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  1. Library Resource

    Paper submitted by the government of Kenya

    Conference Papers & Reports
    April, 1963
    Africa

    This paper explains how maps are prepared from aerial photography to help in the consolidation and registration processes, and also to aid the Department of Agriculture in the preparation of their farm plans.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    October, 2007
    Africa

    The objective of this review is to assess the achievements, identify the constraints, and make recommendations for further actions needed to address land issues in Africa. The report deals with the review of efforts being made by African countries to ensure that policies and policy instruments support the best possible land use and sustainable management of land resources.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    May, 2017
    Africa

    The work presented here aims to support the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) Secretariat in spearheading the implementation of the Nairobi Action Plan, particularly the achievement of the first action related to the Assessments of large-scale land based investment (LSLBI) in Africa, in order to build the necessary evidence and analysis required for the implementation of the remainder of the actions under the Plan.

  4. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2011
    Africa, Western Africa

    The report considers the critical issues providing the context for discussing land issues affecting West Africa as a region. These include the political, social and economic context, colonial legacy and legal plural systems, the operations of regional economic communities and other regional initiatives, impact of demography, migration and urbanization, conflicts and post-conflict issues, as well as shared resources and ecosystems.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    Africa

    This document focuses on the Synthesis report on Large-scale land based investments in Africa. The specific objective of the work is to prepare an assessment report on LSLBI in Africa with a view to building knowledge and drawing lessons based on best practices for future LSLBI deals that lead to win-win outcomes. In order to do so five regional assessments have been engaged in and are synthesized in this continental synthesis report.

  6. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    November, 1970
    Ethiopia

    Of the nation's 122.2 million hectares of total area, 84.1 million hectares of land and 12.1 million hectares of water and water courses comprise the potentially productive cultivable land and water resources of the nation. At present, only 10.4 per cent of the total land area i.e. 12.9 million hectares is put under cultivation of which 9 to 91/2 million hectares have actually "been planted and harvested. Agriculture, the dominant sector of the country's economy is not only a goldmine in terms of potential but also a real source of wealth.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    October, 1986
    Africa

    A fundamental requirement for a national development strategy is an effective mapping programme. Information about the physical environment in the form of remote sensing imagery, coordinates, maps, digital data, cadastral data and land-use information is a basic tool in the planning, process.

  8. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    November, 1970
    Africa

    The introduction of registration of title is certainly in our present state of knowledge the best method of remedying the uncertainty of customary land law. The advantages of^registration of title both to private landowners and to Governments and its superiority over other systems of recording rights in land,i.e. private registration of deeds., are discussed in paper given in this Seminar and I will not elaborate them here.

  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    October, 1970
    Africa

    It is not possible to prepare a satisfactory register of properties and to guarantee title to those properties unless the properties have been positively identified i.e. unless it is possible to identify the boundaries of the properties with certainty. It is for this reason that in most modern systems of Registration of Title the Registrar requires that each property shall be unambiguously defined by representing its boundaries on a registry index map before recording the ownership of the property in the official register.

  10. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 1970
    Africa

    Land is the main source of life and the mother of all developments, economic and social, and that for the proper administration of land, suitable and effective cadastral system is prerequisite and further realizing the importance of cadastral services in establishing security of titles to land which is necessary for the economic development of country.

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