Details, roles and responsibilities of Ministry of Lands in Kenya, plus details for registration, planning, certification of lands.
This Concept paper is in reality “a comprehensive road map” towards the realization of a National Spatial Plan. Its preparation is related to the country’s policy framework, the Kenya Vision 2030 and the National Land Policy and goes further to define National Spatial Plan; summarize the challenges that have
arisen due to lack of this plan and the benefits expected from its implementation. The concept elaborates the scope, methodology and an estimated budget for its preparation.
The aim of the Concept Paper is to:
The Beijing Platform for Action, an agenda for women's empowerment, spelled out a set of objectives and actions to be taken by governments, the international community, non-governmental organisations and the private sector to overcome obstacles to women's equality. Amongt the critical areas of concern relevant to women's land rights mentioned in the document are the following:
The land fragmentation in Bulgaria is a big problem after the land restitution. As a result of the implementation of the activities according to the Law on Ownership and use of agricultural land, land reallocation plans by Territories Belonging to Settlements (TBSs) were drawn up and came into force for the entire territory of the country. There were established about 10 million land properties, belonging to approximate 2 million owners, which means that the average area of a property is about 0,6 ha, including perennial plantations, meadows, and pastures.
Over the last 14 years, substantial progress has been made in carrying forward the civil law reforms and the programs of ownership transfer in Albania. Almost all families and some juridical persons have received documentation giving ownership rights in land and housing units, and most families and enterprises now occupy and use their land premises. Major problems remain. First, there are unresolved conflicting claims to land and properties made by former owners (pre-1945) and current occupants in some villages and urban neighborhoods.
The document provides a comprehensive study on past and current land management, including an overview of legislation on pasture access and management, and pratical examples of pasture management in practice.
This is a guide for civil society organisations (CSOs) to the Committee onWorld Food Security – known as the CFS.It explains what the CFS is, why it is important, and how civil societyorganisations worldwide can monitor, influence or get involved in the work ofthe CFS at the global, regional and the national level.The guide is written in plain language for social movements, communitybasedorganisations (CBOs), civil society (CSOs), and local orinternational non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on foodsecurity and nutrition issues (see Box 1), including food sovereignty and theright
The structure of this review is as follows: the first section discusses how contract farming is defined for the purposes of this review and briefly describes the history and extent of contract farming globally. The second section details the main factors contributing to the increased incidence of contract farming in developing countries, and describes the most common models utilised. Section 3 covers the main conceptual and theoretical perspectives on contract farming.
This World Bank supported presentation highlights the need of a land law in Timor-Leste.
Whether customary standards and traditional proverty rights are taken into account during the lobbying for a new land law is not clear, but it states at least the acknowledgement of community Land.
Due to several changes in the legal regime during the last 3 decades, Timor-Leste is facing a high degree in land right uncertainty: