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Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) and Indigenous Peoples in Kenya

Report on Expert Mission by a Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Reports & Research
January, 2012
Kenya
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
common property
fisheries
rural development
land governance
land conflicts
natural resources management
environment
The LAPSSET Corridor project, a major infrastructure development project that will run from Kenya to South Sudan and Ethiopia, will impact, positively or negatively, on the lives of more than 100 million people in the three countries. Indigenous peoples will potentially suffer the most negative impacts as a result of their having been historically marginalized economically, socially and politically. The recent discovery of oil in Turkana will add to the suffering of the Turkana peoples.
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Pastoralism within Land Administration in Kenya - The Missing Link

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2010
Kenya
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
land governance
land conflicts
cadastres
In land administration (LA), the right to exercising property/ownership rights on land is based on cadastral processes of adjudication, survey and rights registration. Private ownership rights are now being taken up in pastoral areas, where they must contend with pastoralists’ land rights. Pastoral land use
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Making Rangelands Secure Bulletin Issue 4

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Kenya
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
women
pastoralists
land rights
land grabbing
common property
land governance
land policies
legal empowerment
land conflicts
natural resources management
News, views and experiences of policy-makers, practitioners and communities on making rangelands secure for local users
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Gender and equity implications of land-related investments - Cases of study - Zambia,Tanzania, Ghana and Lao (FAO, 2013)

Land access and labor and income-generating opportunities

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Ghana
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
local communities
women
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
forestry
common property
rural development
land governance
land policies
land area
food security
legal empowerment
land conflicts
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
The gender and equity implications of land-related investments on land access and labour and income-generating opportunities A case study of selected agricultural Investments in LAO PDR (2013)
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Agricultural change, land, and violence in Darfur

We No Longer Share the Land - Oxfam Briefing Paper

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2014
Central African Republic
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
local communities
women
pastoralists
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
property law
extractive industries
forestry
common property
fisheries
rural development
land governance
land policies
land area
land markets
food security
climate change
legal empowerment
land conflicts
advocacy
capacity development
cadastres
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
environment
research
desertification
Most analyses of violence in Darfur ignore the local dimension of the crisis, focusing instead on the region’s economic and political marginalization and climatic variability. However, agricultural change and other changes relating to the land-rights and land-use systems have led to competition and exclusion, and have played a major role in the collective violence that has raged throughout the region. Understanding these questions is essential for the successful resolution of political and policy debates in Darfur.

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Gender and equity implications of land-related investments - Cases of study - Ghana (FAO 2013)

Land access and labor and income-generating opportunities

January, 2013
Ghana, Western Africa
Land & Investments
farmers
local communities
pastoralists
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
property law
common property
land area
land markets
food security
climate change
legal empowerment
land conflicts
capacity development
natural resources management
research
Agricultural investments create risks as well as opportunities, for instance The Case Study of Integrated Tamale Fruit Company (2013) In recent years, Ghana has witnessed increased interest from private companies in developing agricultural investments. This trend is common to many lower/middle income countries.
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Gender and equity implications of land-related investments - Case of study - Zambia (FAO 2013)

Land access and labor and income-generating opportunities

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Southern Africa
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
women
pastoralists
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
property law
common property
rural development
land governance
land policies
land markets
food security
climate change
legal empowerment
land conflicts
capacity development
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
environment
In recent years, Zambia has witnessed increased interest from private investors in acquiring land for agriculture. As elsewhere, large-scale land acquisitions are often accompanied with promises of capital investments to build infrastructure, bring new technologies and know-how, create employment, and improve market access, among other benefits

A Case Study of Selected Agricultural Investments in Zambia (2013)
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Tenure security and demand for land tenure regularization in Nigeria - Publication - IFPRI

Empirical evidence from Ondo and Kano states

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Nigeria
Land & Investments
capacity development
climate change
common property
land conflicts
desertification
environment
extractive industries
farmers
fisheries
food security
forestry
gender equity in access to land
Indigenous Peoples
land governance
land grabbing
land policies
land rights
landlessness
legal empowerment
local communities
natural resources management
pastoralists
property law
research
rural development
land area
land markets
women
In line with the conventional view that customary land rights impede agricultural development, the traditional tenure system in Nigeria has been perceived to obstruct the achievement of efficient development and agricultural transformation. This led to the Land Use Act (LUA) of 1978.
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Land and conflict in Sierra Leone: A rapid desk-based study

Land and conflict in Sierra Leone: A rapid desk-based study. Evidence on Demand.

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Africa, Sierra Leone
Land & Investments
land access
land conflicts
land rights
This report presents the results of a rapid desk-based review of academic and grey literature on land issues in Sierra Leone, with a particular focus on literature from 2002 onwards. The review explored land ownership and rights in both the Western Area and the other provinces and the concept of land as an actual and potential driver of conflict (both violent and non-violent).
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Regional developments [In 2014-2015 Global food policy report]

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
Western Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Southern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, South America, Africa, Asia
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land Conflicts
agricultural and rural legislation
food security
land policies
women
agriculture
research
rural areas
poverty
climate change
environment
fisheries
rural development
youth
water management
land conflicts
farmers
land use
land rights
land tenure
land tenure systems
capacity development
In addition to global developments and food policy changes, 2014 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions. This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments in various regions including Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.