional materials
October, 2017
Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Western Africa, Mali, Niger
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land degradation
The document presents the progress of three interrelated components: 1) MEL-platform for supporting project planning and implementation of review and monitoring strategy; 2) Framework for Project engagement with Development Partners, measuring project outcomes and impacts where possible; 3)
Geoinformatics Options by Context (GeOC)
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CIAT in Africa Roadmap 2017-2020

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Burundi, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Sudan, Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa
land use
farmers
agriculture
sustainable development
Our goal is to provide the scientific basis for development investments and policies that promote more productive, profitable agriculture, and healthier diets at no environmental cost. Low-income, smallholder farmers face significant challenges across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). High population growth is coinciding with migration to the cities as younger populations seek out higher income-earning opportunities. Inadequate infrastructure and few markets for agricultural production in rural areas, for example, are leading to stagnated opportunities for smallholders.
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Tanzania

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2017
Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
land use
food security
agriculture
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Governing mangroves: unique challenges for managing Tanzania's coastal forests

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2017
Tanzania, Middle Africa
Forest Tenure
forest land
land management
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Multilevel governance, carbon management and land-use decisions in Tanzania

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Tanzania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forest land
land use
land management
climate change
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Invest in climate-smart soil and land health

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2017
Tanzania, Uganda, Africa, Eastern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
land
land degradation
Better soil health can increase agricultural productivity. Restoration activities can build on-farm resilience and contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Land and soil health surveys can improve crop modeling predictions under various climate scenarios and guide more targeted interventions.

Currently, most assessments of land and soil health do not consider the social, ecological, and biophysical constraints, or acknowledge the variations in the landscape.
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Are ecosystem services important for your well-being?

January, 2017
Tanzania, Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
climate change
pastoral lands
pastoralists