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1. Library Resource

   

   Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

   International Conventions or Treaties

   January, 1979

   Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Canada, United States of America, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, China, Japan, Mongolia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Croatia, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga

   Land & Gender

   gender equity in access to land

   land rights

   advocacy

   farmers

   women

   The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - currently ratified by 187 countries - is the only human rights treaty that deals specifically with rural women (Art. 14). Adopted in 1979 by the United Nations Generally Assembly, entered into force in 1981. The Convention defines discrimination against women as follows:

   
   

2. Library Resource

   

   Food Security Strategy.

   National Policies

   Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa

   Land & Gender

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   private ownership

   public ownership

   pastoralists

   land-use planning

   farming systems

   farmers

   sustainable land use

   gender equity in access to land

   rural population

   grazing

   land

   The present Food Security Strategy (FSS) updates the original one of 1996 by sharpening the strategic elements to address food insecurity based on lessons learned. In recognition that the pursuit of food security is a long-term and multi-sector challenge, institutional strengthening and capacity building is included as a central element of the Strategy.

3. Library Resource

   

   Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional state Rural Land Administration and Utilization Proclamation (No. 110/2007).

   Legislation

   Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa

   Land Conflicts

   Land & Gender

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   natural resources management

   agricultural land management

   farmland

   farmers

   land-use planning

   farming systems

   pastoralists

   cadastres

   land registration

   youth

   fisheries

   land management

   gender equity in access to land

   land law

   land dispute resolution

   grazing

   land ownership

   This Proclamation aims at improving management and utilization of land and land resources for agricultural purposes in the Southern Nations, Nationalities And Peoples' Regional State. It applies to all land that lies outside of municipal borders. The Proclamation defines the right to acquire, free of charge, rural land by peasants, pastoralists and semi-pastoralists engaged in agriculture and the equal rights of women with respect to land and provides for the protection of such rights.

4. Library Resource

   

   Rural Land Administration and Use Regulation (No. 66/2007).

   Regulations

   Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa

   Land Conflicts

   Land & Gender

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   Forest Tenure

   agricultural land management

   farmland

   farmers

   land-use planning

   farming systems

   pastoralists

   cadastres

   land registration

   youth

   land management

   gender equity in access to land

   forest conservation

   land dispute resolution

   forest land

   land ownership

   This Regulation implements provisions of the Proclamation of The Southern Nations, Nationalities And Peoples Regional State on rural land rights and use. It applies to all types of rural land and lands used for agricultural purposes in urban territory.

5. Library Resource

   

   Model Contract for Outgrower Schemes

   Agreements & Contracts

   December, 2018

   Africa, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia

   Land & Food Security

   Land & Investments

   contract farming

   farmers

   farmers associations

   food security

   This draft model contract was developed on the basis of the drafts “Proclamation to Provide for Agricultural Production and Marketing Contracts in Ethiopia” later modified and renamed as “Proclamation to Provide for the Establishment of the Central and Regional Contract Farming Coordinating bodies and Regulation of Contract Farming Contract Formulation” as well as international best practices.
   
   

6. Library Resource

   

   Model Lease Contract

   Agreements & Contracts

   December, 2018

   Africa, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia

   Land & Food Security

   Land & Investments

   agricultural land management

   contract farming

   farmers

   land

   This draft model lease contract considers international best practices and recommendations, regarding the design of contract for farmland investments. In particular, the IISD Guide to Negotiating Investment Contract for Farmland and Water, were used as a reference while designing this current draft. Experience gained by BVVG Agriforest Privatization Agency regarding lease contact design is reflected in the draft model contact.