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  1. Library Resource

    Land Redistribution in South Africa

    A Critical Review

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    May, 2012
    South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
    Urban Tenure
    Land & Food Security
    agrarian reform
    agriculture
    farmers
    farmland
    food security
    land administration
    land management
    land ownership
    land reform
    land rights
    land tenure
    land transfers
    land use
    landowners
    leases
    property rights
    rural areas
    rural development
    tenant farmers
    tenants
    urbanization

    This paper provides an overview of land reform in South Africa from 1994 to 2011, with the focus on the land redistribution. The government policies and associated implementation since 1994 have not generated expected social and economic results for a number of reasons. Even where land has been transferred, it appears to have had minimal impact on the livelihoods of beneficiaries, largely because of inappropriate project design, a lack of necessary support services and shortages of working capital, leading to widespread underutilization of land.

  2. Library Resource

    Responsible Governance of Land Tenure: an essential factor for the realization of the Right to Food

    Reports & Research
    December, 2010
    Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Suriname, Northern America, United States of America, Asia, Tajikistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Europe
    Forest Tenure
    Land & Investments
    VGGT
    land administration
    land governance
    food security
    land policies
    land reform
    land-use planning
    land management
    forest land
    land use
    land
    natural resources management
    land markets
    land economics
    land transfers
    land tax
    land rights
    land tenure
    land ownership

    Land Tenure Working Paper 15. This publication brings to light the existing linkages between land tenure and the realization of the right to food. It points out that responsible governance of land requires the adoption of human rights-based approach in order to develop coherent and long term solutions to improve people’s livelihoods. The document presents the legal implications of the right to food at national level and provides a series of examples on the implementation of human rights principles and obligations into land tenure systems, policies, and institutional frameworks.

  3. Library Resource

    Rising Global Interest in Farmland : Can it Yield Sustainable and Equitable Benefits?

    March, 2012
    Global
    Urban Tenure
    Land & Investments
    agriculture
    capacity development
    climate change
    common property
    deforestation
    farmers
    farming systems
    farmland
    fisheries
    food security
    forest land
    forestry
    land consolidation
    land markets
    land reform
    land rent
    land rights
    land tenure
    land transfers
    land use
    land-use planning
    pastoralists
    property rights
    rural development
    rural population
    sustainable development
    sustainable land management
    urbanization
    zoning

    Interest in farmland is rising. And,
    given commodity price volatility, growing human and
    environmental pressures, and worries about food security,
    this interest will increase, especially in the developing
    world. One of the highest development priorities in the
    world must be to improve smallholder agricultural
    productivity, especially in Africa. Smallholder productivity
    is essential for reducing poverty and hunger, and more and

  4. Library Resource

    Land Reform, Rural Development, and Poverty in the Philippines : Revisiting the Agenda

    June, 2014
    Philippines
    Urban Tenure
    Land & Investments
    agrarian reform
    agriculture
    capacity development
    collective ownership
    farmers
    fisheries
    food security
    land administration
    land distribution
    land markets
    land ownership
    land reform
    land registration
    land rent
    land rights
    land tenure
    land transfers
    land use
    land valuation
    landlessness
    landowners
    natural resources management
    property rights
    rural areas
    rural development
    squatters
    urbanization

    The goal of this report is to take stock
    of the existing evidence on the impact of the Comprehensive
    Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) on poverty, to examine the
    current challenges that an extension of CARP would face, and
    to suggest directions toward achieving progress on land
    reform given the financial and policy constraints faced by
    the program. The report starts by examining the nature and
    relevance of the challenges that an extension of the land

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