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  1. Library Resource
    Country Partnership Strategy: Tajikistan, 2016–2020

    Country Partnership Strategy: Tajikistan, 2016–2020

    Sector Assessment (Summary): Agriculture And Natural Resources

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2016
    Tajikistan
    Land & Food Security
    Land & Gender
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    food security
    land reform
    climate change
    natural disasters
    arable land
    agriculture
    natural resources
    natural resources management
    water management
    migration
    women

    Tajikistan’s population is predominantly rural and largely dependent on agriculture. Agriculture accounts for a quarter of Tajikistan’s gross domestic product and export revenues, 39% of tax revenues, and half of total employment. Given the widespread migration of male Tajik workers overseas, women constitute the majority of employees (accounting for 53% of the economically active population in agriculture). Arable land is in short supply at 0.15 hectares (ha) per capita (rising to 0.20 ha per capita for the rural population).

  2. Library Resource
    Food Security and Governance Factsheet: Afghanistan

    Food Security and Governance Factsheet: Afghanistan

    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Afghanistan
    Indigenous & Community Land Rights
    Land & Food Security
    Land & Gender
    title deeds
    food security
    land policies
    land reform
    rural areas
    urban areas
    conflicts
    land rights
    land dispute
    customary tenure
    religious tenure regimes
    water rights
    property rights
    extractive industries

    In Afghanistan, insecurity over land and water rights hampers investments in food production and irrigation. In rural areas, customary tenure systems, partly based on religious law, are the most relevant but suffer from weak recognition and offer little protection to rights holders. The land policy reform is on-going but remains slow. Moreover, land administration capacity is weak and improvements mostly take place in urban areas. In this context, land disputes are common and often violent.

  3. Library Resource

    Groundwater evaporation ponds: a viable option for the management of shallow saline waterlogged areas

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2016
    India
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Land & Food Security
    food security
    land degradation

    The province of Punjab is the main food basket of India. In recent years, many regions of Punjab are facing acute waterlogging problems and increased secondary salinity, which have negative impacts on food security of the nation. In particular, these problems are more pronounced in the Muktsar district of Punjab. The observed groundwater levels trend between 2005 and 2011 implies that groundwater levels are coming towards the land surface at the rate of 0.5 m/year in Lambi and Malout blocks.

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