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The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Land Policy Initiative (IGAD LPI) Project, in collaboration with the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) of the African Union and with support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), this morning opened a one-day validation…
By: Amy Lieberman
Source: devex
Date: 7 November 2016
More than 1 billion people on the planet lack secure rights to the land they rely on for their livelihood, a problem that has long been recognized as an obstacle to economic development in the poorest parts of the world.
Now,…
Segundo convite à manifestação de interesse:
Parceria para a provedoria de informação ou dados nacionais ou regionais sobre terra
A Fundação Land Portal está à procura de parceiros nacionais ou regionais para a construção de um ecossistema de informação e dados sobre governança da terra. A…
Second call for expressions of interest: national or regional information and data partnerships on land
The Land Portal Foundation is looking for national or regional partners to build an information and data ecosystem on land governance. The Land Portal Foundation is particularly interested in…
Date: 16 novembre 2016
Source: Uneca.org
Un séminaire de deux jours aux fins de sensibiliser les chefs traditionnels africains sur les risques et les opportunités d’investissements fonciers à grande échelle (LSLBIs) a débuté ce mercredi, à Accra, au Ghana, où participant plus de 50 autorités…
By: Annie Kelly
Date: December 7, 2016
Source: The Guardian
Deforestation, climate change and land rights abuse: the palm oil industry has a troubled track record. But proponents say it can be a force for good.
The palm oil industry is one of the world’s biggest, projected to be worth $88bn…
Les accaparements de terres coûtent à l’Afrique son développement économique, selon le Pr Samir Amin ()
Date: 15 décembre 2016
Source: Agence Ecofin
Par Souha Touré
En marge d’un symposium organisé à Dakar, le Professeur Samir Amin (photo) a déclaré que l’accaparemment des terres participe en grande partie au retard dans le développement économique des pays africains.
Dénonçant une forme de…
By: Pius Sawa
Date: 16 December 2016
Source:PLACE.TRUST.ORG
"I used to stay away three hours looking for enough wood to cook beans, but now it is easy because I need just a small bundle"
At a factory in Uganda's capital, Kampala, workers steam-cook beans in big metal containers, before…
Date: December 22nd 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / African Development Bank Group
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) hosting the first meeting of the WIP Council on Economic Empowerment in Kenya
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Women in…
Date: January 2nd 2017
Source: Food Tank
Celine Salcedo-La Viña is an Associate with the Land and Resource Rights (LRR) project at the World Resources Institute (WRI). Her legal and policy analysis help LRR support rural African communities’ rights to land and natural resources. Food Tank had the…
Climate change is leading to higher average temperatures and greater rainfall variability, with a pronounced effect on agricultural productivity and the suitability of major crops in Ethiopia. Farming households with tenure security are more likely to choose to access credit and to invest in their…
Self-declared state wants to shift much of its population to the coast as grazing land fails
It is often said that climate change will hurt the world’s poorest people first. Nowhere is that potentially truer than in Somaliland, an unrecognised state in the Horn of Africa sandwiched between an…