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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Ethiopia

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2017
Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
Land & Food Security
land use
food security
agriculture
The agriculture sector is the backbone of Ethiopia’s economy and livelihoods. Yet, heavy reliance on rain-fed systems has made the sector particularly vulnerable to variability in rainfall and temperature. Climate change may decrease national gross domestic product (GDP) by 8–10% by 2050, but adaptation action in agriculture could cut climate shock-related losses by half. • Climate risk management interventions and long-term adaptation actions need to match localized vulnerabilities and impacts.
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Uganda

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2017
Uganda, Africa, Eastern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
land use
food security
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Agriculture intelligente face au climat au Sénégal

Climate-Smart Agriculture in Senegal. CSA Country Profiles for Africa Series

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2017
Senegal, Western Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
land use
food security
agriculture
Ce document décrit le Sénégal sur le plan de l'Agriculture Intelligente face au Climat (AIC). Le concept d’agriculture intelligente face au climat (AIC) traduit l’ambition d’assurer une meilleure intégration du développement de l’agriculture et de la réactivité face au climat. Il vise à assurer la sécurité alimentaire et atteindre les objectifs de développement plus larges dans un contexte
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Balancing agricultural development and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

January, 2002
Latin America and the Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
development
deforestation
climate change
land use
environment
Using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model this report identifies the links among economic growth, poverty alleviation, and natural resource degradation in Brazil.
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Stimulating indigenous agribusiness development in the northern communal areas of Namibia : a concept paper

January, 1997
Namibia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land & Food Security
development
food security
land tenure
poverty
This concept paper proposes (a) market driven farm and off-farm entrepreneurial options, that could take advantage of the existing opportunities, thus leading to the creation of indigenous oriented economic growth and (b) empowerment of the small and medium scale private enterprises to create an enabling environment conducive for equitable growth of their businesses.
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Decentralization, participation and access to water resources in Malawi

January, 2004
Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
decentralization
This paper summarises BASIS research on the current state of decentralisation processes in Malawi with a focus on water resources.The following specific points and recommendations emerge from the policy review and case study:much will need to be done to draw reforms in Malawi’s environmental sector to people’s attention.
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Smallholder Income and Land Distribution in Africa: Implications for Poverty Reduction Strategies (policy synthesis)

Reports & Research
August, 2002
Africa
land
farmers
land distribution
scale
land allocation
poverty
A brief synthesis of a longer report. Provides a micro-level foundation for discussions of land allocation and its relation to poverty within the smallholder sector of Eastern and Southern Africa based on results from household surveys in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Mozambique and Rwanda between 1990 and 2000.
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Gender and Property Rights within Postconflict Situations

Reports & Research
April, 2005
Africa
Land Conflicts
legal pluralism
displacement
land rights
property rights
property
land
Includes land rights in gender equity; issues in gaining access to land property – acquiring land rights from the state and through inheritance and the market, legal pluralism, population displacement; three postconflict studies (Rwanda, Guatemala, Afghanistan); conclusions and recommendations – legislation and policy, programme implementation, overcoming patriarchal norms, the cost of speaking out, gender sensitivity training and legal assistance, information on gender impact.
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COMMUNITY LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCE TENURE RECOGNITION: REVIEW OF COUNTRY EXPERIENCES

Reports & Research
January, 2016
South-Eastern Asia, Myanmar
Forest Tenure
VGGT
land governance
customary law
forestry
common lands
natural resources management
land grabbing
land rights
land tenure
land tenure systems
customary tenure
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: "In recent years, many governments globally have formally recognized community land and natural resource tenure, either based on existing customary practices or more recently established land governance arrangements.1 These tenure arrangements have been called by a variety of names, such as community, customary, communal, collective, indigenous, ancestral, or native land rights recognition. In essence, they seek to establish the rights of a group to obtain joint tenure security over their community’s land.
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BURMA – LAND TENURE AND PROPERTY RIGHTS PROFILE

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2017
Myanmar
land policies
property rights
land-use planning
land governance
land rights
land law
land tenure
land tenure systems
Burma is situated in Southeastern Asia, bordering Bangladesh, India, China, Laos and Thailand. The
majority of its population lives in rural areas and depends on land as a primary means of livelihood.
Because all land in Burma ultimately belongs to the state, citizens and organizations depend upon use
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rights, but do not own land.
Burma’s laws grant women equal rights i
n some respects and also recognize certain customary laws that
provide women equal rights in relation to land. In practice, however, the rights of many women are