Manual do curso de delimitacao de terras das comunidades.
Training of trainers
by Comissão Inter-ministerial para a revisão da legislação de terras and FAO
Maputo, Mozambique, 2000
Pag.96
This manual and the related video Nossa Terra are instruments for trainers which gives them a properly support in teaching.
They have been produced by the government of Mozambique, with a technical support of FAO. They are training tools (prepared in the context of a field project implemented by FAO in Mozambique) to be used in the context of delimitation/demarcation of communities and/or indigenous territories. The aim is to reach the educational/training needs of rural communities by making villages communities aware of the land law and strengthening their capacities to negotiate with external investors.
They are part of an extensive legal and institutional literature about land rights and land contracts which wants to support the implementation of the land law in the rural areas using a participatory approach.
The VHS video was created in order to be used together with the manual for trainers. Both video and manual are edited in Portuguese. As they were thought for the Mozambique social environment (and other Portuguese speaking countries) they are not available in other different languages.
Contact: Paolo Groppo,
Land Tenure Service (SDAA)
Rural Development Division (SDA)
FAO
Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100
Rome, Italy Paolo.groppo@fao.org
Leasing agricultural land: FAO Land Tenure Notes 1.
Training of trainers
This book contains FAO Land Tenure Notes related to the study Good practice guidelines for agricultural leasing arrangements. It provides information on land tenure in a format that can be used by grassroots organizations that work with small farmers and others in rural communities.
Land is one of the most important assets of a farmer, providing food for the family while surplus yields can be used to earn extra income. For many farmers, leasing of land is a fact of life. For those with no land or insufficient land for their needs, acquiring land through leasing goes a long way to determining their future security. For land owners, extra income or produce can be acquired by leasing land to others in exchange for cash or a portion of the harvest.
At the core of most of these land-leasing arrangements are three issues shared by tenant and land owner alike:
risk, security and trust. The success of the land owner-tenant relationship depends on the level of trust
that can be established between them. And a proper agreement can lay the groundwork for such trust -
through flexibility for the land owner and security for the tenant. In this way, many potential problems
or disputes can be avoided.
What are leases?
When should they be used?
What needs to be done to create a lease?
What information should be included in a lease?
This guide attempts to answer these questions in a simple and straightforward way. It assumes that arrangements
can be made that balance the interests of the tenant and the land owner, leading to improved access to farms,
better agricultural production and greater food security.
Contact: Paolo Groppo,
Land Tenure Service (SDAA)
Rural Development Division (SDA)
FAO
Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100
Rome, Italy Paolo.groppo@fao.org
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This manual and the related video Nossa Terra are instruments for trainers which gives them a properly support in teaching.
The VHS video was created in order to be used together with the manual for trainers. Both video and manual are edited in Portuguese. As they were thought for the Mozambique social environment (and other Portuguese speaking countries) they are not available in other different languages.
This book contains FAO Land Tenure Notes related to the study Good practice guidelines for agricultural leasing arrangements. It provides information on land tenure in a format that can be used by grassroots organizations that work with small farmers and others in rural communities.
Land is one of the most important assets of a farmer, providing food for the family while surplus yields can be used to earn extra income. For many farmers, leasing of land is a fact of life. For those with no land or insufficient land for their needs, acquiring land through leasing goes a long way to determining their future security. For land owners, extra income or produce can be acquired by leasing land to others in exchange for cash or a portion of the harvest.
At the core of most of these land-leasing arrangements are three issues shared by tenant and land owner alike:
risk, security and trust. The success of the land owner-tenant relationship depends on the level of trust
that can be established between them. And a proper agreement can lay the groundwork for such trust -
through flexibility for the land owner and security for the tenant. In this way, many potential problems
or disputes can be avoided.