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Reversing Uncontrolled and Unprofitable Urban Expansion in Africa through Special Economic Zones: An Evaluation of Ethiopian and Zambian Cases

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2020
Zambia, Ethiopia
Urban Tenure
land reform
Despite the growing attention on uncontrolled and unprofitable urban sprawling in many African countries, few pragmatic solutions have been raised or effectively implemented. While uncontrolled and unprofitable urban expansions happened primarily due to poor land use management and dysfunctional land market, the cost of land management enforcement and reform is high. This paper suggests that the recently re-emerging special economic zones (SEZs) in Africa could be a practical way of using government intervention to reduce uncontrolled urban expansion and optimize urban land use.
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Restoration of Land Acquired for Resettlement and the Fast-Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2022
Zimbabwe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
land reform
This paper examines the effect of the land reform program on the production of main agricultural crops, which are maize and soyabean, in a bid to deduce the implications of the possible restoration of land acquired for resettlement in Zimbabwe. The interest of this paper is in response to the new legislation by the Government of Zimbabwe under which former farm holders may apply for restoration of title to the piece of agricultural land that was compulsorily acquired from them for resettlement during the 2000 Fast-Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP).
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A Simplified Spatial Methodology for Assessing Land Productivity Status in Africa

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2022
Uganda, Mauritius, Rwanda, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Urban Tenure
land reform
The degradation of soil, vegetation and socio-economic transformations are a huge threat to Africa’s land production. This study aimed to (i) assess the soil and land productivity of standing biomass and (ii) determine the effect of rainfall on the standing biomass in Eastern Africa. Soil productivity was determined using the Soil Productivity Index (SPI) and a simplified model was developed to estimate the Net Primary Productivity (NPP). The SPI indicators used included soil-organic matter, texture, soil moisture, base-saturation, pH, cation-exchange-capacity, soil-depth and drainage.
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Analyzing the Changes of the Meaning of Customary Land in the Context of Land Grabbing in Malawi

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Malawi
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
land reform
Ordinary Malawians who live in customary land have been suffering from land grabbing due to their weak and ill-defined land rights. Although Malawi has experienced a number of land reforms that should have contributed to strengthening customary land rights, many people in customary land still suffer from land grabbing. Accordingly, it is important to understand the factors that lead to land grabbing in customary land in Malawi.
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Rwanda’s Land Policy Reform: Self-Employment Perspectives from a Case Study of Kimonyi Sector

Volume 10 Issue 2

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2021
Rwanda
land reform
rural development
Rwanda’s Land Policy Reform promotes agri-business and encourages self-employment. This paper aims to analyze the situation from a self-employment perspective when dealing with expropriation risk in rural areas. In this study, we conducted a structured survey addressed to 63 domestic units, complemented by focus groups of 47 participants from Kimonyi Sector.
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Establishment of Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) in Zimbabwe: An exploration of stakeholders’ readiness in adopting the CORS technology

Vol 3, No 3: September 2020

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2020
Zimbabwe
land reform
Advances in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have revolutionized the geospatial industry around the globe. Recently, the Government of Zimbabwe realized the need to adopt GNSS- Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) for boundary mapping of farms to ensure security of tenure. In order to fully utilize the proposed CORS network there is need to ascertain the readiness of stakeholders involved in the land delivery value chain.
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Land Corruption, Gender and Rural Land Governance in Zimbabwe

Vol 4, No 1: January 2021

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Zimbabwe
Land & Corruption
land governance
corruption
land reform
Existing land governance system in Zimbabwe subjects vulnerable groups such as women to ‘land corruption’, which entrenches the already existing gendered land inequalities. This study used secondary data and found that Zimbabwe has witnessed various forms of corruption in general and land corruption, in particular, despite the country having the requisite policy, legal and institutional frameworks as well as other mechanisms to curb the scourge of corruption.
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LAND REFORM IN THE CONTEXT OF DEVOLUTION: LESSONS FROM KAJIADO COUNTY, KENYA

Vol 1, No 2: September 2018, Special Issue on Youth and Land Governance

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2018
Kenya
land policies
land reform
land
Kenya’s development context is greatly influenced by land use and ownership. Consequently land holds immense cultural, spiritual and socio-political significance for nearly all communities. However, proper utilization of land has been besmirched by numerous challenges. Vulnerable and marginalized groups such as women, children and youth have borne the brunt of land challenges. The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 in appreciation of these complex dynamics has sought to provide a blue print for the realization of land reforms.
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Lineage and land reforms in Malawi: Do matrilineal and patrilineal landholding systems represent a problem for land reforms in Malawi?

Land Use Policy Volume 41

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2014
Malawi, Norway, United States of America
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land reform
land tenure
land tenure systems
land use
lineage
matrilineal lineage
patrilineal lineage
research
Based on government statistics and interviews with villagers across Malawi this article argues that customary matrilineal and patrilineal land tenure systems serve to weaken security of land tenure for some family members as well as obstructing the creation of gender-neutral inheritance of lands. Data from the National Census of Agriculture and Livestock 2007and the 2008 Population and Housing Census are used to characterize marriage systems and landholding patterns of local communities. Marriage systems correspond to customary land-tenure patterns of matrilineal or patrilineal cultures.
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Dairy Joint Ventures in South Africa’s Land and Agrarian Reform Programme: Who Benefits?

Volume 9 Issue 9

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2020
French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Central African Republic, Norway, South Africa, Southern Africa
agrarian reform
common lands
land reform
Joint Ventures (JVs) between ‘agribusiness’ investors and ‘small farmers’ or ‘customary landowners’ are being promoted in South Africa’s land and agrarian reform programme as a way to include land reform beneficiaries in the country’s competitive agricultural sector. This paper undertakes an in-depth comparative analysis of two JV dairy farms located on irrigation schemes in the former ‘homeland’ of the Ciskei, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. The community, through government investment, brings the fixed assets to the business: land, irrigation infrastructure and milking parlours.