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Africa’s farmland in changing hands

A review of literature and case studies from sub-Saharan Africa

Reports & Research
March, 2017
Mozambique, Uganda, Ghana, Senegal
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
farmland
land
land acquisitions
land law
land ownership
Access to land is at the heart of rural livelihoods. In sub-Saharan Africa, the pace and scale at which land is changing hands are increasing fast. Understanding these changes in land access is crucial if the systems of land governance, the practices of companies and organisations, and the initiatives seeking to influence rural development, are to adapt and have a positive impact.
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Due diligence on lands at risk of or subject to land acquisitions in Uganda

Reports & Research
September, 2012
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
common property
development
displacement
eviction
land
land access
land allocation
land conflicts
land grabbing
This research forms part of a larger study on large-scale land acquisition in Uganda. There are three main components of this study: (1) a “risk map” that identifies areas “at risk” for land acquisition due to their high suitability for biofuel crop production; (2) a due diligence report on the existing land uses and users of land identified as “at risk” in the first activity; and (3) an assessment of the land acquisition process, including applicable social and environmental safeguards.
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FINAL REPORT ON THE INTEGRATED STUDY ON LAND AND FAMILY JUSTICE

Reports & Research
July, 2008
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
co-ownership rights
collateral (land)
common property
control rights
deed registration
land
land administration
Land is a natural resource that is limited and finite but with immense commercial (as an asset and factor of production), social-cultural, spiritual and aesthetic value. On the other hand, a family particularly in the context of Uganda is a fluid social construct deriving its strict definition from a particular social-cultural context. Land and family conflicts have been shown by various studies 1 to be the most prevalent form of livelihoods disruption to many households’ and individuals.
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TENURE IN MYSTERY

Status of Land under Wildlife, Forestry and Mining Concessions in Karamoja Region, Uganda

Reports & Research
August, 2010
Uganda
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
alienation (land)
co-ownership rights
common property
community land rights
customary land rights
displacement
grazing land rights
land
Tenure in Mystery collates information on land under conservation, forestry and mining in the Karamoja region. Whereas significant changes in the status of land tenure took place with the Parliamentary approval for degazettement of approximately 54% of the land area under wildlife conservation in 2002, little else happened to deliver this update to the beneficiary communities in the region. Instead enclaves of information emerged within the elite and political leadership, by means of which personal interests and rewards were being secured and protected.
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The New Forests Company and its Uganda plantations

‘I lost my land. It’s like I’m not a human being.’

Reports & Research
September, 2011
Uganda
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agrarian reform
common property
compulsory acquisitions
dispossession
forest land
forestry
land
land conflicts
land deals
London-based New Forests Company (NFC) would seem to be the design blueprint of how a young modern company should conduct a major land investment in Africa in a responsible way. Oxfam’s investigations reveal that serious allegations by people who were evicted from land to make way for NFC’s operations remain unresolved. How will the company respond?
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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 or Else

Land-Based Conflict, Vulnerability, and Disintegration in Northern Uganda

Reports & Research
October, 2010
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
common property
customary land rights
customary tenure
displacement
indigenous peoples' land rights
land
land administration
land governance
Northern Uganda is the scene of one of the world’s most volatile and spontaneous processes of reintegration. There are approximately 1.1 to 1.4 million people in the Acholi sub-region at the time of writing3 ; 295,000 internally-displaced persons (IDPs) remain displaced either in IDP camps or transit sites. Approximately 800,000 Acholis have already left the camps and spontaneously returned home over the last three years.
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ANALYSIS OF POST CONFLICT LAND POLICY AND LAND ADMINISTRATION

A SURVEY OF IDP RETURN AND RESETTLEMENT ISSUES AND LESSON: ACHOLI AND LANGO REGIONS

Reports & Research
February, 2008
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
advocacy
common property
community land rights
customary law
displacement
indigenous peoples' lands
land
land administration
land dispute resolution
This is the second in a series of land studies for northern Uganda, whose core objective is to inform the Plan for Recovery and Development of Northern Uganda (PRDP) and the National Land Policy. It builds on the work of the first phase conducted in Teso region to present a more quantitative analysis of trends on disputes and claims on land before displacement, during displacement and emerging trends or occurrences on return for Acholi and Lango sub-regions.
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LAND GRABBING AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE COMMUNITIES IN THE OIL RICH ALBERTINE REGION OF UGANDA

The Case of Hoima, Buliisa and Amuru

Reports & Research
September, 2011
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
adjudication
community land rights
compulsory acquisitions
development
eviction
extractive industries
land
land administration
land conflicts
land grabbing
This report is in relation to a study on the Land Tenure and Livelihood Issues in the Albertine Graben Region. The study was carried out in three districts of Amuru Buliisa and Hoima. The study specifically focused on tenurial arrangements and land transactions in the region. The ultimate outcome of this study will be drawing of policy issues for policy engagement and dialogue towards a comprehensive policy direction to land governance in the Albertine Graben.
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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