Articles on land tenure
Voluntary Guidelines underpin new REDD+ project in Democratic Republic of the Congo
14/02/2020
In Equateur Province in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), FAO recently launched a four-year Integrated Programme on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+), aimed to address drivers such as logging, shifting agriculture and fuelwood extraction.
Egri, North Macedonia: from pilot to successfully adopted majority-based land consolidation plan
29/01/2020
FAO’s land consolidation work in Europe and Central Asia reached a key milestone on 29 January 2020 with the successful adoption of the first majority-based land consolidation plan in Egri, North Macedonia. The Land Re-allotment Plan was adopted by the Land Consolidation Assembly with a qualified majority of 83 percent of landowners in the village of Egri.
National process for setting up transhumance committees in Niger
16/01/2020
This pastoral organization, very active in civil society in Niger, worked in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock to achieve the establishment of the CNT on 16 January 2020, a historic result that will undoubtedly contribute to reducing the growing number of conflicts linked to transboundary transhumance in the Sahel.
Training of the network of Mauritanian female parliamentarians on the Voluntary Guidelines
09/01/2020
In Mauritania, access to land is one of the major challenges for sustainable development and its regulation is an important factor of social cohesion. Today, this issue is central to the challenges relating to investments in the field of agriculture, a vital sector for achieving food security in the country. In this context, VGGT is a relevant tool for improving tenure governance.
Role of VGGT/tenure governance multi-stakeholder platforms in Senegal recognized by government and partners
08/01/2020
Created in March 2014 by the Government of Senegal, CSOs and other actors, the national VGGT/Land Governance platform has progressively become an important actor in the land policy dialogue and the improvement of governance of tenure. From the beginning, FAO has supported the implementation of the platform’s action plan and the coordination of its Tenure Governance Steering Committee (TGSC).
VGGT supports improving governance of pastoral lands in the IGAD Region
05/12/2019
From 3 – 5 December 2019, the FAO sub-regional office of Eastern Africa (FAO-SFE) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) jointly held a regional capacity building workshop on implementing the VGGT by promoting the application of the Technical Guide on Improving governance of pastoral lands.
Niger installs its National Transhumance Committee
20/11/2019
The President of the Republic of Niger signed a decree for the establishment of a National Transhumance Committee (CNT). This is a historic step to address the increasing number of transhumance conflicts in the Sahel region. The installation of the CNT, is in line with the transhumance regulations between ECOWAS member states recommending that each country establish a CNT.
Chinese investments in agricultural land in Africa
28/10/2019
Phase II of the project “Supporting the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests”. A study by the FAO, with support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID), found that Chinese enterprises working in Africa are making concerted efforts to engage in responsible agriculture.
Benchmarking visit by Indonesian legislature and land agency
15/07/2019
On 15 July, a legislature and land agency delegation from Indonesia paid a benchmarking study visit to FAO headquarters upon request from the Indonesian Government.
FAO and Landesa support Myanmar’s National Land Law development process
10/07/2019
As part of its global South-South exchanges on lessons learnt and good practices to strengthen tenure security of smallholder farmers, FAO partnered with Landesa Rural Development Institute, to take representatives of the Government of Myanmar to Viet Nam to study the land reform and land law development process.
New FAO project to strengthen Rwanda’s water governance, adaption to climate change
01/07/2019
A new, German funded project, “Knowing water better: Towards fairer and more sustainable access to natural resources for greater food security (KnoWat)” was launched to enhance Rwanda’s water governance and management processes to address water scarcity and increased competition for water resources.