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Malgré des acquis, de nombreuses difficultés
Le développement rural est une préoccupation centrale des politiques nigériennes depuis l’Indépendance. À cette époque, un certain optimisme était de mise quant aux potentialités de développement du secteur. Les épisodes de sécheresse des années 1970 et 1980, en révélant la crise des systèmes agraires – crise écologique et crise de la production – ont imposé au Niger de revoir sa politique de développement rural et ses modes d’intervention.
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Le présent code régit l’ensemble des opérations relatives à la prospection, à la recherche, à l'exploitation des gîtes de substances minérales ainsi qu'au traitement, au transport, à la transformation, à la commercialisation et à l’économie des substances minérales à l’exclusion de l’eau et des hydrocarbures liquides et gazeux.
Il régit également l’ensemble des opérations de réhabilitation et de fermeture des sites d’exploitation des mines et des carrières.
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Liberia’s Path to Sustained Economic Development and Shared Prosperity? Lessons from the East
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to Liberia’s debate on economic policy, specifically, recent efforts around industrial-scale palm oil development against the context of the wider role of the rural sector in economic development.
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Africa has been at the centre of a "land grab" in recent years, with investors lured by projections of rising food prices, growing demand for "green" energy, and cheap land and water rights. But such land is often also used or claimed through custom by communities. What does this mean for Africa? In what ways are rural people's lives and livelihoods being transformed as a result? And who will control its land and agricultural futures?
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This report, alongside other relevant documents, served as sources of reference for the formulation of this Comprehensive National Land Policy for Sierra Leone, with various versions. The first version was prepared by the Technical Advisor for discussion and approval by the TWG and SCM. With support from UNDP, version I of this policy was evaluated by an International Consultant, Professor Sam Moyo, for international standards and best practices. Outcome of the evaluation was excellent, though with few comments, which led to the review of version
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Sierra Leone’s new National Land Policy, recently approved by the cabinet, presents a progressive and ambitious plan for protecting land rights that will strengthen women’s access to land, give communities a bigger say over land management and create a better framework for major land investments. All of which is urgently in need if Sierra Leone’s future development is to benefit the entire nation.
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Southern Africa, Central Asia, South America, Africa, Asia, Western Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Southern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, South America, Africa, Asia
In addition to global developments and food policy changes, 2014 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions. This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments in various regions including Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
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In Senegal, concern about large-scale land acquisitions has been growing since 2000. Senegalese agriculture has long relied on small-scale family holdings and extensive agriculture. But the current population growth rate, combined with rapid urban development and natural resources degradation, have inevitably changed the game.
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