A poster highlighting the10 Resonsible Agricultural Investment Principles
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Library ResourceMapsNovember, 2023Ethiopia
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Library ResourceMultimediaSeptember, 2023Uganda
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Library ResourceMultimediaMay, 2023Ethiopia, Uganda, Laos
A large share of the world's rural population depends on using land to feed themselves. Commercial agriculture and forestry investments are placing growing pressure on land as a resource. Especially when state capacities to steer and monitor land-based investments are low, this can lead to increasing pressure on natural resources, land-use conflicts and in the worst cases to forced expropriation and displacement. These factors can have a negative impact on livelihood and food security in rural areas, particularly when land rights are insecure.
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Rethinking the Interstate Succession Act in Zambia
MultimediaMay, 2022Zambia -
Library ResourceVideosJuly, 2021Ethiopia
This summary provides an overvew of LIFTs impact study on how tenure security translates into increased investments, productivity, and incomes. It presents evidence on the impact of secondary level land certification (SLLC) on rural farmers in Ethiopia.
This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information, please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...
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Securing Women's Land Rights Through Systematic Land Titling
MultimediaJanuary, 2022ZambiaThis article highlights the gender inequality that currently exists in land ownership in Zambia. Zambia currently has two land tenure systems, both of which are relic of the colonial era. In both of these systems, majority of the land ownership is along patriarchal lines. Research has shown that the attainment of women's land rights can and could possibly contribute to the social and economic development of a country.
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Library ResourceVideosJanuary, 2019Africa, Senegal
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Library ResourceVideosDecember, 1996Kenya, Africa
Looks at land ownership and the consequences of land degradation in Kenya.Contains interview with IDRC personnel Harmut Krugmann.
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Library ResourceVideosSeptember, 2017Liberia
Anjali Nayar and Hawa Essuman profile the life of Liberian activist Silas Siakor, a tireless crusader against illegal logging and a symbol of resistance for a new generation.
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Library ResourceVideosJune, 2015Ethiopia
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