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Land reform in Cameroon: a coherent vision from civil society

Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2021
Cameroon
agricultural and rural legislation
land reform
rural areas
land access
tenure security
The Cameroonian government’s decision to reform the land legal framework is an opportunity to provide real protection for rural land tenure rights, in a context where major investments and projects are increasing tenure insecurity across the country. Responding to an invitation from the administration to help design this new framework, civil society stakeholders have issued multiple proposals over the years on the topics they think should be included in the new land law. The LandCam project has documented, analysed and consolidated these proposals.
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Negotiating Access to Land in Nepal

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2013
Nepal
development
rural development
agrarian structure
land policies
rural areas
agriculture
land access
right of access
In a rural agrarian economy like that of Nepal, land has traditionally been a primary source of livelihood and security, as well as a symbol of status. Thousands of poor farmers are completely dependent on land for their livelihoods, yet not all of them have access to or control over this fundamental resource. Negotiation for access to land has been a lengthy and complicated process. It remains so in the changed political context of Nepal, where increasing numbers of emerging actors need to be considered, often with conflicting claims and counterclaims.
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How Do Differences in Land Ownership Types in China Affect Land Development? A Case from Beijing

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2017
China
Land & Investments
rural development
land-use planning
rural areas
urban areas
urban land
land use
farming systems
land use change
land rights
use rights
land ownership
collective ownership
landowners
China has a unique land use system in which there are two types of land ownership, namely, state-owned urban land and farmer collective-owned rural land. Despite strict restrictions on the use rights of farmer collective-owned land, rural land is, in fact, developed along two pathways: it is formally acquired by the state and transferred into state ownership, or it is informally developed while remaining in collective ownership.
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Sob o signo do despejo: a resistência camponesa no Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brasil) a partir da trajetória de Roseli Borges

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2019
Brazil
waste (abuse)
land access
land conflicts
right of access
rural areas
A questão agrária no Brasil e na América Latina é politicamente elaborada diante da concentração fundiária e da correspondente dificuldade de acesso dos camponeses à terra. As experiências de despejo têm sido marca constitutiva do imaginário social e da vida de inúmeros trabalhadores e trabalhadoras rurais em todo o território brasileiro (MARTINS, 1983, 2003). Trata-se de uma experiência dramática e que, dada a sua recorrência e intensidade, é constitutiva da experiência dos despossuídos rurais no Brasil.
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The private Mailo tenure system

The case of Mityana, Mubende and Kassanda district

Reports & Research
April, 2019
Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
community land rights
conflict of interest
gender equity in access to land
land access
land conflicts
land management
land registration
land rights
land tenure systems
land use mapping
orphans land rights
rural areas
rural population
Mailo is a unique tenure system in central Uganda. It is divided into three parts: Kabaka’s Mailo, Official Mailo and Private Mailo. Private Mailo belongs to an individual, so-called landowner and it can be sold, subdivided or transmitted. Conflicts on private Mailo can occur between landowners & tenants, tenants & tenants, and landowners & landowners. A key challenge is that there is a lack of knowledge and transparency on land rights on both sides.
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The private Mailo tenure system

The case of Mityana, Mubende und Kassanda district

Reports & Research
April, 2019
Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
community land rights
conflict of interest
gender equity in access to land
land access
land conflicts
land management
land registration
land rights
land tenure systems
land use mapping
orphans land rights
rural areas
rural population
Mailo is a unique tenure system in central Uganda. It is divided into three parts: Kabaka’s Mailo, Official Mailo and Private Mailo. Private Mailo belongs to an individual, so-called landowner and it can be sold, subdivided or transmitted. Conflicts on private Mailo can occur between landowners & tenants, tenants & tenants, and landowners & landowners. A key challenge is that there is a lack of knowledge and transparency on land rights on both sides.
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To Fight or to Farm? Agrarian Dimensions of the Mano River Conflicts (Liberia and Sierra Leone)

Journal Articles & Books
September, 2005
Liberia, Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
land access
land conflicts
land use
rural areas
The wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone have been linked to the condition of urbanized youth. Recent research in southeastern Sierra Leone and northwestern Liberia suggests the rural context is of greater significance. The fighting was mainly in rural areas, involved mainly rural youth, and adapted itself to their local concerns. A model of war as the work of urban criminal gangs, reflecting local student politics in the 1970s and embraced internationally, is ripe for replacement by a model of war as agrarian revolt.
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A LUTA CAMPONESA PELO DIREITO À TERRA COMO CONDIÇÃO DE VIDA

Reports & Research
November, 2018
Brazil
land access
informal settlements
agrarian reform
land use
rural areas
A Serrinha, trata-se de uma área de terra da União Federal, grilada e denominada Fazenda Serrinha, na Gleba Garimpo. A área foi ocupada em 15 de maio de 2012, por 34 famílias sem-terra da região de Araguaína/TO e Barra do Ouro/TO. A Serrinha está situada na Gleba Serrinha, no município de Barra do Ouro, distante 12 km do centro urbano e aproximadamente há 130 km de Araguaína.
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Understanding changing land access and use by the rural poor in Ghana

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2017
Ghana
customary land rights
farmers
farmland
land access
land tenure systems
local communities
poverty
rural areas
rural development
rural population
tenure security
In Ghana 70 per cent of the population are smallholder farmers who depend on the land for their basic needs. Growing competition for this resource is having significant impacts on rural livelihoods and governance as land changes hands. This study highlights the key drivers of pressure on rural land and their communities, such as population growth, urbanisation and acquisition of land by new actors, including government and business.
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The Rural Farmlands (Acquisition and Regrant) Act

Chapter 22

Legislation & Policies
January, 1966
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Indigenous Peoples
land access
land acquisitions
rural areas
rural development
rural planning
An Act to make provision for the acquisition of certain farmlands in the occupation of persons other than their owners and for the regrant of lands so acquired.