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Metadata on SDGs Indicator 2.3.2

Manuals & Guidelines
February, 2021
Global
Land & Food Security
sustainable development
indigenous peoples' lands
agriculture
smallholders
pastoralists
Indicator 2.3.2: Average income of small-scale food producers, by sex and indigenous status
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Metadata on SDGs Indicator 2.3.1

Manuals & Guidelines
February, 2021
Global
Land & Food Security
sustainable development
agriculture
farmers
smallholders
pastoralists
Indicator 2.3.1: Volume of production per labour unit by classes of farming/pastoral/forestry enterprise
size
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Guide on incentives for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems

Manuals & Guidelines
May, 2021
Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
food security
climate change
agriculture
responsible investment
land stakeholders
Increased investment in agriculture and food systems—from both the private and public sectors—is critical to enhance food security and nutrition, reduce poverty, and adapt to climate change. To generate sustainable benefits, this investment must be responsible. What role should investment incentives play in encouraging such investment? This Guide helps to answer that question.
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Draft: UN General Comment No. 26 on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Manuals & Guidelines
Reports & Research
April, 2021
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity in access to land
land governance
poverty
food security
land degradation
conflicts
water
land rights
land access
land tenure
water rights
women
CESCR calls for written contributions to the draft general comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is developing a general comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The purpose of this general comment is to clarify the specific obligations of States parties relating to land and the governance of tenure of land under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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Legal guide on land consolidation

Based on regulatory practices in Europe

Manuals & Guidelines
June, 2020
Europe
Land & Food Security
VGGT
land law
agricultural and rural legislation
rural areas
land consolidation
Land consolidation is a highly effective land management instrument that allows for the improvement of the structure of agricultural holdings and farms in a country, which increases their economic and social efficiency and brings benefits both to right holders as well as to society in general. Since land consolidation gives mobility to land ownership and other land rights, it may also facilitate the allocation of new areas with specific purposes other than agriculture, such as for public infrastructure or nature protection and restoration.
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Participatory Land Use Planning for Climate-Smart Villages: Guidelines and References

Manuals & Guidelines
June, 2018
Vietnam, Asia, South-Eastern Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
land-use planning
climate change
food security
agriculture
Participatory land-use planning (PLUP) refers to a bottom-up method of analyzing land and water resources. In its current form, PLUP integrates inputs about climate change and sea level rise to help the community utilize the resources within its vicinities. In utilizing its resources, the community will be able to improve the people’s livelihoods and help them sustain such resources for the benefit of the next generations. This publication in implementing PLUP focused on climate-smart adaptation in Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs).
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Protocol for characterizing community-based rangeland management cases

Manuals & Guidelines
April, 2018
Algeria, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mauritania, Mali, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Cameroon, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Senegal, Chad, Niger, Sudan, Africa, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Land & Food Security
food security
rangelands
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22 - Food Security and Nutrition - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2017
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
food security
land use
agriculture
land investments
land rights
local communities
This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on practices to reduce gender inequalities and to empower women to make a positive contribution to development through agricultural investments.
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Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security

Manuals & Guidelines
January, 2012
Global
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
VGGT
food security
climate change
fisheries
land use
land
research
Tackling the issue of land and resource tenure is one of the prerequisites for mechanisms such as REDD+ to have positive impacts not only on reducing emissions from the forestry sector but also in reducing poverty and achieving food security. These new guidelines by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) outline principles and practices that governments can refer to when making laws and administering land, fisheries and forests rights.
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Corporate Framework to support sustainable peace in the context of Agenda 2030

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2018
Global
Land & Food Security
Land Conflicts
capacity development
land conflicts
sustainable development
The objective of this corporate Framework (the ‘Framework’) is to guide the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in carrying out its mandate in its areas of competence and comparative advantage, i.e. food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture, towards a more deliberate and transformative impact on sustaining peace.