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Displaying 4876 - 4880 of 5074Agricultural Recovery and Individual Land Tenure: Lessons from Central Asia
One of the striking features of transition from plan to market in CIS agriculture is the
dramatic shift from the predominance of large corporate farms (kolkhozy and sovkhozy,
generally referred to as agricultural enterprises) to individual or family agriculture based on a
spectrum of small farms. The individual sector, combining the traditional household plots and
the new peasant farms that began to emerge after 1992, accounts for most of agricultural
production and controls a large share of arable land. This is a dramatic change from the pre-
Governing Land for Women and Men
Gender equality is one of the ten core principles of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. This guide aims to assist in its implementation through the achievement of responsible gender-equitable governance of land tenure. The guide focuses on equity and on how land tenure can be governed in ways that address the different needs and priorities of women and men.
An Overview of Land Tenure in the Near East Region
This review of land tenure in West Asia and North Africa (WANA or the Near
East region) places contemporary developments in their historical context. Land
tenure in the region has its origins in state, customary or religious law, or more often a
combination of the three. With the ascendancy of the nation state over the past
century, official legal systems has sought to entrench sovereignty over land with the
abolition of customary law and the evolution of
Shari’ah to deal with modern needs of
Sustainable Land Management in Practice
Production of guidelines for best sustainable land management (SLM) technologies and approaches in Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA) has been part of TerrAfrica’s programme during 2009-2010. These guidelines and case studies are intended to help create a framework for investment related to SLM in SSA. The particular aim of these guidelines is to identify, analyse, discuss and disseminate promising SLM practices - including both technologies and approaches - in the light of the latest trends and new opportunities.
The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (SOLAW)
This edition of The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture presents objective and comprehensive information and analyses on the current state,
trends and challenges facing two of the most important agricultural production
factors: land and water.
Land and water resources are central to agriculture and rural development,
and are intrinsically linked to global challenges of food insecurity and poverty,
climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as degradation and depletion