Cooperation between South Africa and FAO has spanned a large range of areas, from interventions for agricultural development, food security and improved nutrition to support rural economic development and natural resources management.
Women need secure access to and control of land in order to realise their human rights. In order for the women to realise their land and inheritance rights it is important for the policy makers to have in place mechanisms and institutions to guide practice. This report sets out the status of women’s land and inheritance rights in Lesotho.
Widespread heat waves, floods, and droughts last year were a strong reminder of the threats posed by climate change. In the non-tropical dry areas where ICARDA works we are becoming accustomed to record high temperatures and increasing water scarcity year on year.
The Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa (NELGA) is a partnership of leading African universities and research institutions with proven leadership in education, training and research on land governance. Currently NELGA has more than 70 partner institutions in over 40 countries and is organized in 6 regional and 1 technical node supported by a Secretariat.
Zimbabwe and FAO have partnered in development since the country joined the Organization in 1981. Cooperation
has grown in recent years, with interventions ranging from capacity development at the institutional level as well asfor extension staff and farmers to the creation of market linkages and a conducive policy environment. In providing
Smallholder irrigation expansion would signi cantly increase agricultural production, and reduce food insecurity and poverty levels in East Africa. This paper reviews literature on trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in four East African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
This toolbox was designed to enable citizen-based monitoring of community forestry. These tools were developed using livelihoods monitoring framework due to its ability to holistically capture CF group's outputs. The information is categorized according to five livelihood capitals: natural, financial, physical, human and social.
How does one build up an analysis? And how does one create the link between the individual partial-analyses
in a problem-oriented project work? These are the two main issues that this booklet gives an overview of.
This document is a presentation of a way in which an analysis, a sub-project and a project can be structured.
Oman enjoys a dynamic partnership with FAO, which was strengthened in 2012 with the opening of the FAO country
representation. Cooperation has focused on sustainable development of the food, agriculture and fisheries sectors, whileensuring the efficient and sustainable use of natural resources. FAO’s support also focuses on the achievement of value added in
Research shows that land disputes are increasingly common, exposing businesses to severe risks at the project level. The problem is endemic and growing – companies want evidence-based approaches to address this new reality and understand their exposure to risk.
This guide aims to support the process of valuation of unregistered land and property for the public and private agencies that undertake this exercise. It will be relevant for policy makers, local authorities, international finance institutions, investors, property developers, banks, civil society organisations, citizens, land owners, local communities and women’s groups.
The native communities of San Martín and its representative organizations face innumerable challenges in relation to their lands and territory, environment, governance, identity, justice and physical integrity, among others.