This paper focuses on the report on FAO/ECA center on land policies in East and Central Africa. It included the lectures by outstanding experts on important economic issues, agricultural development, agricultural credit, cooperatives and community development as well as discussions, country reports and the exchange of views, information and experience by the participants through study groups.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 1960Uganda, Kenya, Africa
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1971Madagascar, Africa
"The word cadastre is the technical term signifying the surveying of parcels of land, establishing their area, value and ownership (or any other title of occupancy)". This definition seems to deal only with the topographical aspect of the system, in other words, the demarcation of a group of parcels, with their area, their boundaries and the name of the owner. In Madagascar, in addition to this demarcation, the owner must establish his title by an official instrument.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsSeptember, 1970Zambia
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.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsJune, 2015Cape Verde, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles
This document focuses on Small Island developing States, least developed countries and landlocked developing countries at Ninth session of the Committee on Sustainable Development and the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development Addis Ababa, 17–18 June 2015.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2012Eastern Africa
This paper is focuses on Sub-regional knowledge exchange and capacity building workshop on the economic valuation of land and ecosystem services: final report. The overall objective of the workshop was to build the capacity of key actors involved in land use decisions in relation to the assessment of the real value of land, the understanding of the multiple benefits originating from ecosystem services, and the awareness of tools, methodologies, institutions and processes that can facilitate SLM adoption
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchFebruary, 1987Sudan, Somalia
The recent FAO in-depth study on agricultural and food problems in Africa concluded that even the present inadequate food supply situation is unsustainable. Unless major policy decisions are taken and implemented to resolve the food production crisis and reduce the rate of population growth, the trends of the past 25 years will continue and the food supply situation will continue to deteriorate during the next 25 years. Famine of the magnitude experienced during the 1983-1934 drought could become a regular feature even in period of more average rainfall.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsJanuary, 1972Ethiopia, Africa
The Second United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Africa held at Tunis in September 1966, the Niger in association with Madagascar; presented a resolution recommending that the ECA organize a seminar on cadastre. It was hoped that such a seminar would enable the Niger to become acquainted with and compare the latest methods used by certain African countries and possibly to benefit from their experience in establishing a cadastre in the Niger.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsOctober, 2005Ethiopia
This paper focused on managing land based resources for sustainable development: highlights on the status of sustainable development in Africa.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchOctober, 1996Malawi
The paper looks at efforts being taken by the Ministry of Lands and Valuation in Malawi towards developing a Land Information System which would not only act as the basis for all future land related projects, but will provide the basic data for the review of the National Land Policy currently being undertaken by Government.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsMarch, 1984Ethiopia
It soon became apparent that soil degradation in the Ethiopian Highlands may be posing a threat not only in terms of the physical loss of soils, but also in terms of deteriorating, soil chemical fertility. This study has therefore emphasized both the physical and chemical deterioration of soils due to degradation.
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