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Biofuels, Land Grabbing and Food Security in Africa

Briefs & Development
Land grabbing for growing biofuels and to ensure food security is capturing the imagination of multilateral institutions, donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), land activists, academics and…

Peace, Conflict, and Development in Africa: A Reader

Briefs & Development
The Africa Programme of the UN–affiliated University for Peace (UPEACE) is pleased to present Peace, Conflict, and Development in Africa: A Reader, another step in…

Land Policy in Africa: West Africa Regional Assessment

Country Assessments
The African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), acting as a consortium, have launched…

South Sudan Food Security and Land Governance Factsheet

Briefs & Development
Food security depends of secure access to land and water (rainfed or irrigated). In South Sudan most farmers rely on customary tenure systems, but which…

Land Politics and Conflict in Nepal: Realities and Potentials for Agrarian Transformation

Briefs & Development
Land has not only been one of the most contentious topics in the
political economy of Nepal over the last fifty years, but it has also
become…

Fiji: Indigenous Women Defend Community and Environment

Blog
In September of 2005, women from rural and urban areas throughout the Macuata Province, Fiji, met to create a strategic, ten-year sustainable development plan. The…

Incidence and Impact of Land Conflict in Uganda

Briefs & Development
While there is a large, though inconclusive, literature on the impact of land titles in Africa, little attention has been devoted to the study of…

Day 9: Feminism and Food Sovereignty

Blog
Food sovereignty offers opportunities to advance women’s rights within the food system, but we must also work to restore gender relations within rural families and…