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Land Access and Youth Livelihood: Opportunities in Southern Ethiopia

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Ethiopia
Land & Investments
land access
land inheritance rights
land law
land markets
rural development
youth
This study aims to examine current land access and youth livelihood opportunities in Southern Ethiopia. We used survey data from the relatively land abundant districts of Oromia Region and from the land scarce districts of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' (SNNP) Region. Although access to agricultural land is a constitutional right for rural residents of Ethiopia, we found that youth in the rural south have limited potential to obtain agricultural land that can be a basis for viable livelihood. The law prohibits the purchase and sale of land in Ethiopia.
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USAID Report on Land Tenure & Cocoa Production in Ghana

A CRIG/WCF Collaborative Survey, February 2017

Reports & Research
April, 2017
Ghana
boundaries
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
customary law
land use
agricultural land management
agriculture
land
alienation (land)
encroachment
collateral (land)
land access
control rights
land conflicts
farm tenancy
community land rights
customary land rights
customary tenure
farmers
rural population
women
The Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), with support from the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), performed the Ghana Land Tenure Baseline Survey, the first of its kind survey of tenure rights among cocoa farmers in Ghana. CRIG surveyed almost 1,800 cocoa farmers operating 3,900 cocoa plots regarding various land tenure issues within customary sharecropping arrangements and on owner-managed land. This report describes the findings from the Survey.
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Draft Final Report of the Implementation of The Land Governance Assessment Framework In Uganda

Reports & Research
October, 2014
Africa, Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
adjudication
agrarian reform
common property
compulsory acquisitions
land access
land governance
land policies
The Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) is a diagnostic tool for the evaluation of the legal framework, policies and practices regarding land and land use. The LGAF is based on a comprehensive review of available conceptual and empirical material regarding experience in land governance (refer to Land Governance Assessment Framework: Conceptual Approach, Formulation and Methodology). In 1995, the Uganda government embarked on land reform starting with the Constitutional provisions. Land reform was imperative because of the country’s turbulent land tenure history.
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RESOLVING LAND DISPUTES IN POST-CONFLICT NORTHERN UGANDA

THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND LOCAL COUNCIL COURTS

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land Conflicts
common property
communal ownership
customary land rights
customary law
customary tenure
displacement
informal settlements
land administration
land policies
property rights
Post-conflict northern Uganda has witnessed an increase in disputes over land. This has, to a great extent, been as a result of the armed conflict and its aftermath. Beyond that, other chaotic factors embedded in various social, legal, economic, and political aspects of this society have influenced the nature, gravity, and dynamics of these disputes and the way in which Traditional Institutions and the Local Council Courts have attempted to resolve them.
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A study on Land Grabbing cases in Uganda

Reports & Research
April, 2012
Uganda
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
compulsory acquisitions
development
eviction
land dispute
land grabbing
land law
This report investigates cases of land grabbing in Uganda, focusing in particular on oil palm plantations in Kalangala, Lake Victoria. It assesses the impacts on rural communities and on the local environment, and questions who benefits from these projects.
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The Dynamics of the Land Question and its Impact on Agricultural Productivity in Mbarara District

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 1992
Uganda
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
agrarian structure
agricultural land management
agriculture
gender equity in access to land
land access
In the developed countries less than 20 per cent of the population is engaged in agriculture. The rest is employed in the industrial sector. In the underdeveloped countries less than 10 per cent of the population is employed in the industrial sector and the rest is engaged in agriculture. At once this dictates that, for some time to come, the route to development in the latter countries will depend on agriculture, which also mainly depends on land policy and tenure. The land question is a contradiction in land rights and consequential social, economic and political abuses replicated on it.
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Linking land governance and food security in Africa

Outcomes from Uganda, Ghana & Ethiopia

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2016
Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana
Land & Food Security
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural land management
food security
land
land acquisitions
Equitable access to land is vital for inclusive economic growth, sustainable development and food security. Although much is known about the topics of land governance and food security, it is not always clear how the two relate to each other, especially in specific country contexts. This reflection paper, based on literature, LANDac country factsheets and three learning trajectories initiated by LANDac in Uganda, Ghana and Ethiopia, brings together findings and outcomes to provide policy recommendations for improved land governance and food security in Africa.
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Constitutional Amendment Bill to the Article 26 of the Uganda Constitution

Insights and challenges from field practice of land conflicts.

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2017
Uganda
Land & Investments
adjudication
agrarian reform
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
land acquisitions
land law
A constitutional amendment bill has been tabled before Parliament with the primary aim of overhauling the Constitutional Right to Protection from deprivation of property (Article 26).
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Property Rights and Gender in Uganda

A Training Toolkit-Land Law & Gender

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2010
Uganda
Land & Gender
co-ownership rights
control rights
land access
land law
land tenure
Property rights economically empower women by creating opportunities for earning income, securing their place in the community and ensuring their livelihoods. When women are economically empowered, it spurs development for their families and communities. Property Rights and Gender in Uganda: A Training Toolkit seeks to strengthen understanding of property rights for women and men as equal citizens.
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Mind the Gap

Bridging the Divide between Land Policy and Practice. Securing women’s land rights through engendering the formalization process of customary land tenure in Uganda: Uganda Community Based Association for Women and Children’s welfare

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2016
Africa, Uganda
Land & Gender
advocacy
customary land rights
customary tenure
gender equity in access to land
land access
land law
The 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda is one of the most gender sensitive constitutions in the world, with clear provisions for promoting and protecting the rights of women. This is also the case in relation to women’s land rights – the Constitution clearly vests land in the people of Uganda, including the rights of women to own and inherit land. Other land laws, including the Land Act, recognize and uphold women’s rights to land as individuals, and as part of a family or community.