Making rangelands more secure in Cameroon: Lessons learned and recommendations for policy makers, development actors and pastoralists
In Cameroon, rangelands occupy about 20 % of surface area; provide critical habitat to many animal and
plant species; offer many vital goods and services to society and are home to pastoralists, agropastoralists,
crop farmers, fishermen and hunter-gatherers, who for centuries co-existed peacefully. In
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Measuring sustainable intensification in smallholder agroecosystems: A review
Sustainable intensification (SI) is at the forefront of food security discussions as a means to meet the growing demand for agricultural production while conserving land and other resources. A broader definition of SI is emerging that takes into account the human condition, nutrition and social equity.
Earth observation applications in Index-based Livestock Insurance (IBLI): Challenges and opportunities
Notes de politiques sur les questions pastorales dans le cadre du projet régional d’appui au pastoralisme au Sahel (PRAPS)/mobilité pastorale
District Multi-stakeholder Forums: An Unexhausted Opportunity for Securing Land Rights; the Tanzanian Experience
Administration of land in Tanzania is more decentralized from the president to the village level. The law gives power to village councils and village assemblies to administer village land. The District authorities are given advisory and supervisory mandates over villages and represent the commissioner who takes overall administrative powers.
Non-State Actors Communiqué on Livestock Sector Development in Tanzania
In this communiqué, the undersigned Non-State Actors (civil society,pastoralist, research, private, farmers’ unions and other stakeholders) champion a call to action and outline recommendations on livestock policy advocacy strategies that take into consideration the unique conditions and opportunities of the livestock sector development in Tanzania.
Land for infrastructure development: compulsory acquisition and compensation of unregistered/undocumented land in Kenya
Kenya’s Vision 2030 aims at transforming the country into a newly industrialized middle income country
and infrastructural development is high on the agenda to achieve this. Competing land uses and existing
interests in land make the use of eminent domain by government in acquiring land inevitable. However
Pastoral women’s land rights and village land use planning in Tanzania: Experiences from the sustainable rangeland management project
In pastoral societies women face many challenges. Some describe these as a ‘double burden’ – that is, as pastoralists and as women. However, pastoral women may obtain a significant degree of protection from customary law even if customary institutions are male-dominated.
New roles of kinship group and its organization in a Solon-Evenki village (Gacha) after the introduction of the rural land tenure system
Law No. 47-VI “On pastoralism”.
This Law regulates social relations related to rational management of pastures and is aimed at improvement the state and infrastructure thereof with a view of prevention of degradation of pastures. Pastures shall be classified as arid pastures, rotation (high-productive) pastures and seasonal pastures destined for seasonal grazing and transhumance.