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Land Transactions and Chieftaincies in Southwestern Togo

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2012
Togo
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land titling
land governance
land law
land use
land tenure
Land access is becoming a crucial issue in many African contexts, where groups and individuals are coping with land scarcity and increasing competition over resources. Based on fieldwork carried out in the southwestern region of Togo, this paper explores the plurality and adaptability of the forms of land access that have historically emerged from changing economic and political landscapes characterized by the rise and the decline of cocoa cultivation.
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Theme Overview: Transitions in Agriculture

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Australia, Norway
agricultural and rural legislation
agriculture
Agriculture, Agricultural Finance, Agricultural Policy, Farm Firms and Farm households, Land ownership and Tenure, Retirement, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance, Consumer/Household Economics, Land Economics/Use, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies, N25, Q12, Q14, Q15, Q18, J26,
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The Economics of Land Degradation for the Agriculture Sector in Tajikistan - A Scoping Study

Reports & Research
May, 2012
Tajikistan
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land governance
land policies
land degradation
agriculture
sustainable land management
government
As part of the broader United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Environment Programme (UNDP/UNEP) Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI), Phase 1 Project, the overall objective of this study is to develop a framework to assess the impact of land degradation and the benefits of SLM.
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Agricultural land acquisition by foreign investors in Pakistan

Government policy and community responses

Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2012
Pakistan
Land & Investments
land policies
agricultural land management
agriculture
land investments
foreign investment
This paper explores the Pakistani government’s 2009 agricultural investment policy package — a response to increasing foreign investor interest in agricultural land — and considers the likely implications for local communities. By analysing the policy pertaining to the categories of cultivated and uncultivated land, the paper explores possible consequences that peasant farming communities and grazing communities face.
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Repere şi rezultate ale activităţii agriculturii Uniunii Europene

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Global
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
land management
land policies
natural resources
The economic estimation of the production activity in agriculture represents an economic category, which express the capacity to produce economic effects with lowest labour costs. In fact, the economic estimation refers to the whole economic activity and, as a result, both to the material production sphere, to the process of production distribution and circulation, as well as to various forms of economic activities from the non-productive sphere.
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Agricultural Land Use in Malaysia: An Historical Overview and Implications for Food Security

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2013
Malaysia
Urban Tenure
land policies
urban land
land use
agricultural land management
agriculture
land use change
land economics
A study is conducted to describe the historical overview of agricultural land use in Malaysia with the aim of identifying the challenges of agricultural land use in a dynamic economic system. Economic policies were explained with major policies instruments. The effects of these policies on patterns of agricultural land use in 1960–2005 were assessed. Findings identified three broad economic eras in Malaysia: Agricultural (1960-1974); Industrial (1975-1999) and Urbanization eras (2000-date).
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Steering committee members say land policy implementation on track.

Institutional & promotional materials
April, 2012
Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agricultural land management
land policies
land
sustainable development
sustainable land management
land use
poverty
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Land issues top October development agenda as ECA, partners launch multiple studies across Africa

Institutional & promotional materials
October, 2012
Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
development
agricultural land management
land policies
food security
sustainable land management
land administration
land
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Tracking progress in land policy formulation and implementation in Africa: background document

Land policy initiative

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2012
Africa
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land governance
agricultural land management
land policies
land
sustainable land management
land use
land administration
urban areas
Cognizant of the centrality of land policy issues in Africa, a joint initiative was undertaken by the African Union Commission (AUC), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) in 2006, forming the genesis of the Land Policy Initiative (LPI). Through the LPI important actions and measures have been launched including a series of regional studies on land issues across Africa accompanied by rigorous consultations and discussions at regional and continental levels.
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Elements of a 5‐year LPI strategic plan and roadmap (2012‐2016)

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2012
Africa
Urban Tenure
land governance
land policies
sustainable development
land use
land administration
poverty
urban areas
The principle goal of the LPI is “to assist member states in the implementation of the AU Declaration on land Issues and challenges in Africa, in accordance with the Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa, in order to achieve socioeconomic development, peace and security, and environmental sustainability”.To facilitate the implementation of the AU Declaration of Land Issues and Challenges in Africa through: Advocating for the inclusion of land in the development agenda, strategies and programs of African tripartite organizations, Regional Economic Communities, African Member Sta