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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970
    Ghana

    This report is the outcome of a study undertaken on men and women’s access to and control

    over land in seven districts of the Volta Region in Ghana. The study evolved out of a need for

    increased insight into gender differences in access to and control over land and the implications of insecure access to land for households within the Volta Region of Ghana.

    The objective of the study was to obtain an improved understanding of gender-specific

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970
    Cuba, Mexico

    This publications presents a methodology and software for assessing carbon sequestration that were developed and tested in pilot field studies in Mexico and Cuba. The models and tools enable the analysis of land use change scenarios in order to identifyin a given area (watershed or district) land use alternatives and land management practices that simultaneously maximize food production, maximize soil carbon sequestration, maximize biodiversity conservation and minimize land degradation.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970

    At the request of its member countries, FAO has been carrying out global forest resources assessments (FRA) since 1947, in collaboration with countries and other partners, notably the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The global FRA reports on the worldwide status and trends of forest resources, their management and uses. It is based on nationally validated data from national forest inventories and assessments.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970

    The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),

    ratified by 175 countries, is the only human rights treaty that deals specifically with rural

    women. This study, undertaken jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

    Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the

    International Land Coalition (ILC), analyses information on the status of rural women as provided

    in selected reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970

    This guide on Leasing agricultural land is designed to provide information on leasing arrangements in a format that can be used by grassroots organizations that work with small farmers and others in rural communities. Fair and secure leasing arrangements that balance the interests of the tenant and the land owner can lead to improvements in access to land for farming, better agricultural production and improved access to food.

  6. Library Resource
    January, 1970
    Cambodia, Hungary, Mexico, Uganda

    The papers contained in this issue have been selected from those presented at a series of workshops, held in 2002 in Hungary, Uganda, Mexico and Cambodia, that were organized by the World Bank jointly with the Department for International Development (DFID), the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and with FAO, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the African development Bank (AfDB), the European Union (EU), the International Land Coalition, Oxfam, and other bilateral an

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970
    Africa

    The report summarises the papers, presentations and discussions of a workshop on failures and achievements at securing women’s land rights. In particular, it addresses the following issues: Land rights and legal reforms,legal aid and land administration practice, women's land rights in an HIV/AIDS context,women's land rights from a food security and livelihoods context. Organised by the FAO and Oxfam, the workshop seeks to establish global and multi-sectoral alliances and multiple strategies as a means of breaking out of the present impasse in this matter.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970

    This report summarizes the findings of the e-mail conference that took place from 9 October to 4 November 2002 and which was organized by the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands project (LADA). The report contains exchanges of views on data sets and methods that may be used to assess land degradation and a discussion on the biophysical, socio-economic and institutional indicators that explain the root causes, driving forces, status, impact and reponses to land degradation at various scales.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970

    This conmpendium of recent sustainable development initiatives in the field of agriculture and land management has been developed as a supporting document for the Task Manager's Report on the Land and Agriculture Cluster for Chapters 10, 12 and 14 of Agenda 21. The report draws together 75 cases from over 45 countries, illustrating the many features of improved land management and sustainable agriculture and rural development.

  10. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 1970
    Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa

    This background paper intends to highlight key issues surrounding the impact of HIV/AIDS on land, particularly at the rural household level in Southern and Eastern Africa. It also serves as an introduction to three country reports commissioned by the Sub-Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the impact of the epidemic on land issues. These studies are focused on Kenya, Lesotho and South Africa.

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