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  1. Library Resource
    Legislation & Policies

    Land tenure and food production

    Factsheet produced by the FAO Food for the Cities multidisciplinary Initiative.

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    An investigation into best practices for law making and implementation

    Reports & Research
    January, 2010
    Africa

    Recognizing and protecting customary land rights is a critical component of protecting and defending the land rights of the rural poor. This study is founded upon the notion that protecting and enforcing the land claims of rural Africans may be best done by passing laws that elevate existing customary land claims up into nations' formal legal frameworks and make customary land rights equal in weight and validity to documented land claims.

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    Comparative analysis of the Zero Draft and of International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD) Final Declaration

    Global

    The VG exercise has been presented as a continuum from the ICARRD Conference and commitments by Member States; therefore there is scope for a comparative analysis of the two texts.

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    Gender and Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and Other Natural Resources

    Reports & Research
    January, 2011
    Global

    The present paper is written as part of the overall Voluntary Guidelines consultation and development process and is a contribution to the subsequent preparation of the Gender Technical Guide. It contextualises and defines gender for the Voluntary Guidelines, discusses what governance of tenure means from a gender perspective and identifies and analyses key issues and themes. It then summarises recommendations relevant to gender before drawing some conclusions for the development process of the Voluntary Guidelines.

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    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2008
    Global

    The position paper provides an updated insight on the role that urban agriculture can play in pursuing the Millennium Development Goals and more specifically MDG 1 and 7, related to poverty reduction, food security, and environmental sustainability. It intends to raise awareness and inform decision makers and planners of the different aspects of urban agriculture, which entails a broad range of activities, related to the food production and distribution chain, within natural resources planning and use including urban and peri-urban forestry.

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    Reports & Research
    Global

    This publication provides a summary of the current situation of forest tenure globally, drawing primarily on the forest tenure assessments carried out by FAO in rent years and informed by several other sources. Based partly on the documents produced by the forest tenure assessment and partly on experiences described in the wider literature, the publication then reviews specific experiences of forest tenure and tenure reform, drawing lessons about what has worked and why, and identifying potential risks associated with particular approaches.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2011
    Global

    A new issue of the FAO Land Tenure Journal is now published in both hardcopy and in electronic formats. The 1/2011 issue features five continents and subcontinents exploring common challenges including tenure governance, the legal recognition of customary tenures, land scarcity and redistributive reforms, and the increasing role of information technology in tenure systems. The Land Tenure Journal provides an open, impartial and practice-oriented global forum for promoting the latest knowledge in land tenure.

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    Étude de cas national

    National Policies
    January, 2006
    Madagascar

    Depuis mars 2004, le Ministère de l’Agriculture de l'Élevage et de la Pêche malgache en charge de la Direction des Domaines et des Services Fonciers, a initié un vaste programme appelé Programme National Foncier (PNF). Le Programme National Foncier malgache présente des innovations pouvant susciter l’intérêt des décideurs (et des bailleurs de fonds). Cependant, les divers axes de la réforme n’ont pas évolué à la même vitesse. Les discussions sur les premiers bilans à 1 ans mis en évidence les préoccupations des divers acteurs.

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    FSN discussion summary of consultation and final report

    January, 2011
    Global

    The current trend in foreign land acquisition has raised considerable public concern. It gives rise to heated political debate and controversies, in the shadow of an ideological divide, whereby ―land grabbing‖ is seen as ―bad, and whereby international investments in agriculture are necessary and good.

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