Land Library
Bienvenue dans la bibliothèque du Land Portal. Explorez notre vaste collection de ressources en libre accès (plus de 74 000), comprenant des rapports, des articles scientifiques, des articles de recherche, des publications évaluées par des pairs, des documents juridiques, des vidéos et bien plus encore.
/ library resources
Showing items 1 through 8 of 8.
Improving women’s access to land is high on the agricultural policy agenda of both governmental and non-governmental agencies. Yet, the determinants and rationale of gendered access to land are not well understood.
Since Karamoja is richly endowed with gold, marble, iron ore, tungsten, limestone, oil and gas, it has attracted many investors, in particular since the protracted armed conflicts in northern Uganda started fading away.
For decades, policymakers and development practitioners have debated benefits and threats of property rights formalization and private versus customary tenure systems.
Post-conflict northern Uganda has witnessed an increase in disputes over land. This has, to a great extent, been as a result of the armed conflict and its aftermath.
Over 80% of all land in Uganda is held under unregistered ‘customary tenure’. This means that it is private property, but the owners need no documents to prove ownership.
The protection given to the land rights of women, orphans and any other vulnerable groups in Northern and Eastern Uganda is probably as good as can be found anywhere in the world. Customary land law is based on three main principles.
This is the second in a series of land studies for northern Uganda, whose core objective is to inform the Plan for Recovery and Development of Northern Uganda (PRDP) and the National Land Policy.