Land Tenure Issues
MADAGASCAR: Small steps towards land reformIRIN News | 13 Apr 2012TALATA 13 April 2012 (IRIN) - When officials asked everybody in the commune (sub-district) of Talata in Madagascar's central Amoron'i Mania region to register their land in 2007, it was to be the beginning of a national programme of far-reaching and much needed land reforms aimed at recognizing local mland rights and decentralizing land management. But local authorities had made little progress before the 2009 political crisis, branded a coup by the international community, stalled the process.
Madagascar | Agriculture | Land Tenure Issues Corruption undermining land access, developmentThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | 12 Dec 2011Striking at one of the core issues affecting agriculture and food security worldwide, the findings of a working paper by FAO and Transparency International in more than 61 countries show that weak governance has increased the likelihood of corruption in land tenure and administration, and is intensifying the impact of pressures on land use.
Land Tenure Issues The small print behind African land grabsGuardian Unlimited | 01 Feb 2011A new report analyses the contracts behind the buy-up of millions of hectares of African farmland. Invest in land, goes the old saw, they're not making it any more. And, as we have reported, many rich countries and companies are doing just that in the developing world. Partly it's about making money, partly it's about securing food in a world where that commodity is looking harder to come by. So are the deals being struck for millions of hectares, particularly in Africa, transparent and fair?
Food Security | Impacts on Ecosystems | Land Tenure Issues | Poverty Reduction Africa: Continent Can Overcome Food InsecurityAllAfrica.com | 31 Jan 2011President Paul Kagame has said that Africa can address the problem of food insecurity, if the arable land on the continent is put to good use. The President made the remarks while speaking at a World Food Program (WFP) event, held alongside the World Economic Forum in Davos- Klosters, Switzerland, under the theme "nourishing people, invest in the next generation".
Rwanda | Food Security | Land Tenure Issues Kenya: A Brand New Constitution, But Can Women Enjoy Land Rights?ips.org | 16 Dec 2010Mary Kimani wishes her husband were still alive. Holding her one-year-old son in one hand and a hoe in the other, she recounts with bitterness how she and her children lost their livelihood to her husbands family. The road accident that took my husband changed my life completely. That was the end of me and my children, Kimani told IPS. She was married for seven years and, together with her late husband, worked hard to own land, a house and a vehicle.
Kenya | Environmental Awareness | Education Food Versus Biofuels Debate Continuesips.org | 16 Dec 2010Were going to Cancún no better off than we were in Copenhagen, said Thuli Makama, the director of Friends of the Earth Swaziland, as she prepared to leave for the climate negotiations in Mexico. Makama is worried about one particular proposal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions: biofuels. She feels industrialised countries are promoting the production and use of biofuels to fulfill their energy needs, but this will leave more people in the developing world without food.
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