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   Managing the Miombo Woodlands of Southern Africa : Policies, Incentives and Options for the Rural Poor, Volume 2. Technical Annexes

   August, 2014

   Africa, Southern Africa

   agriculture

   deforestation

   encroachment

   farmers

   farming systems

   forest conservation

   forest land

   forestry

   land allocation

   land tenure

   land use

   natural resources management

   rural areas

   state forests

   sustainable development

   Miombo woodlands stretch across Southern
   Africa in a belt from Angola and the Democratic Republic of
   Congo (DRC) in the west to Mozambique in the east. The
   miombo region covers an area of around 2.4 million km. In
   some areas, miombo has been highly degraded as a result of
   human use (southern Malawi and parts of Zimbabwe), while in
   others, it remains relatively intact (such as in parts of
   northern Mozambique, and in isolated areas of Angola and the
   

2. Library Resource

   

   Liberia : Gender-Aware Programs and Women's Roles in Agricultural Value Chains

   June, 2014

   Liberia

   agriculture

   capacity development

   farmers

   fisheries

   land ownership

   natural resources management

   rural development

   transaction costs

   urban areas

   This Policy Memorandum provides policy
   advice to the government of Liberia (GOL) in an effort to
   mainstream gender issues in policies, programs, and projects
   supporting agricultural production and value-chain
   development. It is organized as follows. Section I reviews
   women's roles in Liberian agriculture and agricultural
   value chains, drawing on a variety of data sources,
   including the 2007 Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaire
   

3. Library Resource

   

   The Nexus between Gender, Collective Action for Public Goods, and Agriculture : Evidence from Malawi

   March, 2014

   Malawi

   agriculture

   community forestry

   decentralization

   informal settlements

   land ownership

   land tenure

   natural resources management

   rural areas

   rural development

   transaction costs

   youth

   Across the developing world, public
   goods exert significant impacts on the local rural economy
   in general and agricultural productivity and welfare
   outcomes in particular. Economic and social-cultural
   heterogeneity have, however, long been documented as
   detrimental to collective capacity to provide public goods.
   In particular, women are often under-represented in local
   leadership and decision-making processes, as are young
   

4. Library Resource

   

   Uganda Sustainable Land Management : Public Expenditure Review

   February, 2014

   Uganda

   agricultural land management

   agriculture

   climate change

   decentralization

   deforestation

   farmers

   farmland

   fisheries

   forest land

   forestry

   land administration

   land degradation

   land management

   land registration

   land tenure

   land tenure systems

   land use

   land valuation

   landowners

   natural resources management

   rural development

   sustainable development

   sustainable land management

   This report summarizes the findings of
   the Uganda Sustainable Land Management Public Expenditure
   Review (SLM PER). The SLM PER was undertaken to achieve six
   main objectives: (i) establish a robust data base on
   SLM-related public expenditure that can support credible
   empirical analysis; (ii) develop a sound methodology for
   conducting SLM PERs, which could guide similar work in the
   future; (iii) analyze the level and composition of SLM
   

5. Library Resource

   

   Production d’agrocarburants et accaparements de terres en Guinée : conséquences de la politique énergétique de l’UE - [étude]

   Reports & Research

   January, 2014

   Guinea

   Land & Investments

   agriculture

   food security

   Indigenous Peoples

   land grabbing

   land policies

   land rights

   landlessness

   natural resources management

   property law

   rural development

   En 2009, l’UE s’est fixé comme objectif de porter à 10 % la part des énergies renouvelables dans sa consommation énergétique d’ici 2020. Dans le secteur des transports, cela s’est traduit par une législation qui promeut l’utilisation des carburants d’origine végétale : les agrocarburants.

6. Library Resource

   

   Agricultural change, land, and violence in Darfur

   We No Longer Share the Land - Oxfam Briefing Paper

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   January, 2014

   Central African Republic

   Land & Investments

   Indigenous Peoples

   farmers

   local communities

   women

   pastoralists

   landlessness

   agrarian reform

   land rights

   agriculture

   land grabbing

   property law

   extractive industries

   forestry

   common property

   fisheries

   rural development

   land governance

   land policies

   land area

   land markets

   food security

   climate change

   legal empowerment

   land conflicts

   advocacy

   capacity development

   cadastres

   natural resources management

   gender equity in access to land

   environment

   research

   desertification

   Most analyses of violence in Darfur ignore the local dimension of the crisis, focusing instead on the region’s economic and political marginalization and climatic variability. However, agricultural change and other changes relating to the land-rights and land-use systems have led to competition and exclusion, and have played a major role in the collective violence that has raged throughout the region. Understanding these questions is essential for the successful resolution of political and policy debates in Darfur.

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