Building bottom-up accountability in an era of land grabbing in sub-saharan Africa : policy points and recommendations from Nigeria, Uganda, Mali and South Africa

This policy brief outlines recommendations resulting from a three-year action research programme undertaken by civil society organizations in collaboration with threatened communities of smallholder farmers and fishers. Through participatory action research, local organizations and communities used The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (Tenure Guidelines or TGs) to analyse and assess unjust situations regarding the governance of their land and resources, and to point the way forward in terms of advocacy and democratic land control. Rights advocacy and access to resources must include women and youths.