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Agricultural Land Transition in the “Groundnut Basin” of Senegal: 2009 to 2018

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Senegal
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
Land & Food Security
land administration
The study aims to reveal the transition features of agricultural land use in the Groundnut Basin of Senegal from 2009 to 2018, especially the impact of urbanization on agricultural land and the viewpoint of farmland spatiotemporal evolution. Integrated data of time series MCD12Q1 land-use images of 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2018 were used to provide a land transition in agricultural and urban areas through the synergistic methodology. Socio-economic data was also used to serve as a basis for the argument.
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Agricultural Land Transition in the “Groundnut Basin” of Senegal: 2009 to 2018

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Senegal
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
Land & Food Security
land law
The study aims to reveal the transition features of agricultural land use in the Groundnut Basin of Senegal from 2009 to 2018, especially the impact of urbanization on agricultural land and the viewpoint of farmland spatiotemporal evolution. Integrated data of time series MCD12Q1 land-use images of 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2018 were used to provide a land transition in agricultural and urban areas through the synergistic methodology. Socio-economic data was also used to serve as a basis for the argument.
Library Resource

Agricultural Land Transition in the “Groundnut Basin” of Senegal: 2009 to 2018

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Senegal
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
Land & Food Security
land management
The study aims to reveal the transition features of agricultural land use in the Groundnut Basin of Senegal from 2009 to 2018, especially the impact of urbanization on agricultural land and the viewpoint of farmland spatiotemporal evolution. Integrated data of time series MCD12Q1 land-use images of 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2018 were used to provide a land transition in agricultural and urban areas through the synergistic methodology. Socio-economic data was also used to serve as a basis for the argument.
Library Resource

Agricultural Land Transition in the “Groundnut Basin” of Senegal: 2009 to 2018

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Senegal
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
Land & Food Security
land tenure
The study aims to reveal the transition features of agricultural land use in the Groundnut Basin of Senegal from 2009 to 2018, especially the impact of urbanization on agricultural land and the viewpoint of farmland spatiotemporal evolution. Integrated data of time series MCD12Q1 land-use images of 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2018 were used to provide a land transition in agricultural and urban areas through the synergistic methodology. Socio-economic data was also used to serve as a basis for the argument.
Library Resource

Agricultural Land Transition in the “Groundnut Basin” of Senegal: 2009 to 2018

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Senegal
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
Land & Food Security
land-use planning
The study aims to reveal the transition features of agricultural land use in the Groundnut Basin of Senegal from 2009 to 2018, especially the impact of urbanization on agricultural land and the viewpoint of farmland spatiotemporal evolution. Integrated data of time series MCD12Q1 land-use images of 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2018 were used to provide a land transition in agricultural and urban areas through the synergistic methodology. Socio-economic data was also used to serve as a basis for the argument.
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Agriculture in urban planning: generating livelihoods and food security

January, 2009
Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Peru, Ghana, Congo, Argentina, Senegal, Malawi
Urban Tenure
Land & Food Security
urban planning
food security
agriculture
This report, by researchers working in urban agriculture (UA), examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanising global South, the book examines the contribution of UA and city farming to livelihoods and food security. The case studies covered by the authors, focus on the following aspects of urban agriculture:
Library Resource

An Introduction to Prindex

A Webinar Report

Reports & Research
December, 2018
Liberia, Senegal, Honduras, Global
Land & Food Security
Land Conflicts
food security
gender equity in access to land
land tenure
land tenure systems
marital property rights
property
property rights
tenure security
sustainable development
women
The webinar An introduction to Prindex took place on 28 November, 2018. This webinar presented a basic understanding of how Prindex works. The Prindex team presented results of data collected from 15 countries. It focused on pathways for using Prindex to propel policy conversations and movement-building for policy reform with the help of panellists from some of the countries where data was collected.

Panelists were asked to address the following questions:
Library Resource

Climate-Smart Agriculture in Senegal

Agriculture intelligente face au climat au Sénégal: Profils de pays AIC pour l'Afrique

Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2016
Senegal, Western Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
land use
food security
agriculture
The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects
an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture
development and climate responsiveness. It aims to
achieve food security and broader development goals
under a changing climate and increasing food demand.
CSA initiatives sustainably increase productivity, enhance
resilience, and reduce/remove GHGs, and require planning
to address tradeoffs and synergies between these three
pillars: productivity, adaptation, and mitigation [1]. The
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Climate-smart village approach: communities at the heart of restoration in Senegal. Included in Restoring African Drylands

Reports & Research
December, 2020
Senegal, Western Africa
Forest Landscape Restoration
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
land restoration
smallholders
sustainable land management
The climate-smart village approach created enthusiasm and commitment from farmers in seeking solutions to the problems and constraints that they themselves identified. The approach also involved strengthening the capacity of technical staff to use new tools, and to understand and support the new methods, with complementary finance to support the changes.
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Food security and nutrition: Challenges for agriculture and the hidden potential of soil

Institutional & promotional materials
September, 2018
Angola, Yemen, Burundi, Nigeria, United States of America, Argentina, Zambia, Gambia, Uganda, Mali, Somalia, Tanzania, Australia, Netherlands, Congo, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Republic of Korea, Niger, Malawi
Land & Food Security
food security
land management
Report, prepared by FAO and the OECD with inputs from IFPRI, IFAD, the World Bank and WTO, submitted to the G20 Presidency of the Republic of Argentina in response to the Presidency’s request for information on future trends and challenges faced by global agriculture, with a special focus on the role of soils in promoting food security and the measures that could be undertaken to facilitate sustainable soil management.