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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:
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Unheard Voices: The Human Rights Impact Of Land Investments On Indigenous Communities In Gambella

Reports & Research
Ethiopia
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
rural development
natural resources management
The Ethiopian government has committed egregious human rights abuses to make way for agricultural land investments, in direct violation of international law, said the Oakland Institute in a new briefing paper released in New Delhi today. The briefing paper, entitled "Unheard Voices: The Human Rights Impact of Land Investments on Indigenous Communities in Gambella,” calls on Ethiopia to put an end to the illegal forced evictions of indigenous peoples in areas targeted for land investment.
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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.
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Ethiopia

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ethiopia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
environment
water management
agriculture
poverty
rural development
agricultural and rural legislation
farmers
land degradation
food security
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IFPRI Forum

Will supermarkets be super for small farmers? (Feature article)

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2003
Eastern Africa, Eastern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, Africa, China, India, Ethiopia
Land & Food Security
fisheries
poverty
farmers
food security
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Rural Land Certification in Ethiopia : Process, Initial Impact, and Implications for Other African Countries

June, 2012
Ethiopia
Land & Investments
agriculture
common property
compensation
farmers
land administration
land grabbing
land markets
land ownership
land registration
land rights
land titling
land transfers
land use
leases
property rights
rural development
Although many African countries have
recently adopted highly innovative and pro-poor land laws,
lack of implementation thwarts their potentially
far-reaching impact on productivity, poverty reduction, and
governance. The authors use a representative household
survey from Ethiopia where, over a short period,
certificates to more than 20 million plots were issued to
describe the certification process, explore its incidence
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Stakeholder Assessment of Opportunities and Constraints to Sustainable Land Management in Ethiopia

Reports & Research
June, 2012
Ethiopia
agriculture
climate change
decentralization
deforestation
desertification
farmers
farming systems
forestry
land administration
land degradation
land management
land reform
land tenure
land use
land-use planning
rangelands
rural development
sustainable development
Stakeholders' perceptions of
opportunities and constraints to sustainable land management
in Ethiopia was assessed through interviews and a review of
secondary data. Stakeholders included farmers as well as
representatives of development agencies, agricultural
organizations, donors, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs),
and agricultural research systems. Stakeholders generally
perceive that the numerous, well-intentioned but piecemeal
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The Cost of Land Degradation in Ethiopia : A Review of Past Studies

June, 2012
Ethiopia
agriculture
climate change
farmers
farming systems
food security
grazing
land degradation
land management
natural resources management
rural development
sustainable development
This paper reviews past studies on the
costs of land degradation in Ethiopia, with a view to
drawing implications for policies, programs, and future
research on sustainable land management (SLM). Given the
wide range of methods and assumptions used in the studies,
their findings concerning annual costs of land degradation
relative to agricultural gross domestic product (AGDP) are
of remarkably similar magnitude. The minimum estimated
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Measuring Risk Preferences in Rural Ethiopia : Risk Tolerance and Exogenous Income Proxies

January, 2015
Ethiopia
farmers
Risk-aversion has generally been found
to decrease in income. This may lead one to expect that poor
countries will be more risk-averse than rich countries.
Recent comparative findings with students, however, suggest
the opposite, giving rise to a risk-income paradox. This
paper tests this paradox by measuring the risk preferences
of more than 500 household heads spread over the highlands
of Ethiopia and finds high degrees of risk tolerance. The
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Decomposition of Gender Differentials in Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia

March, 2014
Ethiopia
agriculture
farmers
occupation
rural areas
This paper employs decomposition methods
to analyze differences in agricultural productivity between
male and female land managers in Ethiopia. It employs data
from the 2011-2012 Ethiopian Rural Socioeconomic Survey. An
overall 23.4 percent gender differential in agricultural
productivity is estimated at the mean in favor of male land
managers, of which 10.1 percentage points are explained by
differences in land manager characteristics, land