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Reducing concession size, adjusting business plans and developing more inclusive business models

Lessons from responsible land investment pilots in sub-Saharan Africa, Case Study 3

Reports & Research
March, 2020
Malawi, Mozambique, Western Africa, Ghana, Sierra Leone
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
community land rights
farmers
food security
land access
land conflicts
land investments
land ownership
land tenure
land use
local communities
scale
This paper is one of three thematic case studies resulting from a set of pilot projects undertaken jointly by civil society and private business partners from 2016–2019 in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa. These pilots sought to test how private companies could collaborate with civil society organisations and other stakeholders to implement responsible agribusiness investments that recognise and respect community land rights, and to develop innovative tools and approaches that could be adopted and implemented at greater scale.
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Emerging Corporate and Investor Practice to Support Community Land Rights. Case Studies from Malawi, Mozambique, and Malaysia

Reports & Research
March, 2019
Malawi, Mozambique, Malaysia
Land & Investments
climate change
environment
food security
forestry
land investments
land rights
land use
local communities
sustainable development
This report aims to illustrate how selected companies in Malawi, Mozambique and Malaysia are implementing commitments to international best practices on land rights. The companies referenced in this paper are in the process of developing and improving ways to address land tenure rights, and for this reason, the cases ought to be viewed as examples of emerging company experiences, which can contribute to establishing best practices.
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Sensitization of private agricultural investors on responsible land investment in Uganda

Reports & Research
July, 2019
Africa, Uganda
Land & Investments
agricultural land management
capacity development
food security
land investments
land management
land rights
land tenure
land tenure systems
land use
poverty
private ownership
The German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) created the Special Initiative “One world, No hunger” aimed to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty. Special focus is on Action Area 6 “Promotion of responsible land use and improvement of access to land”. The German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) has presently implemented the Global Programme on Responsible Land Policy in 6 countries: Peru, Laos, Benin, Madagascar, Ethiopia and Uganda.
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Understanding Land Investment Deals in Africa. Country Report: Tanzania

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Tanzania, Africa
Land & Investments
Land & Food Security
land deals
food security
compensation
land
Includes introduction, context, land deals (extent, nature and origins), key issues (land availability, consultations, compensation, agrofuels), impacts (food security, water, social and political effects), conclusions – major challenges include lack of information and coordination, secrecy and flaws in the investment processes, need for transparency and open debate.
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Commercial Biofuel Land Deals & Environment and Social Impact Assessments in Africa: Three case studies in Mozambique and Sierra Leone

Reports & Research
April, 2011
Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Africa
Land Conflicts
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
land
land deals
displacement
environment
food security
assessment
Examines 3 case studies of proposed biofuel developments in Mozambique and Sierra Leone in terms of social displacement. More mitigation measures could provide livelihood restitution and avoid negative food security impacts.
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LAND TENURE AND ITS IMPACTS ON FOOD SECURITY IN UGANDA

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM TEN DISTRICTS

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
agricultural land management
agriculture
co-ownership rights
community land rights
food security
land access
land governance
The need to establish the link between land tenure and food security is increasingly gaining currency as governments and development organizations refocus their effort towards assisting farmers to move away from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture. It is argued that given how land plays a crucial role in the livelihoods of most Africans, food security and poverty reduction cannot be achieved unless issues of access to land, security of tenure and the capacity to use land productively and in a sustainable manner are addressed.
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Zambia

Agriculture Status Report 2016

Reports & Research
August, 2016
Zambia
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
food security
land administration
Zambia’s agriculture sector provides the main support for the rural economy. This assertion is based on the fact that about forty nine percent of the Zambian population depends on agriculture, primarily through smallholder production for their livelihoods and employment (CSO, 2014). Notwithstanding this fact, in 2015 the sector contributed 8.5 percent to the GDP and approximately 9.6 percent of national export earnings (CSO, 2015; World Bank, 2016). The potential for agricultural growth in Zambia is staggering.
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Food security and land governance factsheet

Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
July, 2012
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
food security
forest conservation
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land access
land acquisitions
land administration
land cover mapping
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land governance
land grabbing
land information systems
land investments
land management
land tenure
land tenure systems
land use mapping
natural resources management
tenure regularization
title deeds
water management
In Kenya, insecure land tenure and inequitable access to land and natural resources have contributed to conflict and violence, which has in return exacerbated food insecurity. Most farmers in Kenya have no legal title for the land on which they farm. Sources of tenure insecurity can be ethnic conflicts over land between neighbouring communities, particularly in the Northern provinces, expropriation by the state or local government and land grabbing by local elite or companies. Competition is as well growing over water, especially over groundwater, which is scarce in Kenya.
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Responsible Governance of Land Tenure: an essential factor for the realization of the Right to Food

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Suriname, Northern America, United States of America, Asia, Tajikistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Europe
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
VGGT
land administration
land governance
food security
land policies
land reform
land-use planning
land management
forest land
land use
land
natural resources management
land markets
land economics
land transfers
land tax
land rights
land tenure
land ownership
Land Tenure Working Paper 15. This publication brings to light the existing linkages between land tenure and the realization of the right to food. It points out that responsible governance of land requires the adoption of human rights-based approach in order to develop coherent and long term solutions to improve people’s livelihoods. The document presents the legal implications of the right to food at national level and provides a series of examples on the implementation of human rights principles and obligations into land tenure systems, policies, and institutional frameworks.
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Una gobernanza responsable en la tenencia de la tierra: factor esencial para la realización del derecho a la alimentación

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Bangladesh, Honduras, Mali, Guatemala, Bolivia, Ghana, Malawi, Colombia, Thailand, Nigeria, Nepal, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Tanzania, Ecuador, Paraguay, Brazil, Suriname, Europe, Africa, Asia, Northern America
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
land policies
food security
land management
land-use planning
natural resources management
land use
land administration
land economics
land tax
land rights
land markets
land transfers
forest land
land tenure
land reform
land governance
land ownership
land
Documento de trabajo sobre la tenencia de la tierra 15. Esta publicación presenta los vínculos que existen entre la tenencia de la tierra y la realización del derecho a la alimentación. Plantea que una gobernanza responsable de la tierra requiere un enfoque basado en los derechos humanos con el fin de implementar soluciones globales que resulten coherentes y efectivas a largo plazo.