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Identification of Good Practices in Land Conflict Resolution in Acholi

Reports & Research
November, 2011
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
adjudication
advocacy
agrarian reform
common property
customary land rights
displacement
indigenous peoples' land rights
land
land governance
Conflict associated with land has increased substantially following the return of peace to the Acholi Region with the return of internally displaced people (IDP), population growth, and increases in the value of land. The area is heavily dependent on agriculture and conflict related to land access seriously threatens to undermine development and the social, political and economic stability of the Acholi Region. This study involved community members, key informants, and statutory and traditional leaders in three sub counties in each of the seven Acholi districts.
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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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Understanding changing land access issues for the rural poor in Uganda

Reports & Research
May, 2017
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agrarian reform
co-ownership rights
collective ownership
common property
communal ownership
indigenous peoples' land rights
land conflicts
land use
The ways in which people obtain land in Uganda are changing fast. Land that used to be secured through inheritance, gifts or proof of long-term occupancy is now more commonly changing hands in the market. Those with wealth and powerful connections are frequently able to override local rules and gain access to land at the expense of poorer individuals. Government-backed agribusiness investors receive large areas of land with benefits for some local farmers who are able to participate in the schemes, while other smallholders see their land access and livelihoods degraded.
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Developing a Land Conflict Monitoring and Mapping Tool for the Acholi Sub-Region of Northern Uganda

Reports & Research
November, 2015
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land Conflicts
agrarian reform
common property
customary land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
land
land use mapping
Well before the effective ending of the protracted Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)

insurgency in northern Uganda in July 2006, and at a time when the entire rural

population was displaced into camps, concerns had emerged around land, in particular

in the Acholi sub-region, where the war had been most intense and longest lasting

(Adoko & Levine 2004). Through forced displacement, almost all rural Acholi

families has been prevented from occupying their land for many years, years in which
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Take anything, leave our land

Two land acquisitions cases offer a glimpse into Karamoja's complicated development problem and the growing storm over its land resources

Reports & Research
February, 2015
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land Conflicts
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
adjudication
advocacy
agrarian reform
collective ownership
customary land rights
The Karamoja region in Northeastern Uganda, covering an area of 27,200 square kilometers, is inhabited by around 1.2 million people who live in seven districts; Moroto, Nakapiripirit, Napak, Amudat, Abim, Kotido and Kaabong. Its residents are mainly Ngakarimojong speaking peoples, but the area is also home to the Ethur, Labwor, Pokot, and indigenous minorities such as the Tepes and the Ik.
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Re-establishing an Asset Base and Protecting Access to Productive Resources in Post-Conflict areas of Northern Uganda

Paper prepared for presentation at the “2016 WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY”

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
agrarian reform
community land rights
customary tenure
indigenous peoples' land rights
Northern Uganda is currently recovering from a 20-year long civil war that left the area in ruins. One of the groups, the Lord’s Resistance Army, orchestrated brutal mass murders and abductions forcing nearly two million people to live internally displaced people’s (IDP) camps for over 10 years. The war particularly affected the people of Acholi and Lango sub-regions which had previously suffered sporadic attacks by armed Karamajong cattle rustlers from north eastern Uganda.
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Customary land reform to facilitate private investment in Zambia: achievements, potentials and limitations

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Zambia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
agrarian reform
agricultural and rural legislation
community land rights
customary tenure
In the name of development, governments in southern Africa are reformulating land policies to facilitate privatisation of customary land rights. It is argued that this can stimulate land markets, (foreign) private investment, access to formal credit, and enhance security of tenure (by way of holding title), thereby leading to economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania

Irrigation and water in Usangu – A case study

Reports & Research
January, 2012
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
agriculture
water management
water rights
Study map irrigation sytems and water usage in Usagu for SAGCOT projects
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SAGCOT Investment Partnership Program

Opportunities for Investors in the Water Sector

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2012
Tanzania
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
agriculture
water management
water rights
Peresentation on the initiatives to ensure sustainable water supply for communities and investors in the SAGCOT Corridor
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Tanzania Pastoralists threatened: eviction, human rights violations and loss of livelihood

Reports & Research
January, 2016
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
advocacy
agrarian reform
agropastoral systems
concession (land)
grazing
grazing land rights
land access
land acquisitions
land conflicts
land investments
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
The report explores the evictions of pastoralists and other conflicts over pastoralists’ land in Tanzania, with focus on the past decade.

Although most of these evictions and land based conflicts have been documented, the associated human and legal rights violations have increasingly lead to concern amongst civil society. A study was therefore commissioned to collate the available information as well as to visit affected pastoralist communities to assess the current situation faced by pastoralists in the country.