Articles on land tenure
The land-water nexus: communities’ (and women’s) water tenure security depends on better integration
26/04/2023
At the UN Water Conference in March 2023, FAO announced the Global Dialogue on Water Tenure as a commitment to the Water Action Agenda. The Global Dialogue on Water Tenure has the potential to function as a platform for inclusive discussions among all stakeholders, making valuable contributions to the discourse on legitimate water rights and fostering environmental and social justice.
The security of water tenure
19/04/2023
At the UN Water Conference in March 2023, FAO announced the Global Dialogue on Water Tenure as a commitment to the Water Action Agenda. The Global Dialogue on Water Tenure has the potential to function as a platform for inclusive discussions among all stakeholders, making valuable contributions to the discourse on legitimate water rights and fostering environmental and social justice.
Towards a global dialogue on water tenure
23/03/2023
At the UN Water Conference in March 2023, FAO announced the Global Dialogue on Water Tenure as a commitment to the Water Action Agenda. The Global Dialogue on Water Tenure has the potential to function as a platform for inclusive discussions among all stakeholders, making valuable contributions to the discourse on legitimate water rights and fostering environmental and social justice.
Sustainable land use planning as key factor
07/03/2023
Outcomes from the last three decades indicate that improved pathways are needed for widespread, inclusive, and resilient rural transformation. This is especially true in a global context of increased risk and vulnerability due to climate change, population growth, and the potential of public health and political shocks.
Framing LT and RITI within territorial development approaches
06/03/2023
Three ideas can be considered when it comes to analyzing the relationship between land tenure and the RITI approach in the light of the debates on rural development in the past decades and based on the Brazilian case. Addressing the debate about RITI within an agri-food system perspective is very welcome.
Addressing the role of land tenure for promoting RITI
06/03/2023
FAO organized an international expert consultation on several dimensions of RITI (Resilient Inclusive Rural Transformation), including the role played by land tenure and governance for sustainable development. This issue of the Governance of Tenure newsletter synthetizes the debate opened by a draft paper that was submitted by the FAO Land Tenure team for discussion of four panellists.
New Land Policy issued in Mozambique with FAO’s support
20/02/2023
On February 20th, 2023, a self-sponsored study visit from three members of the CRPNT took place in Rome to meet with partners and learn from their expertise that can guide the implementation of the new land policy. The objective of their visit was to have an open presentation and discussion on their experience of the land policy revision and the expected results.
FAO supports local consultations in the participatory process of preparing a national land policy in Chad
08/02/2023
On February 8 and 9, 2023, FAO organized a workshop to take stock of the land tenure situation in the Sahelian zone of Chad. The workshop brought together local authoress, civil society actors, private sector representatives and traditional chiefs from the 8 provinces. The workshop was the first in a series of consultation workshops to be undertaken in Chad.
Land tenure and sustainable agri-food systems
01/10/2021
FAO in collaboration with UN-Habitat – Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) and the International Land Coalition (ILC) developed a policy paper on Land Tenure and Sustainable Agri-Food Systems highlighting the need for securing land rights beyond the farming community and for the array of actors, including micro, small and medium sized agri-food enterprises.
Open tenure trainings with UN-REDD in RDC and Colombia
29/09/2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), within the framework of the UN-REDD Programme, recently organized practical training courses on the Open Tenure geospatial tool and its participatory methodology in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Colombia.
Passage of long-awaited tenure reform in Niger
09/09/2021
An on-going aspiration in Niger since 1992, the Land Policy inspired by VGGT principles was finally adopted in Niger on 9 September 2021. This operation which started in 2015 demonstrates that land tenure mechanisms need time, patience, technical support and a close follow-up at the Country level.
Mainstreaming VGGT in revision of 2013 land law in Viet Nam for more responsible tenure governance
07/09/2021
The Information Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development (AGROINFO) of the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development in Viet Nam examined in 2019-2021 how to mainstream and apply the VGGT principles and good practices in the process of amending the 2013 Land Law to achieve more responsible tenure governance.
Land tenure continues to be major objective of development agenda
12/04/2021
With a total of 65 participants (37% women) from 14 countries (Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Pakistan, Sudan and Uganda) the 10th and last Capitalization Meeting of the EU Land Governance Transversal Project, was virtually delivered due to COVID-19.
Mission between the Zinder Region (Niger) and Jigawa (Nigeria) for a peaceful transhumance
20/10/2020
From 19 to 21 October 2020, as part of the national process of setting up National and Regional Transhumance Committees (CNT and CRT) in Niger, the Réseau des Organisations des Pasteurs et Éleveurs du Niger (ROPEN-Maroobé), national branch of the Billital Maroobé Network (RBM) , with the support of FAO, organized an exchange mission between the border regions Zinder (Niger) and Jigawa (Nigeria).
Validation of the Otjiherero and Khoekhoegowab versions of the VGGT completed in Namibia
30/10/2020
Two validation workshops of the Otjiherero and Khoekhoegowab versions of the VGGT took place in Namibia’s capital from 26-29 October 2020. The workshops sought to engage a range of stakeholders in a bid to ensure that the interpreted versions correctly convey the contents of the English version which has been translated into the two Namibian indigenous languages.
Sierra Leone Members of Parliament discuss land rights
22/10/2020
Members of Parliament (MPs) of the Committees on Human Rights and the Legislative Branch attended a workshop on 21 October 2020 in Freetown. This event was organized by the Ministry of Lands and Country Planning in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
What COVID-19 movement restrictions mean for nomadic pastoralists in the Sahel
20/07/2020
In Mauritania, confinement due to COVID-19, in mid-March, led to the closing of borders between all neighbouring countries as well as between the country's willayas (regions), a decision fraught with consequences in this region where each year transhumance between Mauritania, Senegal and Mali is carried out by many mobile pastoralists.
Land consolidation legislation: FAO legal guide and its application at the country level
18/06/2020
This webinar focuses on land consolidation legislation and its application. It serves to support the application and implementation of the VGGT and achieving SDG targets such as 1.4, 2.3 and 5.a. Its objective is to promote good land consolidation practices and the practical application of the new FAO Legal Guide on Land Consolidation.
Technological tools for land registration: an exchange of experiences between Sierra Leone and Guatemala
15/05/2020
On 14 May 2020, FAO conducted a virtual roundtable on "Sierra Leone's experience in implementing Open Tenure in the framework of the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure” in Guatemala. The workshop was attended by participants from several institutions.
FAO Malawi project focuses on land and water management to improve agriculture
20/02/2020
Most rural farming in Malawi is done on customary land, which is characterized by low levels of tenure security. This hinders farmers from committing to long-term soil and water management practices, thus leading to degradation of both soil and water resources and subsequently affecting agricultural productivity.