The present study was commissioned by the Eastern African Farmers’ Federation with active involvement by Agriterra, and funded by LANDac, the IS Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development. It started from the hypothesis that better horizontal and vertical linkages make for stronger farmers’ organization with more negotiation capacity, and that this directly […]
Accountability in land governance concerns the ways in which governing bodies and their representatives who are responsible for decisions concerning land claims, settling land disputes and drafting development and environmental plans for their territories (at national, regional and local levels) are accountable to the citizens they represent and serve. Factors such as the implementation of new […]
What can local-level governments do to control and mitigate the commercial pressures placed on land? This is the question this working paper tries to answer. It is clear by now that the acquisition of land by foreign and domestic investors for commercial purposes may generate considerable pressures on the ground and – if unmitigated – […]
As part of a F&BKP knowledge agenda on land governance and food security, LANDac organised three country-specific learning trajectories on land governance and food security in Uganda, Ghana and Ethiopia. This reflection paper brings together the main findings and outcomes to provide policy recommendations for improved land governance and food security in Africa. The three events, held […]
Researcher: Eileen Dyer
Femke van Noorloos – completed
George Schoneveld – completed
Linked to this research, a book chapter was published: ‘Land conflicts in Senegal revisited: Continuities and emerging dynamics’ (Mayke Kaag, Yaram Gaye and Marieke Kruis), as part of the Brill publication ‘Land, law and politics in Africa’ (ed. by Jan Abbink and Mirjam de Bruijn). The chapter is available through open access, and can be […]
PhD student: Nguyen Quang Phuc (Hue College of Economics -Hue University, Vietnam) Host institution: International Development Studies, Utrecht University
PhD student: Ty Pham Huu (Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry – HUAF, Vietnam) Host institution: International Development Studies, Utrecht University
Results from a survey in Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger. Thea Hilhorst (KIT), Joost Nelen, Nata Traoré (SNV) – April 2011
The aim of the current project is to gain a better understanding of current processes of land acquisition related to the rapidly expanding ‘soya frontier’ in South America, by analyzing how soya production rapidly increased, first in Argentina, but then spreading into Paraguay and other countries of the region. Today, there are clear indications that […]
