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The Impact of Government Policies on Land Use in Northern Vietnam: An Institutional Approach for Understanding Farmer Decisions

Reports & Research
December, 2007
Vietnam
Land & Food Security
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
food security
land policies
land law
SUMMARY: Deforestation has become an issue of increasing concern in many tropical countries. In Vietnam, the response of policymakers has been embodied in several policies and programs, including land classification, land use rights devolution and reforestation schemes. Understanding how these state initiatives have affected the farmer’s land use decisions is essential to further guide policymakers in developing national planning strategies.
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Poverty and Land Policy in Cambodia

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2007
Cambodia
Land & Food Security
food security
title deeds
land titling
poverty
Slow agricultural development has restrained economic growth and poverty alleviation in Cambodia. The country’s volatile history has left a legacy of weak tenure security and large areas of underutilized land. This study estimates the impact of access to land on poverty in a logistic regression framework using household survey data. Increased access to land is shown to significantly lower the risk of household poverty. Tenure security, land improvements and irrigation strengthens this effect.
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Power, Progress and Impoverishment: Plantations, Hydropower, Ecological Change and Community Transformation in Hinboun District, Lao PDR

Reports & Research
December, 2007
Laos
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
food security
environment
TAKEN FROM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This report documents the contemporary ecological, social and economic transformations occurring in one village in Lao PDR’s central Khammouane province under multiple sources of development-induced displacement. Rural development policy in Laos is focused on promoting rapid rural modernisation, to be achieved through foreign direct investments in two key resource sectors: hydropower and plantations.
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‘Voluntary’ Migration in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Reports & Research
December, 2007
Laos
Land & Food Security
Urban Tenure
agriculture
agricultural land management
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
farmers
farming systems
food security
poverty
land policies
land law
This paper is part of a collection of five policy briefs was commissioned by the World Bank for the 2009 World Development Report Reshaping Economic Geography. Through relocation policies, the Government of Lao PDR seeks to transform what it considers to be a traditional, rural economy into a modernised market-oriented system by eradicating shifting cultivation, changing the way that land is allocated and by reaching communities.
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Food security in the drylands of South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

Research challenges and opportunities

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2007
Southern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
research
youth
food security
land management
land degradation
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IFPRI Forum: Can local government work for the poor?

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2007
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
poverty
food security
natural disasters
land degradation
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Food chains: bridging distances by linking the family farm to the supermarket

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2008
Global
Land & Food Security
food security
farmers
farming systems
land policies
In many developing countries, supermarkets are growing fast. This growth entails a change in the food chain that supplies fresh foods from farmers and processed foods via agroprocessors. Farmers who wish to participate in the food chain have to adapt to the supermarkets' requirements. It is the task of governments to improve infrastructures, and access to support services and financial services.
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Report on Eviction and Resettlement of Pastoralists from Ihefu and Usangu-Mbarali District to Kilwa and Lindi Districts

Reports & Research
December, 2007
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
agrarian reform
communal ownership
concession (land)
environment
eviction
indigenous peoples' land rights
land administration
pastoral land rights
pastoralists
This study is focused on the effects of the eviction process of pastoralists from Mbarali to Lindi Rural and Kilwa Districts in Lindi Region. The study sampled six villages out 15 villages in Lindi Rural and Kilwa districts. The study employed semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with district, village authorities, host communities and migrating pastoralists in selected villages.
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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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Tenth Five Year Plan 2008-2013.

National Policies
January, 2008
Asia, Southern Asia, Bhutan
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
deforestation
farming systems
food security
forest land
gender equity in access to land
land governance
public ownership
sustainable land use
urban areas
water rights
youth
The Royal government of Bhutan launched the Tenth Five Year Plan that outlines strategies from 2008-2013 to reduce poverty and to increase education initiatives.