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IFAD Policy: Improving access to land and tenure security

Policy

Legislation & Policies
January, 2008
Global
land policies
The IFAD Policy on Improving Access to Land and Tenure Security has been formulated to: (a) provide a conceptual framework for the relationship between land issues and rural poverty, acknowledging the complexity and dynamics of evolving rural realities; (b) identify the major implications of that relationship for IFAD’s strategy and programme development and implementation; (c) articulate guiding principles for mainstreaming land issues in the Fund’s main operational instruments and processes; and (d) provide the framework for the subsequent development of operational guidelines and decisio
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LAND TENURE, PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND FOOD SECURITY

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2008
Global
land rights
property law
food security

This policy brief addresses the essential problem in linking property rights with food security.
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Urban Agriculture for sustainable poverty alleviation and Food Security

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2008
Global
agriculture
environment
farmers
food security
natural resources management
The position paper provides an updated insight on the role that urban agriculture can play in pursuing the Millennium Development Goals and more specifically MDG 1 and 7, related to poverty reduction, food security, and environmental sustainability. It intends to raise awareness and inform decision makers and planners of the different aspects of urban agriculture, which entails a broad range of activities, related to the food production and distribution chain, within natural resources planning and use including urban and peri-urban forestry.
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Urban Agriculture for sustainable poverty alleviation and Food Security

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2008
Global
agriculture
food security
natural resources management
environment
The position paper provides an updated insight on the role that urban agriculture can play in pursuing the Millennium Development Goals and more specifically MDG 1 and 7, related to poverty reduction, food security, and environmental sustainability. It intends to raise awareness and inform decision makers and planners of the different aspects of urban agriculture, which entails a broad range of activities, related to the food production and distribution chain, within natural resources planning and use including urban and peri-urban forestry.
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Toward sustainable livelihoods after war: reconstituting rural land tenure systems

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2008
Global
farmers
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
common property
land policies
food security
legal empowerment
land conflicts
capacity development
Toward sustainable livelihoods after war:
Reconstituting rural land tenure systems. Jon Unruh 2008. 32 103-115
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Women's Empowerment in Pastoral Societies

Reports & Research
January, 2008
Global
women
pastoralists
land rights
gender equity in access to land
When reading about women in pastoral societies it is common to find reference to their marginalised roles, their hardship, their oppression and their lack of power as opposed to men’s domination, men’s ownership, men’s power and associated patriarchal relations.
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Gendering Land Tools

Achieving Secure Tenure for Women and Men

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2008
Global
Land & Gender
capacity development
gender equity in access to land
land rights
women
This publication, from the Global Land Tool Network, presents a mechanism for effective inclusion of women and men in land tool development and outlines methodologies and strategies for systematically developing land tools that are responsive to both women and men’s needs. Equal property rights for women and men are fundamental to social and economic gender equality. However, women often face discrimination in formal, informal and customary systems of land tenure.
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Women, Food Security and Agriculture in a Global Marketplace: A Significant Shift

Reports & Research
January, 2008
Global
food security
agriculture
women
New directions in development assistance and agricultural investments must recognize and support women's involvement in the full agricultural value chain from production to processing to marketing. This report reviews current thinking and practice on increasing agricultural productivity, both subsistence and commercial agriculture, and examines what is known about women's roles in both sectors.
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Securing Women’s Right to Land and Livelihoods - A Key to Ending Hunger and Fighting AIDS

Reports & Research
January, 2008
Africa, Global
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
land rights
women
[From the Executive Summary] Women’s access to and control over land is crucial for improving their status and reducing gender inequalities, which in turn are critical factors in reducing the prevalence of poverty, malnutrition and AIDS. Women’s farming activities, which prioritise providing food for the family, have been largely overlooked in agricultural policy. And women’s rights to land and livelihoods have barely been included in HIV strategies and programmes.
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Gender and Climate Change: Mapping the Linkages

Reports & Research
January, 2008
Global
gender equity in access to land
climate change
women
The issue of climate change is not new, but its take-up as a key development concern is a fairly recent departure. Even more recent is the integration of a gender-sensitive perspective in climate change research and responses. This report, prepared for the UK Department for International Development (DFID), seeks to make the most of the available resources, drawing out useful insights to inform and strengthen future research on and interventions into gender and climate change.