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Nigeria is a populous middle-income country that heavily relies on revenues from oil and gas exports, ranking among the 10 biggest oil exporters in the world. However, agriculture is as important to Nigeria’s economy contributing 21.9% to the GDP and providing employment for more than half the rural population.
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Socio-economic indicators browse all
Land Area
91,077,000 ha
GDP/Capita
4,922.6 USD
Total population
213,401,000
Urban population
50.3 %
Land-related indicators browse all
Agricultural land
77.7 %
Perceived tenure security
67.9 %
Primary forests
20,000 ha
Women owning land
1.1 %

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03 February 2023
By Abdullah Tijani This story has been developed as part of Nieves Zúñiga’s 2022 LEDE Fellowship project awarded by the Solutions Journalism Network and developed in collaboration with Land Portal. A decade ago, 15-year-old Muhammad Anas joined his father to till and plant on their 15-plot family…
Pastoral Land Rights
Uncovering Land Governance Challenges in 9 African Countries: NELGA’s Overview of Pastoralism and Small-Scale Farming
30 January 2023
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African countries are tapping their fossil fuel wealth. Why aren’t they getting rich?
08 December 2022
When an American oil company discovered a massive natural gas reserve off the coast of Mozambique in early 2010, the country appeared poised for a brighter future. After more than a decade of relying on foreign aid to recover from a bloody civil war, here was an opportunity to gain financial…

Nigeria

projects

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EU4 Land administration: Supply of IT equipment

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
EU4 Land administration: Supply of IT equipment
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

EU4 Land administration: Supply of IT equipment -

Supply, deliver and install (where relevant) farming equipment including milking parlours and seeds
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Fair Finance Asia II Sida - Indonesia
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency

General

Joint Programme on Housing, Land and Property Issues - Phase II (NRC)
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Overall objective:

To contribute to the creation of an enabling environment where crisis affected women and men and communities can exercise their HLP rights.

Specific Objectives:

class="ql-align-justify">-         To improve access to HLP documentation, record keeping and tenure security

class="ql-align-justify">-         To improve access of affected women and men to services and legal remedies

Integrated Landscape Management for a zero-deforestation coffee and rice value chains in the Central South and
9326643.053
Project duration:
Euro
Government of the United Kingdom, Other organizations (Projects Database)
European Commission

Objectives

Promote sustainable food systems that are deforestation-free and support the conservation of biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services, with a focus on rice and coffee in landscapes of the Central-South and Eastern coast of Madagascar

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Nigeria: State Action on Business Enabling Reforms (SABER) Program
769388592.5
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

The Program Development Objective (PDO) is to improve (1) the efficiency of land administration, (2) the regulatory framework for private investment in fiber optic infrastructure, (3) services provided by investment promotion agencies and public-private partnership units, and (4) the efficiency and transparency of government-to-business services in participating states.

Programme fédéral belge de Coopération internationale communale (PCIC) Burkina Faso - phase 2022-2026
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Transparency International Bangladesh, Global Affairs Canada
Government of Canada

General

Promoting sustainable livestock management and ecosystem conservation in Northern Ukraine
5564157.47
Project duration:
to
Euro
United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Global Environment Facility

Objectives

To promote sustainable livestock management and conserve ecosystems in the Northern Ukraine landscape.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Life-saving shelter assistance to 6,720 newly arrived and protracted IDPs in Banadir through distribution of N
329742.4355
Project duration:
to
Euro
FIAN International, International Development Research Centre
Government of Canada

Objectives

Indigenous Women and mining impact- CIPO
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Oxfam Novib, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

0
Donors:
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Supply, deliver and install (where relevant) farming equipment including milking parlours and seeds

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
EU4 Land administration: Supply of IT equipment
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

EU4 Land administration: Supply of IT equipment -

Supply, deliver and install (where relevant) farming equipment including milking parlours and seeds
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Fair Finance Asia II Sida - Indonesia
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency

General

Joint Programme on Housing, Land and Property Issues - Phase II (NRC)
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Overall objective:

To contribute to the creation of an enabling environment where crisis affected women and men and communities can exercise their HLP rights.

