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Climate Change Risk Profile: Azerbaijan

Reports & Research
January, 2017
Azerbaijan
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land policies
environment
climate change
land degradation
agriculture
biodiversity
water
This profile provides an overview of climate risk issues in Azerbaijan, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture, water resources, human health, tourism, and coastal resources and infrastructure. The brief includes an overview and climate summary of Azerbaijan, as well as projected climate changes. Also included is information on sector impacts and vulnerabilities to climate change, the policy context and information regarding ongoing climate change projects in Azerbaijan.
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Gender, agriculture and rural development in Armenia

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Armenia
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
development
rural development
rural areas
agricultural land management
agriculture
government
women
Gender equality is key to eliminating poverty and hunger, and this has been demonstrated by FAO throughout its research across the world. FAO is committed to interventions that seek to reduce gender inequalities and this report has been produced as part of its eff orts to generate evidence and knowledge in compliance with FAO’s Policy on Gender Equality (FAO, 2013a). It is only through closing the gender gap that strategies on sustainable agriculture and rural development can reach their full potential.
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Georgia - Agricultural Census 2014 - Metadata review

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Georgia
land law
rural areas
land use
farming systems
agriculture
farmers
smallholders
The first agricultural census (AC) was conducted in 2004. The AC 2014 was the second AC, conducted in conjunction with the 2014 General Population Census (GPC).
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A comparative assessment of land management approaches in Bhutan

Peer-reviewed publication
July, 2017
Bhutan
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land management
land degradation
rural areas
agricultural land management
agriculture
perception of tenure security
farmers
Arable land in Bhutan is under serious threats of land degradation. Proper land management approach is needed to control soil erosion problems. This study is an attempt to characterize and document the conventional and the community-based land management approaches, applied in Chukha and Dagana districts, respectively. The study tried to make a comparative assessment of their social, economic and environmental impacts on the participating farmers.
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Survey of Country Gender Profile (Kingdom of Bhutan)

Reports & Research
February, 2017
Bhutan
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
agriculture
government
women
International aid communities have recognized women’s participation in development and the improvement of women’s status in the developing countries as a key issue since the 1960s, and the concept of “Women in Development (WID)” has been emphasised as a development agenda in the 1970s. In the 1980s, with the newly proposed concept of “Gender and Development (GAD)”, an effort for “gender mainstreaming” has been regarded as an effective mean for firmly practicing the GAD approach in the international community.
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Restoration of Land Rights of People Affected by Land Appropriations and Tenure Insecurity

A case study based on five selected locations in Sri Lanka where the land rights of people have been violated due to land grabbing or tenure insecurity

Reports & Research
April, 2017
Sri Lanka
Land Conflicts
land administration
farmland
rural areas
agriculture
conflicts
land acquisitions
land rights
landlessness
land dispute
rural population
This study is prepared using the data analysis of a field study conducted in January 2017 in the Districts of Monaragala, Ampara, Trincomalee, Mullaitivu and Jaffna in Sri Lanka focusing on the land rights violations that took place in the recent past due to the appropriation of land from the ordinary citizens by the security forces and individuals backed by powerful people and, the tenure security problems faced by the landless rural communities in Monaragala and Ampara districts and the sugar cane farmers living in the settlements of Pelwatta Sugar Company, which is now owned by the gover
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GIS BASED ANALYSIS OF AGROCLIMATE LAND SUITABILITY FOR BANANA PLANTS IN BALI PROVINCE, INDONESIA

Reports & Research
October, 2017
Indonesia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agricultural land management
agriculture
biodiversity
geographical information systems
geographical information systems
land suitability
The need for bananas in Bali far exceeds the production. To obtain optimal production according to their genetic potential, the development of banana cultivation should be preceded by a land suitability evaluation study.
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Social Policy and Empowerment of Women in the Agricultural Sector in Uzbekistan

Conference Papers & Reports
April, 2017
Uzbekistan
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
agricultural land management
agriculture
women
In 2016, Uzbekistan celebrated twenty-five years of independence. Although government prioritized investment in agriculture sector, the social policy emphasized strongly institutional and organizational changes. As a result, women are mostly excluded from reforms’ benefits. This paper provides a critical literature review that addresses how international gender measurement indicators and methodologies help in understanding women’s empowerment and opportunities in the agriculture sector of post-Soviet Uzbekistan.
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Republic of Uzbekistan: Country strategic opportunities programme

Reports & Research
March, 2017
Uzbekistan
rural development
farmland
agricultural land management
farming systems
agriculture
land economics
smallholders
rural population
This is the first results-based country strategic opportunities programme (RB-COSOP) for the country, and covers the period 2017-2021.

The COSOP draws on national strategies and guidelines for agricultural and rural development, an analysis of three years of country programme experience, and the 2016 Social, Environmental and Climate Assessment Procedures study.
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Le pastoralisme, un mode de vie résilient face à de nombreux défis

Institutional & promotional materials
January, 2017
Mongolia, South America, Western Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
agriculture
development
land
land tenure
L’élevage pastoral et agropastoral (ou pastoralisme) est un système de production basé sur un élevage extensif valorisant majoritairement les parcours naturels. Utilisé par des communautés qui vivent dans des contextes souvent marginaux, il est associé à un mode de vie fondé sur un lien particulier entre l’homme, l’animal et la nature.