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Securing Land Rights of Smallholder Farmers

The Secure Access to Land and Resources (SALaR) Project Experience in Laos, the Philippines, and Uganda

Reports & Research
August, 2021
Uganda, Laos, Philippines
Land & Food Security
land governance
poverty
natural resources
natural resources management
land rights
land access
land tenure
land tenure systems
property
property rights
farmers
smallholders
youth
women
This report summarizes the background, achievements and emerging outcomes of the Securing Access to Land and Resources (SALaR) project implemented towards improving land and natural resources tenure security for rural poor smallholder farmers, including women, men, youth and vulnerable groups in Uganda, Philippines and Laos.
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Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction: Insights from Africa and Asia

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2012
Eastern Africa, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia
Land & Gender
Forest Tenure
property rights
natural resources management
land management
poverty
right of access
forest land
women
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Integrating Food into Urban Planning

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Haiti, Jordan, Bangladesh, United States of America, Japan, Zambia, China, Italy, Indonesia, Ghana, Costa Rica, Mexico, Thailand
Urban Tenure
Land & Food Security
food security
land-use planning
peri-urban agriculture
urban planning
waste (abuse)
urban areas
The integration of food into urban planning is a crucial and emerging topic.
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Gender Newsletter Asia Pacific September 2017

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2016
Nepal, Bangladesh, Philippines, Mali, Samoa, Indonesia, Tonga, Thailand, Solomon Islands
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land access
This issue contains stories on country level activities and news and updates on events, publications and trainings relater to the gender work in FAO in Asia and the Pacific. There is a report on FAO's contribution to the Sustainable Development Goal Five (SDG5) and a feature article on Isan Indigenous Thai Silk Yarn production.
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18 Country Infographics (Prindex)

Multimedia
March, 2019
Morocco, Tunisia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Benin, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Mexico, Bolivia, Colombia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Jordan, United Kingdom
land access
land tenure
land tenure systems
tenure security
Wave 2 country infographics in one document. Countries include: Benin, Bolivia, Cambodia, Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom and Vietnam
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15 Country Infographics

Multimedia
October, 2018
Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zambia, Cameroon, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Senegal, Costa Rica, Honduras, Ecuador, Peru, Thailand
land access
land tenure
land tenure systems
tenure security
Wave 1 country infographics in one document. Countries include: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Ecuador, Honduras, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Thailand, Zambia.
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Women and Land in the Muslim World

Pathways to increase access to land for the realization of development, peace and human rights

Reports & Research
February, 2018
Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Niger, Senegal, Indonesia, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Global
Land & Gender
displacement
gender equity in access to land
housing rights
Islamic law
land access
land inheritance rights
land rights
legal empowerment
sustainable development
women
This publication provides practical and evidence-based guidance on how to improve women’s access to land as an essential element to achieve social and economic development and enjoyment of human rights, peace and stability in the specific context of the Muslim world. The challenges faced by women living in Muslim contexts do not substantially differ from those faced by women in other parts of the world: socially prescribed gender roles, unequal power dynamics, discriminatory family practices, unequal access to justice are the most common.
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Land tenure alternative conflict management

Reports & Research
December, 2006
United States of America, Kenya, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, United Kingdom, Canada, Mozambique, Philippines, South Africa, Nicaragua, Uganda, Italy, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil
property rights
natural resources management
land governance
land tenure
land rights
land access
private ownership
land ownership
This training manual focuses on how to manage and resolve conflicts over land tenure rights, security of tenure and land access in the field of rural development. It results from complementary activities undertaken within FAO's Livelihood Support Programme (LSP) and the Land Tenure and Management Unit and with the International Land Coalition. It addresses the specific issues of land tenure identified in the volume Negotiation and Mediation Techniques for Natural Resource Management published by the LSP.
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Gender and Land Rights

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Bangladesh, Lithuania, Zambia, Mali, Chile, Guatemala, Latvia, Malawi, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Vietnam, Italy, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land
customary tenure
land governance
land tenure
land rights
land access
right of access
Indigenous Peoples
land tenure systems
land ownership
indigenous people's tenure
Increasing women’s access to land is crucial to fight hunger and poverty. However, gender disparities in land access remain significant in most countries, regardless of their level of development. A new FAO database helps to understand the factors that prevent women from accessing land; and to design better policies to effectively address this situation.
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Climate change and land tenure

Reports & Research
December, 2008
Egypt, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Mali, China, Namibia, Peru, Russia, Niger, Kenya, Philippines, Vietnam, Japan, India, Senegal, Sudan, Brazil, Ghana
land policies
land
climate change
land governance
land tenure
land rights
land access
Land Tenure Working Paper 2. This document analyzes the implications for land tenure and land policy of climate change. It assesses the implications of ongoing anthropogenic climate change resulting from greenhouse gas emissions for land tenure and the role that land policy can play in climate change adaptation planning in the developing world.