Specific Objectives:

class="ql-align-justify">-         To improve access to HLP documentation, record keeping and tenure security

class="ql-align-justify">-         To improve access of affected women and men to services and legal remedies

Integrated Landscape Management for a zero-deforestation coffee and rice value chains in the Central South and
9326643.053
Project duration:
Euro
Government of the United Kingdom, Other organizations (Projects Database)
European Commission

Objectives

Promote sustainable food systems that are deforestation-free and support the conservation of biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services, with a focus on rice and coffee in landscapes of the Central-South and Eastern coast of Madagascar

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Nigeria: State Action on Business Enabling Reforms (SABER) Program
769388592.5
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

The Program Development Objective (PDO) is to improve (1) the efficiency of land administration, (2) the regulatory framework for private investment in fiber optic infrastructure, (3) services provided by investment promotion agencies and public-private partnership units, and (4) the efficiency and transparency of government-to-business services in participating states.

Programme fédéral belge de Coopération internationale communale (PCIC) Burkina Faso - phase 2022-2026
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Transparency International Bangladesh, Global Affairs Canada
Government of Canada

General

Promoting sustainable livestock management and ecosystem conservation in Northern Ukraine
5564157.47
Project duration:
to
Euro
United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Global Environment Facility

Objectives

To promote sustainable livestock management and conserve ecosystems in the Northern Ukraine landscape.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Life-saving shelter assistance to 6,720 newly arrived and protracted IDPs in Banadir through distribution of N
329742.4355
Project duration:
to
Euro
FIAN International, International Development Research Centre
Government of Canada

Objectives

Indigenous Women and mining impact- CIPO
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Oxfam Novib, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

0
Donors:
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Fair Finance Asia II Sida - Indonesia

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
EU4 Land administration: Supply of IT equipment
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

EU4 Land administration: Supply of IT equipment -

Supply, deliver and install (where relevant) farming equipment including milking parlours and seeds
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Fair Finance Asia II Sida - Indonesia
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency

General

Joint Programme on Housing, Land and Property Issues - Phase II (NRC)
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Overall objective:

To contribute to the creation of an enabling environment where crisis affected women and men and communities can exercise their HLP rights.

Specific Objectives:

class="ql-align-justify">-         To improve access to HLP documentation, record keeping and tenure security

class="ql-align-justify">-         To improve access of affected women and men to services and legal remedies

Integrated Landscape Management for a zero-deforestation coffee and rice value chains in the Central South and
9326643.053
Project duration:
Euro
Government of the United Kingdom, Other organizations (Projects Database)
European Commission

Objectives

Promote sustainable food systems that are deforestation-free and support the conservation of biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services, with a focus on rice and coffee in landscapes of the Central-South and Eastern coast of Madagascar

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Nigeria: State Action on Business Enabling Reforms (SABER) Program
769388592.5
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

The Program Development Objective (PDO) is to improve (1) the efficiency of land administration, (2) the regulatory framework for private investment in fiber optic infrastructure, (3) services provided by investment promotion agencies and public-private partnership units, and (4) the efficiency and transparency of government-to-business services in participating states.

Programme fédéral belge de Coopération internationale communale (PCIC) Burkina Faso - phase 2022-2026
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Transparency International Bangladesh, Global Affairs Canada
Government of Canada

General

Promoting sustainable livestock management and ecosystem conservation in Northern Ukraine
5564157.47
Project duration:
to
Euro
United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Global Environment Facility

Objectives

To promote sustainable livestock management and conserve ecosystems in the Northern Ukraine landscape.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Life-saving shelter assistance to 6,720 newly arrived and protracted IDPs in Banadir through distribution of N
329742.4355
Project duration:
to
Euro
FIAN International, International Development Research Centre
Government of Canada

