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Insecurity, Resource Scarcity, and Migration to Camps of Internally Displaced Persons in Northeast Nigeria

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2020
Nigeria
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land ownership
For almost two decades, the Lake Chad Basin (LCB) in general and northeast Nigeria in particular have been subject to the insurgency of the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram. This region is also known for its poor environmental conditions that mostly manifest in land desertification and water scarcity. We analyze the impact of the insecurity and conflict on migration from the most affected rural areas of northeast Nigeria to Maiduguri. We also explore the role that water scarcity and land desertification play in the decision of local people to migrate.
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To fight Food Poverty in Nigeria, give Women Equity in Land Ownership

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Nigeria
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
gender equity in access to land
rural development
agriculture
land rights
land ownership
women
When Nigeria’s Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister Audu Ogbeh launched the National Gender Action Plan (NGAP) on Agriculture in October, the idea was to upgrade women from the realm of subsistence farming to medium scale and commercial farming.
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Land reform, security of tenure and environmental conservation in Nigeria

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Nigeria
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
environment
communal ownership
This paper is a review of the Land Use Act of 1978 with a view to examining the implications of the Act for security of tenure and environmental conservation. The review indicates that while the inalienation of rights of use and ownership of land under the communal or group ownership tenure system limited access to land and security of tenure, it encouraged the protection and conservation of land resources and the physical environment.
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Changes in in "customary" land tenure systems in Africa

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Belgium, Rwanda, Mali, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Niger, Cameroon, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, France, Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
property rights
customary law
customary tenure
farming systems
farmers
natural resources management
land governance
private ownership
land tenure
Indigenous Peoples
land tenure systems
land ownership
indigenous people's tenure
Across rural Africa, land legislation struggles to be properly implemented, and most resource users gain access to land on the basis of local land tenure systems.
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Réforme agraire: Colonisation et coopératives agricoles 1997/2

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1997
Nigeria, Panama, Italy
Urban Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land tenure systems
farmland
public ownership
customary tenure
common lands
Indigenous Peoples
peri-urban agriculture
land tenure
urbanization
land markets
private ownership
customary law
urban areas
land ownership
indigenous people's tenure
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L’évolution des droits fonciers coutumiers et des relations de genre dans le contexte de l’épidémie de VIH/SIDA en Afrique

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Mozambique, Zambia, Mauritania, Mali, Namibia, Djibouti, Malawi, Comoros, Cape Verde, Rwanda, Libya, Lesotho, Italy, Botswana, Gambia, Senegal, Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
customary tenure
land governance
land tenure
Indigenous Peoples
land tenure systems
land ownership
indigenous people's tenure
The effect of prime-age adult death and its consequences on access to land for the survivors has not been fully explored nor incorporated into policy regardless the fact that high adult mortality is now the lived reality in countries affected by HIV/AIDS, particularly in Africa. This paper explores the gendered relationships between adult death due to HIV/AIDS and changes in land rights for the survivors particularly widows. In many African societies, women have traditionally accessed land through marriage.