Benin

The index below offers access to a diverse collection of land-related publications and resources related specifically to this country, which have been classified by contributing organizations.

Country land legislations

Treaties, laws and regulations on land and soil extracted from FAOLEX

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Loi nº 2007-03 portant régime foncier rural en République du Bénin.Date of entry: 22 Jul 2008, Last edit: 29 Jan 2013
Constitution of the People's Republic of Benin.Date of entry: 26 Nov 2012, Last edit: 26 Nov 2012
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Events
“Quelles formes d’accaparement des terres existent ? Comment le droit foncier et le droit des investissements permettent-ils l’accaparement des terres ? Quelles pistes de solutions, notamment...
News
“Conscients de l’importance de l’agriculture dans le processus de développement du Bénin, beaucoup de cadres béninois en fonction dans les villes sont acquéreurs de parcelles. Mais confrontés...
Documents
“Domestic investment in land has a long history in West Africa. The recent wave of transfer seems however different as it may lead to irreversible changes in control over land and resources,...
Multimedia
“In Africa, international concerns have been raised by recent foreign, large-scale land acquisitions over the impacts on small farmers and food security. There are fears that local concerns...
Documents
This country profile has been compiled as part of a series of country factsheets particularly prepared for Dutch embassies that are developing a strategic analysis on food security and...
Documents
This paper describes some of the experiences of the Plan Foncier Rural (PFR) or Rural Land Plans and what they teach about the more general question of identifying and recording of these rights,...
News
Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) fait parti du réseau mondial des Fondations Open Society (OSF). Elle accorde des subventions et fait du plaidoyer dans le but de soutenir la création...
Documents
“In West Africa, domestic investors acquire plots of farm land using their connections, powers and resources. Some policy makers view these investments as a shift towards agribusiness and state...
Documents
In 2004, FAO, IFAD, and the International Land Coalition (ILC) jointly published a report on progress towards the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),...
Documents
This paper contains a careful and focused analysis of the gendered impacts of commercial pressures on land (CPL), and especially their impacts on women. It is based on a review of the literature on...
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