Objectives

Indigenous Women and mining impact- CIPO
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Oxfam Novib, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

0
Donors:
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency
Joint Programme on Housing, Land and Property Issues - Phase II (NRC)

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
EU4 Land administration: Supply of IT equipment
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

EU4 Land administration: Supply of IT equipment -

Supply, deliver and install (where relevant) farming equipment including milking parlours and seeds
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Fair Finance Asia II Sida - Indonesia
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency

General

Joint Programme on Housing, Land and Property Issues - Phase II (NRC)
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Overall objective:

To contribute to the creation of an enabling environment where crisis affected women and men and communities can exercise their HLP rights.

Specific Objectives:

class="ql-align-justify">-         To improve access to HLP documentation, record keeping and tenure security

class="ql-align-justify">-         To improve access of affected women and men to services and legal remedies

Integrated Landscape Management for a zero-deforestation coffee and rice value chains in the Central South and
9326643.053
Project duration:
Euro
Government of the United Kingdom, Other organizations (Projects Database)
European Commission

Objectives

Promote sustainable food systems that are deforestation-free and support the conservation of biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services, with a focus on rice and coffee in landscapes of the Central-South and Eastern coast of Madagascar

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Nigeria: State Action on Business Enabling Reforms (SABER) Program
769388592.5
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

The Program Development Objective (PDO) is to improve (1) the efficiency of land administration, (2) the regulatory framework for private investment in fiber optic infrastructure, (3) services provided by investment promotion agencies and public-private partnership units, and (4) the efficiency and transparency of government-to-business services in participating states.

Programme fédéral belge de Coopération internationale communale (PCIC) Burkina Faso - phase 2022-2026
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Transparency International Bangladesh, Global Affairs Canada
Government of Canada

General

Promoting sustainable livestock management and ecosystem conservation in Northern Ukraine
5564157.47
Project duration:
to
Euro
United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Global Environment Facility

Objectives

To promote sustainable livestock management and conserve ecosystems in the Northern Ukraine landscape.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Life-saving shelter assistance to 6,720 newly arrived and protracted IDPs in Banadir through distribution of N
329742.4355
Project duration:
to
Euro
FIAN International, International Development Research Centre
Government of Canada

Objectives

Indigenous Women and mining impact- CIPO
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Oxfam Novib, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

0
Donors:
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Integrated Landscape Management for a zero-deforestation coffee and rice value chains in the Central South and

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
EU4 Land administration: Supply of IT equipment
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

EU4 Land administration: Supply of IT equipment -

Supply, deliver and install (where relevant) farming equipment including milking parlours and seeds
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Fair Finance Asia II Sida - Indonesia
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency

General

Joint Programme on Housing, Land and Property Issues - Phase II (NRC)
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Overall objective:

To contribute to the creation of an enabling environment where crisis affected women and men and communities can exercise their HLP rights.

Specific Objectives:

class="ql-align-justify">-         To improve access to HLP documentation, record keeping and tenure security

class="ql-align-justify">-         To improve access of affected women and men to services and legal remedies

Integrated Landscape Management for a zero-deforestation coffee and rice value chains in the Central South and
9326643.053
Project duration:
Euro
Government of the United Kingdom, Other organizations (Projects Database)
European Commission

Objectives

Promote sustainable food systems that are deforestation-free and support the conservation of biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services, with a focus on rice and coffee in landscapes of the Central-South and Eastern coast of Madagascar

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Nigeria: State Action on Business Enabling Reforms (SABER) Program
769388592.5
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

The Program Development Objective (PDO) is to improve (1) the efficiency of land administration, (2) the regulatory framework for private investment in fiber optic infrastructure, (3) services provided by investment promotion agencies and public-private partnership units, and (4) the efficiency and transparency of government-to-business services in participating states.

