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Access to farmland gets quick and dirty in sub-Saharan Africa

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa, Mozambique, Uganda, Ghana, Senegal
customary land rights
dispossession
farmers
farmland
land access
occupation
Who can access and use the land? The answer to this age-old question is changing fast in many parts of rural Africa. Land that used to be allocated within the community by chiefs is now increasingly changing hands in more diverse ways. The wealthy and well-connected within the community or from further afield are frequently able to override local statutory or customary land rights, dispossessing the previous occupants or forcing them to divide their already small plots of land.
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AZN Association Zoramb Naagtaaba Programme Santé Sougrinoma de Guiè/ Rapport d'activités 2016

Reports & Research
May, 2017
Burkina Faso
food security
management rights
Description
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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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Catching up with the fast pace of land access change in Uganda

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2017
Uganda
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agrarian reform
common property
community land rights
compulsory acquisitions
land access
land acquisitions
land conflicts
land governance
The ways in which people obtain land in Uganda are changing fast. Land that used to be secured through inheritance, gifts or proof of long-term occupancy is now more commonly changing hands in the market. Those with wealth and powerful connections are frequently able to override local rules and gain access to land at the expense of poorer individuals. Government-backed agribusiness investors receive large areas of land with benefits for some local farmers who are able to participate in the schemes, while other smallholders see their land access and livelihoods degraded.
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Changing landscapes in Mozambique: why pro-poor land policy matters

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2017
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land access
natural resources management
In Mozambique, changes in land access and use are shaping new landscapes, often at the expense of the poor. Despite progressive land legislation, elite groups and vested interests are consolidating land holdings while peasant producers are being dispossessed of their land and access to fertile plots is becoming increasingly difficult. As national and foreign investors seek land for housing, real estate, agriculture, tourism, mining and forestry, what is the state’s role in responding to these increased demands?
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Changing landscapes in Mozambique: why pro-poor land policy matters

Reports & Research
January, 2017
Mozambique, Africa
Forest Tenure
mining
land
land administration
forestry
land access
agriculture
In Mozambique, changes in land access and use are shaping new landscapes, often at the expense of the poor. Despite progressive land legislation, elite groups and vested interests are consolidating land holdings while peasant producers are being dispossessed of their land and access to fertile plots is becoming increasingly difficult. As national and foreign investors seek land for housing, real estate, agriculture, tourism, mining and forestry, what is the state’s role in responding to these increased demands?
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DEVELOPING LAND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LIMS) FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENTS IN KENYA: A CASE STUDY KIRINYAGA COUNTY.

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Kenya
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
cadastral administration
cadastral register
cadastres
capacity development
forest management plans
geographical information systems
intensive land use
land access
land administration
land governance
land information systems
land management
land use
land use mapping
land-use planning
natural resources management
open access (land)
parcel plan
research
right of access
scale
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
urban planning
This paper describes the development of a Land Information Management System (LIMS) for County Governments in Kenya. In the new Constitution 2010, devolution of some national government functions and formation of county governments was provided for. These invoked the development of new land laws to guide the devolution processes and procedures. According to the County Government Act 2012, all County Governments are supposed to develop digital Geographic Information System (GIS) based spatial plans and these calls for development of LIMS for and efficient breakthrough.
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Décret n° 2017-1594 du 13 septembre 2017 relatif aux attributions du ministre de l’environnement et du développement durable.

Regulations
September, 2017
Senegal
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
waste (abuse)
land governance
land management
Le présent décret fixe les attributions du ministre de l’environnement et du développement durable. Sous l’autorité du Premier Ministre, le Ministre de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable prépare et met en œuvre la politique définie par le Chef de l’Etat en matière de veille environnementale, de lutte contre les pollutions et de protection de la nature, de la faune et de la flore.
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Gender and equity questions in the policy and practice of involuntary resettlement due to the acquisition of land for large scale economic investments

A case study of two resettlement projects in Maputo Province, Mozambique

Reports & Research
January, 2017
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
land access
land investments
The NGO Centro Terra Viva (CTV) with funding from the World Resources Institute (WRI) implemented a project seeking to promote gender mainstreaming in the policies and practice of large scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) for economic investments. The study was centered on recognizing opportunities to strengthen the role and involvement of women as actors in decision-making in the resettlement process, particularly given the context of a growing economic and commercial appetite for land acquisition.
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Género e relações de poder na região sul de Moçambique

Uma análise sobre a localidade de Mucotuene na Província de Gaza

Journal Articles & Books
April, 2017
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
agricultural land management
agriculture
gender equity in access to land
land access
land management
rural areas
rural development
rural population
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
women
Nos últimos anos os estudos sobre relações de género têm gerado muitos debates, principalmente quando o tema está associado ao meio rural, onde os processos de mudança e de aceitação de transformações de atitudes e comportamentos estão relacionados com a iliteracia, os costumes, tabus, bem como com a divisão social do trabalho configurados por relações de poder marcadas por desigualdades.