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The Mitigating Impact of Land Tenure Security on Drought-Induced Food Insecurity: Evidence from Rural Malawi

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2002
Africa, Malawi
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
climate change
natural resources management
land tenure
land tenure systems
This paper explores household variation in land tenure security and drought shocks across villages to investigate the extent to which land tenure systems matter in households’ capacity to cope with adverse impacts of weather shocks for agricultural dependent households in rural Malawi. Our findings reveal that land tenure security cushions the effects of drought regimes on food security. Further, we establish access to credit facilities for farm investment purposes as the underlying channel that mediates the impact of drought shocks on food insecurity.
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Revue du Secteur Foncier en Milieu Urbain et Péri-urbain : Mettre Le Marché Foncier au Service d’Un Développement Efficient et Inclusif du Grand Lomé

Reports & Research
January, 2019
Togo
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
climate change
farmland
agricultural land management
occupation
Le Togo a connu une forte croissance économique dont la poursuite devra être soutenue par l’amélioration du secteur foncier. La croissance économique de plus de 5% annuellement depuis 2009 est parmi les meilleurs du continent. Cette évolution s’est accompagnée d’une réduction de la pauvreté qui demeure cependant élevée à environ 55% (2015). La ville de Lomé a été l’un des piliers de ce développement, servant de base arrière au Port de Lomé, principal moteur de l’économie du pays.
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Differentiated impacts of desertification, land degradation and drought on women and men

Reports & Research
May, 2022
Global
Land Degradation & Tenure
food security
climate change
desertification
land degradation
land rights
The study titled “Differentiated Impacts of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought on Women and Men” released this week at COP15 has revealed that women are twice more affected by drought, land degradation, and deforestation. Drought and land degradation tend to increase the burden of unpaid care and domestic work shouldered by women and girls, which has also been further compounded by the coronavirus disease.
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Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts

Manuals & Guidelines
September, 2021
Global
Land & Investments
VGGT
land governance
poverty
sustainable development
food security
land law
environment
land acquisitions
land investments
responsible investment
land contracts
contract farming
legal empowerment
Investment in agriculture is essential for sustainable development, in particular for achieving food security, adequate nutrition, decent employment, poverty reduction and environmental protection. In seeking to attract agricultural investment, many governments and local communities have entered into Agricultural Land Investment Contracts (ALIC).
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Women’s Access to Land in Mauritania. A Case Study in Preparation for the COP

Reports & Research
September, 2015
Mauritania
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
sustainable development
food security
land policies
climate change
natural resources management
land rights
land access
community land rights
tenure security
women
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Zero draft of the Ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the 2021 session of the Economic and Social Council

Reports & Research
April, 2021
Global
COVID-19
gender equity in access to land
land governance
poverty
sustainable development
hunger
climate change
natural resources
conflicts
land rights
The High-level Political Forum is the United Nations central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. It provides for the full and effective participation of all States Members of the United Nations and States members of specialized agencies.
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Draft: UN General Comment No. 26 on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Manuals & Guidelines
Reports & Research
April, 2021
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity in access to land
land governance
poverty
food security
land degradation
conflicts
water
land rights
land access
land tenure
water rights
women
CESCR calls for written contributions to the draft general comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is developing a general comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The purpose of this general comment is to clarify the specific obligations of States parties relating to land and the governance of tenure of land under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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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).
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Country Profile - Pakistan

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Pakistan
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
environment
climate change
agriculture
water
water management
water rights
The country profile is a summary of key information that gives an overview of the water resources and water use at the national level. It can support water-related policy and decision makers in their planning and monitoring activities as well as inform researchers, media and the general public. Information in the report is organized by sections:
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Smoke on the Water: A Human Rights and Social Impact Assessment of the Destruction of the Tompoun/Cheung Ek Wetlands

Reports & Research
July, 2020
Cambodia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land governance
food security
natural disasters
wetlands
eviction
local communities
extractive industries
More than one million people across Phnom Penh are facing the risk of increased flooding and over one thousand more families are at risk of evictions, loss of income and food insecurity as the ING City project and other unsustainable developments destroy the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands in the capital’s south.