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Rural Livelihoods in Three Mountainous Regions of Tajikistan

Journal Articles & Books
September, 2007
Tajikistan
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
poverty
land reform
agrarian reform
livestock
agriculture
migration
This article uses data from household income surveys to look at income structures amongst households in three mountainous regions of Tajikistan: Gorno-Badakhshan, the Rasht Valley and Eastern Khatlon. The structure of incomes demonstrates the dominant role of subsistence agriculture in all three regions although commercial agriculture is important amongst better-off households in Rasht. Relationships between poverty and household characteristics including access to capital, demographic variables and income-generating activities were examined.
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Land Reform in Uzbekistan

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June, 1998
Uzbekistan
rural development
agricultural and rural legislation
land reform
agrarian reform
farmland
agricultural land management
farming systems
agriculture
water
water management
FIRST PARAGRAPH OF CHAPTER: Uzbekistan emerged as an independent state in September l99l with a legacy of an undiversified monocultural agriculture heavily specialized in cotton. During the Soviet era, cotton production in Uzbekistan registered persistent gains from the very beginning of collectivization in 1928, often at the expense of wheat and other cereals.
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‘Civilizing’ the pastoral frontier: land grabbing, dispossession and coercive agrarian development in Ethiopia

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2018
Ethiopia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
development
pastoral lands
natural resources
land rights
eviction
pastoralists
This paper analyzes frontier dynamics of land dispossessions in Ethiopia’s pastoral lowland regions. Through a case study of two sedentarization schemes in South Omo Valley, we illustrate how politics of coercive sedentarization are legitimated in the ‘civilizing’ impetus of ‘improvement schemes’ for ‘backward’ pastoralists. We study sedentarization schemes that are implemented to evict pastoralist communities from grazing land to be appropriated by corporate investors.
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Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining: Chinese miners and the state in Ghana

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2017
Ghana
Land Conflicts
corruption
post-conflict settings
land use
mining
conflicts
land investments
land rights
land conflicts
As gold prices soared from 2008 onwards, tens of thousands of foreign miners, especially from China, entered the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, despite it being ‘reserved for Ghanaian citizens’ by law. A free-for-all ensued in which Ghanaian and Chinese miners engaged in both contestation and collaboration over access to gold, a situation described as ‘out of control’ and a ‘culture of impunity’. Where was the state? This paper addresses the question of how and why pervasive and illicit foreign involvement occurred without earlier state intervention.
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Localization in Development Aid

How Global Institutions enter Local Lifeworlds

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Global
Land in post-conflict settings
development
land governance
local communities
This edited volume brings together the work of scholars from different disciplines including sociology, political science and anthropology, and analyses how global institutions are embedded in local contexts within development aid. It examines theoretical and empirical implications of the diffusion and anchoring of world polity institutions at the local and global levels.
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Integrating national forestry initiatives in India with international climate change policy

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
India
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
climate change
sustainable development
land rights
land tenure
Policy initiatives in India, such as the Social Forestry Program and later the Joint Forest Management, were introduced for their co-benefits, including forest protection, employment opportunities, and added income for communities living in and around the forests. The evolution of these forest policies is critically reviewed. It is argued that India is perfectly positioned to benefit from climate change mitigation efforts, due to a rich, albeit chequered, history in forest management.
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The Nile River Basin: water, agriculture, governance and livelihoods

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
farming systems
water management
land management
poverty
climate change
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Creating socio-economic measures for community-based natural resource management: a case from watershed stewardship organisations

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
landowners
sustainable development
One consequence of the transition of rural communities from industrialised agriculture and natural resource extraction to sustainable development principles has been the rise of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). CBNRM entails collaborative efforts, typically involving local, state and federal agencies, private firms and landowners, non-governmental organisations such as environmental and economic development groups, and watershed councils. There are no agreed-upon metrics or even broadly accepted approaches for assessing the effectiveness of these new institutions.
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role of local institutions in sustainable watershed management: lessons from India

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2011
India
Land & Gender
women
rural development
sustainable development
The implementation and effective management of watershed-development projects is recognised as a strategy for rural development throughout the developing world. Several government and non-government agencies have launched watershed-development projects to tackle the challenges of soil conservation, improving land productivity, and economic upliftment of the rural poor for efficient use of natural resources. Participatory community-driven institutions of integrated watershed management are considered vital for the sustainability of natural resources.
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The Nile River Basin: water, agriculture, governance and livelihoods

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
farming systems
water management
land management
poverty
climate change