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Land productivity for staple food crops

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2014
Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
Land & Food Security
geographical information systems
land administration
agriculture
rural development
research
land investments
farmland
agricultural and rural legislation
land management
food security
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Implications of the Recent Land Reforms in Tanzania on the Land Rights of Small Producers

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2005
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
capacity development
formal tenure
indigenous peoples' land rights
land administration
land investments
land law
land reform
The land tenure system of Tanzania has passed through different historical milestones which form the basis for the analysis of the land tenure regime in general and tenure relations for land owners and users in particular in the past eight decades. The history dates back to 1923 when the British colonial legislative assembly enacted the Land Ordinance cap 113 to guide and regulate land use and ownership in Tanganyika which was their protectorate colony. Prior to this law, all the land in Tanzania was owned under customary tenure governed by clan and tribal traditions.
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The Report of the National Land Forum 2005

Reports & Research
May, 2005
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
capacity development
collective ownership
Indigenous Peoples
land administration
land conflicts
land delivery
land policies
local communities
rangelands
urbanization
women
The Land Rights Research and Resources Institute held its second National level Public Forum on land on 12-13 May 2005. The two day forum was partly one of the planned activities in the Institute’s three year Strategic plan and a special event to commemorate the Institute’s tenth Anniversary. It thus took place along with other activities such as Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop, preparation and running of a documentary on land rights advocacy, special media programmes, Special theatre performance by Dhahabu theatre arts Group and moving into a more specious office premise.
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Original People

Land, Culture, History & Destiny

Reports & Research
December, 2007
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
advocacy
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
land access
land use
land use mapping
land-use planning
natural resources management
sustainable land use
The Hadzabe community of the Yaida Valley requested UCRT to assist them to undertake a cultural mapping exercise.
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Who Is Mama Ardhi?

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2015
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
advocacy
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agropastoral systems
land access
land administration
land allocation
women
While the guarantees provided in the Katiba mark an extraordinary achievement for women’s land rights, many more steps are needed to reach gender-equitable land ownership in Tanzania. Mama Ardhi members therefore continue to advocate for additional changes in policy and practice that will bring about real transformation for women, their children and society as a whole.
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Food Security Modeling Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Techniques

A Strategy Towards Reliable Food Security Information & Early Warning Systems (FSIEWS) For Tanzania

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2014
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
agricultural and rural legislation
food security
land access
land administration
land use mapping
land-use planning
The practice of food security assessment in Tanzania is based on use of food crops production data surveys of a preceding seasonal year with agro-meteorological analyses based on estimated vegetation status as reflected from NDVI computed from NOAA satellite images. Food security assessment essentially is a prediction of food availability in predefined future time framework. It helps to establish availability or deficiency of food, thereby facilitating planning and implementation of strategies to mitigate the problem of hunger.
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The Village Land Act

Chapter 114

Legislation & Policies
December, 1999
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
land administration
land law
land management
land policies
land reform
An Act to provide for the management and administration of land in villages, and for related matters.
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WOMEN LAND AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IN KENYA

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
communal ownership
community land rights
customary land rights
customary tenure
eviction
gender equity in access to land
land access
land administration
land inheritance rights
land management
land ownership
land tenure systems
local communities
tenure security
statutory tenure
women
While women’s rights to land and property are protected under the Kenyan Constitution of 2010 and in various national statutes, in practice, women remain disadvantaged and discriminated. The main source of restriction is customary laws and practices, which continue to prohibit women from owning or inheriting land and other forms of property.
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Land laws amendment bills: a practitioner’s perspective on the land bills

Journal Articles & Books
September, 2014
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
advocacy
common lands
common law
common property
common rights
commons
communal ownership
customary land rights
grazing land rights
intensive land use
land access
land acquisitions
land administration
land allocation
land area
land clearing
land conflicts
land cover
land degradation
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land economics
land governance
land grabbing
land improvement
land information systems
land inheritance rights
land investments
land law
land loans
land management
land markets
land ownership
land use
land use mapping
land-use planning
land valuation
negotiated land reform
orphans land rights
pastoral land rights
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
The first set of the land laws were enacted in 2012 in line with the timelines outlined in the Constitution of Kenya 2010. In keeping with the spirit of the constitution, the Land Act, Land Registration Act and the national Land Commission Act respond to the requirements of Articles 60, 61, 62, 67 & 68 of the Constitution. The National Land Policy, which was passed as Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2009, arrived earlier than the Constitution, with some radical proposals on the land Management.
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Food Security and Land Governance Factsheet Kenya

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2015
Kenya
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
communal ownership
community land rights
food security
forest land
forest law
formal tenure
gender equity in access to land
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
indigenous people's tenure
land access
land acquisitions
land administration
land allocation
land governance
land tenure
land tenure systems
private ownership
public ownership
tenure regularization
water management
water rights
youth
In Kenya, insecure land tenure and inequitable access to land, forest and water resources have contributed to conflict and violence, which has in turn exacerbated food insecurity. To address these interlinked problems, a new set of laws and policies on food security and land governance are currently being introduced or designed by the Government of Kenya. The new Food Security Bill explicitly recognizes the link between food security and land access, and the 2012 land laws target the corrupt system of land administration that made much of Kenya’s land grabbing possible.