Programme fédéral belge de Coopération internationale communale (PCIC) Burkina Faso - phase 2022-2026
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Transparency International Bangladesh, Global Affairs Canada
Government of Canada

General

Promoting sustainable livestock management and ecosystem conservation in Northern Ukraine
5564157.47
Project duration:
to
Euro
United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Global Environment Facility

Objectives

To promote sustainable livestock management and conserve ecosystems in the Northern Ukraine landscape.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Life-saving shelter assistance to 6,720 newly arrived and protracted IDPs in Banadir through distribution of N
329742.4355
Project duration:
to
Euro
FIAN International, International Development Research Centre
Government of Canada

Objectives

Indigenous Women and mining impact- CIPO
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Oxfam Novib, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

9326643.053
Donors:
European Commission
Nigeria: State Action on Business Enabling Reforms (SABER) Program

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
EU4 Land administration: Supply of IT equipment
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

EU4 Land administration: Supply of IT equipment -

Supply, deliver and install (where relevant) farming equipment including milking parlours and seeds
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Fair Finance Asia II Sida - Indonesia
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency

General

Joint Programme on Housing, Land and Property Issues - Phase II (NRC)
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
International Development Research Centre, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Government of Canada, Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

Overall objective:

To contribute to the creation of an enabling environment where crisis affected women and men and communities can exercise their HLP rights.

Specific Objectives:

class="ql-align-justify">-         To improve access to HLP documentation, record keeping and tenure security

class="ql-align-justify">-         To improve access of affected women and men to services and legal remedies

Integrated Landscape Management for a zero-deforestation coffee and rice value chains in the Central South and
9326643.053
Project duration:
Euro
Government of the United Kingdom, Other organizations (Projects Database)
European Commission

Objectives

Promote sustainable food systems that are deforestation-free and support the conservation of biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services, with a focus on rice and coffee in landscapes of the Central-South and Eastern coast of Madagascar

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Nigeria: State Action on Business Enabling Reforms (SABER) Program
769388592.5
Project duration:
to
Euro
Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

The Program Development Objective (PDO) is to improve (1) the efficiency of land administration, (2) the regulatory framework for private investment in fiber optic infrastructure, (3) services provided by investment promotion agencies and public-private partnership units, and (4) the efficiency and transparency of government-to-business services in participating states.

Programme fédéral belge de Coopération internationale communale (PCIC) Burkina Faso - phase 2022-2026
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Transparency International Bangladesh, Global Affairs Canada
Government of Canada

General

Promoting sustainable livestock management and ecosystem conservation in Northern Ukraine
5564157.47
Project duration:
to
Euro
United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Global Environment Facility

Objectives

To promote sustainable livestock management and conserve ecosystems in the Northern Ukraine landscape.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Life-saving shelter assistance to 6,720 newly arrived and protracted IDPs in Banadir through distribution of N
329742.4355
Project duration:
to
Euro
FIAN International, International Development Research Centre
Government of Canada

Objectives

Indigenous Women and mining impact- CIPO
0
Project duration:
to
Euro
Oxfam Novib, Other organizations (Projects Database)
Other organizations (Projects Database)

General

769388592.5
Donors:
Other organizations (Projects Database)
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Even if Nigeria’s Constitution provides equal land, divorce, and inheritance rights to men and women, according to customary practices, women are regarded as their spouse’s property and as such are not entitled to own land themselves.

India Land rights
PhD Session II
05 July 2021
In the second PhD session of the LANDac Conference 2021, three PhD researchers presented their work in progress. We learned about slums in Abuja, Nigeria, about forest rights in India, and about the relation between inequalities in soil fertility, gender, and access to subsidies. Each presentation…
The Root of Inequality? Customary Tenure and Women’s Rights to Land in West Africa
Read the webinar report Or Whatch the webinar again: Background In much of West Africa, women are considered breadwinners responsible to provide food for the family. However, women do not only own less land but also face manifold obstacles in accessing land through transfers, inheritance,…