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Plural Inheritance Laws, Practices and Emergent Types of Property—Implications for Updating the Land Register

LandLibrary Resource
Peer-reviewed publication
Décembre, 2018
Global

Sustaining up-to-date land registers in the global south is an increasing concern for the protection of tenure, development of land markets and long-term sustainable planning practices and policy. It requires both the prompt reporting of land transfers and also an alignment between prevailing land rights and official recording systems.

Revue du Secteur Foncier en Milieu Urbain et Péri-urbain : Mettre Le Marché Foncier au Service d’Un Développement Efficient et Inclusif du Grand Lomé

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Reports & Research
Décembre, 2018
Togo

Le Togo a connu une forte croissance économique dont la poursuite devra être soutenue par l’amélioration du secteur foncier. La croissance économique de plus de 5% annuellement depuis 2009 est parmi les meilleurs du continent. Cette évolution s’est accompagnée d’une réduction de la pauvreté qui demeure cependant élevée à environ 55% (2015).

Access to Land Influencing the Urban Development of Egypt

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2018
Egypt

The paper seeks to assess the impact of access to the land of Egypt on urban development in an attempt to identify policies and laws that can be categorized as a catalyst in urban conflict A systematicreview of Data on land tenure environment of Egypt land access land governance and tenure security the actors involved in these processes their roles the land tenure related challenges they face a

Shaping the City that Decreases Overweight and Obesity through Healthy Built Environment

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Journal Articles & Books
Décembre, 2018
Lebanon

Cities are being built based on the concepts of comfortable easy and fast for the inhabitants However what is being constructed is promoting physical inactivity and people are finding that what was being considered as convenient for daily life is in fact harmful to their physical health This study points to the many components of a city that beats overweight issues and especially obesity The ca

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas

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Décembre, 2018
Global

ABSTRACTED FROM LA VIA CAMPESINA PRESS RELEASE: The UN Declaration aims to better protect the rights of all rural populations including peasants, fisherfolks, nomads, agricultural workers and indigenous peoples and to improve living conditions, as well as to strengthen food sovereignty, the fight against climate change and the conservation of biodiversity.

Using natural areas and empowering women to buffer food security and nutrition from climate shocks: Evidence from Ghana, Zambia, and Bangladesh

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Décembre, 2018
Afrique australe
Afrique occidentale
Afrique sub-saharienne
Asie méridionale
Asie
Afrique
Bangladesh
Ghana
Zambie

As climate change makes precipitation shocks more common, policymakers are becoming increasingly interested in protecting food systems and nutrition outcomes from the damaging effects of droughts and floods (Wheeler and von Braun, 2013).

Economics of land degradation in Niger

LandLibrary Resource
Peer-reviewed publication
Décembre, 2018
Afrique occidentale
Afrique sub-saharienne
Afrique
Niger

Land degradation poses daunting challenges to Niger and the country has designed several policies and strategies for combatting it. Building on work past studies, this study uses new satellite data which have higher resolution and run for longer time – thus capturing the longterm land management dynamics.

Production risks, risk preference and contract farming: Impact on food security in India

LandLibrary Resource
Peer-reviewed publication
Décembre, 2018
Asie méridionale
Asie
Inde

This article reviews the literature on contract farming (CF) in India and assesses the impact of smallholders’ perceived production risks on the adoption of CF; the impact of CF on smallholders’ food security; and its impact on employment generation in their farming enterprises. We also show the impact of the outcome variables by risk preference of smallholders.