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Land tenure and natural resource management

a comparative study of agrarian communities in Africa and Asia

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2001
South-Eastern Asia, Asia, Africa, Vietnam
The devastating environmental effects of deforestation and the exploitation of other natural resources in the developing world have been well documented, yet their impact on local communities has received far less attention. This report looks at how land degradation and deforestation are being addressed at the local level, where households have experienced the reduction of farm size and the decline of natural resources. Through a comparison of Asia and Africa, the evolution of land tenure institutions within diverse cultural, natural, and policy environments is examined.
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Land, trees, and women

evolution of land tenure institutions in Western Ghana and Sumatra

Peer-reviewed publication
Reports & Research
December, 2001
Western Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South-Eastern Asia, Africa, Asia, Ghana, Indonesia
Land & Gender
land tenure
land tenure systems
women
property rights
natural resources management
This research report examines three questions that are central to IFPRI research: How do property-rights institutions affect efficiency and equity? How are resources allocated within households? Why does this matter from a policy perspective? As part of a larger multicountry study on property rights to land and trees, this study focuses on the evolution from customary land tenure with communal ownership toward individualized rights, and how this shift affects women and men differently.This study’s key contribution is its multilevel econometric analysis of efficiency and equity issues.
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Changes in intrahousehold labor allocation to environmental goods collection

a case study from rural Nepal, 1982 to 1997

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2000
Southern Asia, Nepal
Land & Gender
natural resources management
women
This study explores the impact of changes in environmental conditions on intrahousehold labor allocation to the collection of environmental goods such as fuelwood and leaf fodder for a sample of rural Nepali households. Using household-level panel data collected in 1982 and 1997, the study finds that household collection time significantly increases with measures of environmental resource scarcity, and that the increase appears to come almost equally from men and women.
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Soil degradation

a threat to developing-country food security by 2020?

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 1999
Global population in the year 2020 will be a third higher than in 1995, but demand for food and fiber will rise by an even higher proportion, as incomes grow, diets diversify, and urbanization accelerates. However this demand is met, population and farming pressure on land resources will intensify greatly. There is growing concern in some quarters that a decline in long-term soil productivity is already seriously limiting food production in the developing world, and that the problem is getting worse. Sarah Sherr first focuses on the magnitude and effects of soil degradation.
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Strategies for sustainable land management and poverty reduction in Uganda

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2004
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Uganda
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land management
poverty
land degradation
agriculture
farmers
The government of Uganda, with help from its development partners, is designing and implementing policies and strategies to address poverty, land degradation, and declining agricultural productivity. Land degradation, especially soil erosion and depletion of soil nutrients, is widespread in Uganda and contributes to declining productivity, which in turn increases poverty.
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IFPRI Forum

A level playing field for farmers (Feature article)

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2003
Americas, Central America, Africa
Land & Food Security
food security
development agencies
agriculture
land governance
land policies
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Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana

An economywide, multimarket model assessment

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2007
Western Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ghana
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land degradation
sustainable land management
poverty
"An economywide, multimarket model is constructed for Ghana and the effects of agricultural soil erosion on crop yields are explicitly modeled at the subnational regional level for eight main staple crops. The model is used to evaluate the aggregate economic costs of soil erosion by taking into account economywide linkages between production and consumption, across sectors and agricultural subsectors... Sustainable land management (SLM) is the key to reducing agricultural soil loss.
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Understanding the links between agriculture and health: Agriculture and nutrition linkages -- old lessons and new paradigms

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2006
Land & Food Security
Forest Tenure
agriculture
agroforestry systems
food security
Agriculture is fundamental to achieving nutrition goals: it produces the food, energy, and nutrients essential for human health and well-being. Gains in food production have played a key role in feeding growing and malnourished populations. Yet they have not translated into a hunger-free world nor prevented the development of further nutritional challenges. Micronutrient deficiencies (for example, of vitamin A, iron, iodine, and zinc) are now recognized as being even more limiting for human growth, development, health, and productivity than energy deficits.
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Understanding the links between agriculture and health: Agrobiodiversity, nutrition, and health

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2006
Land & Food Security
Forest Tenure
agriculture
agroforestry systems
food security
"With half the world’s population living in cities and towns, many poor urban dwellers face problems gaining access to adequate supplies of nutritionally balanced food. For many urban populations, an important source of food is urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA). Production and processing of crops—particularly horticultural crops—and livestock is frequently part of urban and peri-urban livelihood strategies, and the food produced forms a large part of informal sector economic activity.
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Understanding the links between agriculture and health: Agrobiodiversity, nutrition, and health

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2006
Land & Food Security
Forest Tenure
agriculture
agroforestry systems
food security
"Agricultural production relies on environmental services to transform raw inputs into the nutritious and diverse food that humans rely on for survival. Although the practice of agriculture is essential for human health, careless and inappropriate agricultural practices can degrade and contaminate natural resources and in so doing, harm human health. Modified agricultural practices can help mitigate these problems.