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  1. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    September, 1970
    Zambia

    This paper deals on Zambia (Trust Land) Order 1964 transferred to and vested in the President, of the Republic of Zambia ail. Native Trust: Land that was vested in the Secretary of State immediately before Independence.

  2. Library Resource
    Legislation
    August, 1970
    Malawi

    This Act provides for the power of the Minister to acquire land for public purposes and related matters. The Minister may, whenever he or she is of the opinion that it is desirable or expedient in the interests of Malawi so to do, acquire any land, either compulsorily or by agreement, paying such compensation therefor as may be agreed or determined under this Act. The procedures for acquisition foresee a preliminary investigation, a Notice of intention to acquire and a Notice to surrender property.

  3. Library Resource
    January, 1970
    Burundi

    The European Union and FAO are

    working more closely than ever

    before. Partnership has strengthened

    both organizations in achieving their

    shared goal of eradicating extreme

    poverty and hunger.

  4. Library Resource
    January, 1970
    Democratic Republic of the Congo

    The problematic relationship between land tenure, food security and conflict has recently generated a considerable body of research. Land disputes are increasingly recognised as dynamic processes that are generated by (perceived) land tenure insecurity. Conflicts, however, can also lead to intensified struggle for land, especially when politico-military elites seek to consolidate their power base and reward their supporters by extending control over land as part of their war strategies.

  5. Library Resource
    January, 1970
    South Africa

    This article brings together key lessons from the Northern Cape Land Reform Project in which FARM-Africa works with the South African Government to support six poor Northern Cape communities that have benefited from the Government's Land Reform Programme.

  6. Library Resource
    January, 1970
    Rwanda, Uganda

    This paper explains the political and economic complexities of the ongoing Ituri crisis, focusing on the role of land. In Ituri, mineral-rich land is at the core of the crisis and therefore, at the core of the longer-term programming needed to restore food security. But food insecurity in eastern DRC has a history. The paper argues that the ambigous Bakajika land law, introduced in 1973 and responsible for the emergence of a vast class of landless people, lies at the root of large-scale poverty, insecurity and spiralling violence.

  7. Library Resource
    January, 1970
    South Africa

    The Government of South Africa has a major holding of forest land, with a total estate

    covering 892,000 ha of forest and associated land. Within the state's forest holding there is a

    wide diversity of forest and land types including: commercial plantations and other afforested

    land; indigenous forests; legally protected (indigenous) forest areas; and associated bare land.

    This land is partly owned by the state and partly held on behalf of local communities, some of

  8. Library Resource
    January, 1970
    Botswana

    The prosperity of Botswana largely depends on its natural resources. As to the agricultural sector, poor utilization of land resources has until now resulted in low crop yields, poor livestock offtake rates, low rural household incomes and widespread degradation of soils and rangeland. Acknowledging these problems, the Botswana Government has recently adopted a series of policies to ensure that land resources are used in a sustainable manner.

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