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Growing the Field

A Collaborative Approach to Change

Reports & Research
January, 2023
Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Senegal, Colombia, Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Global
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
rights in divorce
land governance
land inheritance rights
climate change
land rights
community land rights
smallholders
youth
women
Land rights are ascendant across the development sector. Movements addressing women’s empowerment, poverty, social justice, food security and climate change are all increasingly turning to land rights to strengthen their cause. In 2022, renowned philanthropist MacKenzie Scott joined these efforts by making an unprecedented $20 million investment in our work. Ms. Scott’s generous gift represents a profound endorsement of the power of land rights to improve the lives of women, men, and communities around the world.
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GOVERNANCE OF FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION: ANALYSES OF GOVERNANCE ISSUES IN CASES FROM GHANA AND INDIA

Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
December, 2021
Africa, Ghana, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, India
Forest Landscape Restoration
land administration
land governance
land restoration
This report highlights important differences in political, legal, and institutional environments, and the need to recognise opportunities and limitations in the local context when restoring land.
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Food Security and COVID-19

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2021
Kenya, Angola, Chad, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Global
COVID-19
land governance
sustainable development
food security
agricultural land management
agriculture
farmers
smallholders
June 4, 2021 -- An increasing number of countries are facing growing levels of acute food insecurity, reversing years of development gains. Even before COVID-19 reduced incomes and disrupted supply chains, chronic and acute hunger were on the rise due to various factors including conflict, socio-economic conditions, natural hazards, climate change and pests. COVID-19 impacts have led to severe and widespread increases in global food insecurity, affecting vulnerable households in almost every country, with impacts expected to continue through 2021 and into 2022.
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Let the numbers speak : Comparing Better Cotton Fast Track Program participants and non-participants in India, Mali, and Pakistan using agronomic data of the Better Cotton Initiative

Reports & Research
December, 2014
India, Mali, Pakistan
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agricultural land management
environment
farming systems
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
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Changing ecosystem services are increasing people's vulnerability in semi-arid regions : an ASSAR cross-regional insight

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2019
Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, Sub-Saharan Africa
land use change
Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) researchers collaborated to understand the complex changes and patterns in semi-arid vegetation and socio-ecological systems. Ecosystems were mapped using a cross-regional coarse scale study, relying on climate data to capture global and regional trends. Finest spatial scale mapping relied on LANDSAT to show changes in land use and land cover. Details of observed changes are provided for Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mali, Ghana, West Africa, and India. Links to referenced studies are embedded in the report.
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Climate-smart soil protection and rehabilitation in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, India and Kenya

November, 2016
Kenya, Burkina Faso, Benin, India, Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
farming systems
land management
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Survey to assess farmers’ economic perceptions, preferences and decision-making criteria relating to climate-smart soil protection & rehabilitation in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, India and Kenya

Reports & Research
September, 2016
Kenya, Burkina Faso, Benin, India, Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
land management
farmers
Key findings
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FAO and Traditional Knowledge: The Linkages with Sustainability, Food Security and Climate Change Impacts

Reports & Research
July, 2018
Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Honduras, Philippines, South Africa, Italy, Iran, Argentina, India, Niger
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
customary tenure
climate change
land governance
land tenure
Indigenous Peoples
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
In developed and developing countries all over the world, farmers and indigenous and local communities have traditional knowledge, expertise, skills and practices related to food security and to food and agricultural production and diversity. Since its creation in 1945, FAO has recognized the significant contributions these make to food and agriculture, and the relevance of on-farm/in situ and ex situ conservation of genetic resources for food and agriculture.
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Feeding people, protecting the planet

Journal Articles & Books
September, 2018
Angola, Fiji, Azerbaijan, Peru, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Ghana, Malaysia, Moldova, Ecuador, Maldives, Romania, Mongolia, Mali, Chile, Belarus, Georgia, Albania, Haiti, Myanmar, India, Armenia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land degradation
agriculture
How to feed the world without degrading land and water resources, eroding biodiversity and contributing to climate change is among the greatest challenges of our times. FAO works with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to support member countries in addressing the critical nexus between agriculture and the environment.
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The State of the World’s Forests 2018. In brief

Institutional & promotional materials
July, 2018
Nepal, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, United States of America, Guatemala, Italy, Cameroon, Australia, Netherlands, South Sudan, India, Gabon, Sudan, Costa Rica, Mexico, New Zealand
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
deforestation
food security
This booklet contains the main points of the publication The State of the World’s Forests 2018.