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Strengthening the resiliency of dryland forest-based livelihoods in Ethiopia and South Sudan

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2015
Ethiopia, South Sudan
Forest Tenure
environment
forest land
forest management plans
land degradation
land governance
This literature review explores how political, economic and resource management policies and programs can reduce forest degradation and increase the contribution of forest goods and services to sustainable livelihood strategies. In Ethiopia, studies indicate that forest dependency is strong throughout the country, but the importance of forest income varies across different regions and wealth categories. Research suggests that improving forest product market governance is key to strengthening forest livelihood resiliency.
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The Roles of Land Tenure Reforms and Land Markets in the Context of Population Growth and Land Use Intensification in Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2014
Eastern Africa
Land & Investments
land reform
land rights
This article reviews the past and potential future roles of land tenure reforms and land markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as responses to population growth in the process of land use intensification and livelihood transformation. The farm size distribution and the existence of an inverse relationship (IR) between farm size and land productivity in SSA and the implications of this relationship for efficiency and equity are investigated.
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Barriers to urban agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
August, 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa
Urban Tenure
food security
peri-urban agriculture
land tenure
tenure insecurity
households
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Towards a holistic land law evaluation in sub-Saharan Africa:

A novel framework with an application to Rwanda’s organic land law 2005

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa, Rwanda
land law
Land laws provide a legal basis for addressing a country’s land-related strategies and are the central land policy instruments through which governments realise land policy objectives. Considering their vital role, it is imperative that land laws be evaluated to ensure that policy objectives are followed and that the laws are not ineffective or counterproductive. The extant literature, however, provides only a fragmentary basis for evaluation.
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The 2015-19 multi year drought in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: it's evolution and impacts on agriculture

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2022
South Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
The Eastern Cape Province, and in particular, it's interior western Karoo region, has long been subject to periodic droughts, with significant implications for it's agricultural sector. From 2015, with some recovery in 2020, the area experienced a severe multi year drought, with negative impacts for a range of sectors, including extensive livestock farming. At the time of the drought, a common narrative in the media stated that the drought was unprecedented. In this paper, we analyze how the drought evolved climatically, as well as its impacts on vegetation and farming conditions.
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Changing Livelihoods and Landscapes in the Rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: Past Influences and Future Trajectories

Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2015
South Africa
Land & Food Security
food security
This paper seeks to understand the drivers and pathways of local livelihood change and the prospects for transformation towards a more sustainable future. Data are used from several studies, and a participatory social learning process, which formed part of a larger project in two sites in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Secondary information from a wealth of related work is used to place our results within the historic context and more general trends in the country. Findings indicate that livelihoods in the rural Eastern Cape are on new trajectories.
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Large Scale Land Acquisitions in Mozambique: Ways Forward in ‘Pro-Poor’ and Participatory Land Governance

Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2013
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
land governance
natural resources management
sustainable land management
In international debates about land governance, Mozambique is often mentioned as an example of a country with favorable framework for local communities to benefit from landbased investments. However, it is also one of the countries highlighted in land grab debates for being one of the top countries where foreign companies and national elites are acquiring large extensions of land. It is increasingly clear that in spite of the favorable legal framework and pro-poor policies, local communities are under stress.
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Camponeses Realities - Their Experiences and Perceptions of the 1997 Land Law

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2009
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
land law
Rural Communities have their own sets of laws rooted in their particular culture, environment, traditions and history that are separate from national laws. Lack of education, years of wartime political oppression and violence, and government-enforced cooperative ventures during the 1970’s have created a deep feeling of suspicion among rural small-scale farmers for all government laws and programs. This
conception has been reinforced by the fact that historically communities have only been made aware of
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Evaluating Spatial Data Acquisition and Management Techniques for Multipurpose Cadastre in Ethiopia and Rwanda (Preliminary Results)

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2020
Ethiopia, Rwanda
land administration
land records
spatial source
land information systems
cadastres
land registration
spatial units
land policies
land rights
Spatial data are a basis in development of multipurpose cadastre. This paper aims to evaluate spatial data acquisition and management techniques for multipurpose cadastre in Ethiopia and Rwanda. The research was conducted using a qualitative research method, a review of existing literature on spatial data acquisition and management techniques for cadastral purposes. The empirical data have also been collected.
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Analysing land policy processes with stages model: Land policy cases of Ethiopia and Rwanda

Journal Articles & Books
Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2022
Ethiopia, Rwanda, Global
land administration
land governance
land policies
public participation
land use
natural resources
advocacy
Land policies are formulated with the goal of addressing land use management challenges. Therefore, a thorough investigation is required to assess effectiveness of land policy processes. The unknown land use policy effec[1]tiveness is how and where the formulation and identification of land use problems affect the throughput of policy implementation. The main objective of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of land policy processes using models of public policy analysis.