
Human pressures strain Lake Tanganyika’s biodiversity and water quality
9 September 2022
BUJUMBURA — The squeal of passing bikes fills the air in the center of a newly created wetland on the outskirts of Burundi’s main city and largest urban settlement on Lake Tanganyika, the resources of which the country shares with Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia. A step…

“Do No Harm” in theory and in practice: Exploring the fine line between benefiting and harming local communities in development
1 July 2022
LANDac International Conference 2022 Session Summary During this session, we explored the question of doing harm. Giorgio Ferrari from the Knowledge Platform of Security and Rule of Law facilitated the session, which was co-organised with LAND-at-scale. Andreas Brown set the scene by introducing…

Transforming Agri-Food Systems in West and Central Africa: Rwanda, DRC, Burundi to benefit from TAFS-WCA programme
3 May 2022
Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Burundi are set to benefit from a regional initiative dubbed “Transforming Agri-Food Systems in West and Central Africa (TAFS-WCA)” which is aimed to increase food security and combat climate crisis. The $25 million initiative was launched by…
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Burundi faces enormous pressure on agricultural land given its very high population densities

Scaling – Definition, strategies and challenges to inform a learning agenda
7 September 2022
Scaling is at the heart of both the name as well as the strategy of LAND-at-scale (LAS). Scaling and scaling potential are key in the way the program was designed and is reflected in the three pillars chosen to realize the aim of the program.