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Enhancing resilience in the horn of Africa

Synthesis of an evidence based workshop

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2012
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
food security
agriculture
land conflicts
women
natural resources management
environment
land degradation
poverty
natural disasters
sustainable land management
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Sustainable land and water management policies

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
sustainable land management
water management
climate change
environment
agriculture
land rights
food security
land degradation
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Farming Smarter

the uphill push toward conservation agriculture

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Southern Asia, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa, South-Eastern Asia, Guatemala, Indonesia, China, Nigeria, Yemen
Land & Gender
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
agriculture
sustainable land management
women
rural development
food security
land
agroforestry systems
farmers
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Food security and land governance factsheet

Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
July, 2012
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
food security
forest conservation
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land access
land acquisitions
land administration
land cover mapping
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land governance
land grabbing
land information systems
land investments
land management
land tenure
land tenure systems
land use mapping
natural resources management
tenure regularization
title deeds
water management
In Kenya, insecure land tenure and inequitable access to land and natural resources have contributed to conflict and violence, which has in return exacerbated food insecurity. Most farmers in Kenya have no legal title for the land on which they farm. Sources of tenure insecurity can be ethnic conflicts over land between neighbouring communities, particularly in the Northern provinces, expropriation by the state or local government and land grabbing by local elite or companies. Competition is as well growing over water, especially over groundwater, which is scarce in Kenya.
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The Nile River Basin: water, agriculture, governance and livelihoods

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
farming systems
water management
land management
poverty
climate change
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The Nile River Basin: water, agriculture, governance and livelihoods

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
farming systems
water management
land management
poverty
climate change
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The Republic of Armenia Climate Change and Agriculture Country Note

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
June, 2012
Armenia, Europe, Central Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
agrarian reform
capacity development
climate change
deforestation
desertification
farmers
food security
forestry
land degradation
land use
natural disasters
natural resources management
rural areas
rural development
rural population
sustainable development
This country note for Armenia is part of a series of country briefs that summarize information relevant to climate change and agriculture for three pilot countries in the Southern Caucasus Region, with a particular focus on climate and crop projections, adaptation options, policy development and institutional involvement. The note series has been developed to provide a baseline of knowledge on climate change and agriculture for the countries participating in the regional program on reducing vulnerability to climate change in Southern Caucasus Agricultural systems.
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GRAIN — Squeezing Africa dry: behind every land grab is a water grab

January, 2012
Ethiopia, Mali, Cameroon, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
land
climate change
research
environment
food security
Food cannot be grown without water. In Africa, one in three people endure water scarcity and climate change will make things worse. Building on Africa’s highly sophisticated indigenous water management systems could help resolve this growing crisis, but these very systems are being destroyed by large-scale land grabs amidst claims that Africa's water is abundant, under-utilised and ready to be harnessed for export-oriented agriculture.
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Impact of climate and land use changes on water and food security in Jordan: implications for transcending 'the tragedy of the commons'

January, 2013
Jordan
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
climate change
land use
commons
research
land
Jordan is dominated by arid climate with limited arable land and water resources. This study focuses on crop production and water resources under trends of anticipated climate change and population growth to analyse how these affect water and food security in the country. It finds that recession of irrigated areas led to lesser food production and food security. Results indicate that climate change and population growth increase and intensify problems of water scarcity and food insecurity.
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Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security

Manuals & Guidelines
January, 2012
Global
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
VGGT
food security
climate change
fisheries
land use
land
research
Tackling the issue of land and resource tenure is one of the prerequisites for mechanisms such as REDD+ to have positive impacts not only on reducing emissions from the forestry sector but also in reducing poverty and achieving food security. These new guidelines by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) outline principles and practices that governments can refer to when making laws and administering land, fisheries and forests rights.