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"When we import goods, we export jobs"

An in-depth analysis of the laws and practices related to land expropriation for the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos, Nigeria

Conference Papers & Reports
September, 2017
Africa, Nigeria
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
VGGT
expropriation
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
land investments
land valuation
dispossession
community land rights
This article was submitted for the UN Economic Commission for Africa “2017 Conference on Land Policy in Africa” Nov. 14-17 2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

This article sheds light on a series of events that triggered escalating tensions over land and resources in the coastal communities of Lagos, Nigeria. This article provides an in-depth analysis of Nigeria’s laws on expropriation and the processes of acquiring land and compensating landholders in the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) case. Specifically, the analysis addresses the following research questions:
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Access: Links to Tshintsha Amakhaya's activity reports

Reports & Research
Conference Papers & Reports
Training Resources & Tools
January, 2017
South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
agrarian reform
Since its formation, Tshintsha Amkhaya held a number of gatherings, either workshops or indabas with resolute and progressive outcomes - from activities igniting the spirit of activism, a quest to call for accountability and planning of broad actions to be taken by a collective to challenge the status quo.

Amongst others, reports of these gatherings can be found by clicking on the following links:
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Building Evidence on Rural Women Struggles for Land Rights in Tanzania

The Quest for Knowledge, Recognition and Participation in Decision Making Processes

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
capacity development
displacement
land acquisitions
land rights activists
natural resources management
rangelands
right of access
women
Land is one of the terrains of struggle for most rural women in Africa because of its importance in sustaining rural livelihoods, and social-cultural and geopolitical factors that hinder women from enjoying land rights. Even when there are progressive land laws, as it is for Tanzania, women have not really enjoyed their rights. However, this has not stopped women to keep fighting for their land rights. They have sought their own approaches by leveraging opportunities within traditional, religious, and formal systems standing for their rights.
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Contextualizing International Voluntary Guidelines into Country Specific Land Investment Governance Systems: Experience from Tanzania

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Tanzania
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
advocacy
agrarian reform
land administration
land investments
legal empowerment
legal pluralism
research
This preliminary study involved consultation of responsible district government officials and relevant Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on various issues related to land and investments. Among other areas, the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) was selected as a study site and study used the Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) to obtain information. Questionnaire designed reflected land investment governance process thematic areas.
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District Multi-stakeholder Forums: An Unexhausted Opportunity for Securing Land Rights; the Tanzanian Experience

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Tanzania
Land Conflicts
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agrarian reform
agropastoral systems
capacity development
customary land rights
grazing land rights
land administration
land conflicts
Administration of land in Tanzania is more decentralized from the president to the village level. The law gives power to village councils and village assemblies to administer village land. The District authorities are given advisory and supervisory mandates over villages and represent the commissioner who takes overall administrative powers. Despite decentralization, institutions responsible for land administration, land have continued to be cause of many conflicts for years. Conflicts have been escalating and lead loss of lives and property.
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Gender and the commons: Pastoral women’s land rights and village land use planning in Tanzania: Experiences from the sustainable rangeland management project

Conference Papers & Reports
July, 2017
Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
Land & Gender
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
pastoral lands
rangelands
pastoralists
land-use planning
women
In pastoral societies women face many challenges. Some describe these as a ‘double burden’ –
that is, as pastoralists and as women. However, pastoral women may obtain a significant degree
of protection from customary law even if customary institutions are male-dominated. In periods
of change (economic, social, political), this protection may be lost, and without protection from
statutory laws, women are in danger of “falling between two stools” (Adoko and Levine 2009). A
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ICARDA Strategic Plan 2017-2026 Summary

Conference Papers & Reports
October, 2017
Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Asia, Central Asia, Western Asia
land
research
To help break the cycle of poverty, improve food and nutritional security, halt or reverse the alarming process of resource degradation in the dry areas, and help communities adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change, ICARDA’s Strategic Plan 2017-2026 outlines our research and organizational approach for action to achieve our vision of thriving and resilient communities in the dry areas of the developing world.
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Joint Village Land Use Planning in Tanzania: A process to enhance the securing of rangelands and resolving land use conflicts

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2017
Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
pastoral lands
rangelands
pastoralists
land-use planning
In Tanzania, ongoing land insecurity is a structural cause of food insecurity particularly for
pastoralists, agro-pastoralists and small-scale crop farmers leading to land use conflicts,
compromised access to resources including grazing and water and rangeland degradation.
Land tenure security and management can be improved through village land use planning (VLUP)
and land certification – namely the issuing of certificates of customary rights of occupancy
(CCROs). In situations where villages share resources such as grazing areas and water, joint village
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LAND TENURE AND ITS IMPACTS ON FOOD SECURITY IN UGANDA

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM TEN DISTRICTS

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
agricultural land management
agriculture
co-ownership rights
community land rights
food security
land access
land governance
The need to establish the link between land tenure and food security is increasingly gaining currency as governments and development organizations refocus their effort towards assisting farmers to move away from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture. It is argued that given how land plays a crucial role in the livelihoods of most Africans, food security and poverty reduction cannot be achieved unless issues of access to land, security of tenure and the capacity to use land productively and in a sustainable manner are addressed.
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Land use change in the bale mountains eco-region of Ethiopia: Drivers, impacts and future scenarios

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
Livestock has been an integral part of the Bale Mountains Eco-Region landscape for many centuries. This

paper describes the results of a research study undertaken in the region comparing land use change and

livestock movements over a period of eight years from 2008 to 2016. The study provides some insights

into the trends of intensification that have taken place, the challenges of this, and indications of who is

benefiting from these processes and who is not. In 2008 the majority of the area was predominantly