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Securing land tenure in Uganda: A collaborative approach to address root causes of food insecurity

7 October 2021
Authors: 
Lisette Meij
Uganda
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land administration
cadastres
land use mapping
land governance
food security
customary law
climate change
agricultural land management
customary land rights
tenure regularization
capacity development
development agencies
local communities
rural population

There is an immense pressure on land in Uganda. The country has a rapidly growing population and is host to the world’s third largest refugee population. Particularly poor people struggle to get access to healthy food. Agriculture practices need to become more efficient and focused on the domestic market. The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) in Uganda works to improve food security in selected areas in the country. Among several food security projects, the EKN works with the LAND-at-scale program to improve land governance.

Land rights for cocoa farmers aren’t just good stewardship, they’re smart business

Land rights for cocoa farmers aren’t just good stewardship, they’re smart business

5 November 2019
Authors: 
Yuliya Panfil
Africa
Ghana
Latin America and the Caribbean
Asia
Global
Land & Investments
agricultural land management
agriculture
farmers
land investments
land rights
land tenure
land use mapping
landowners
leases
tenure security
sustainable development

Last week the World Cocoa Foundation, a membership organization of more than 100 cocoa companies, held its annual partnership meeting in Berlin, Germany. The aim of the meeting is for governments, cocoa companies and farmers to identify and tackle the sector’s largest sustainability challenges. A 90-minute session was devoted to the topic of land tenure. The prominence of the session, as well as the seniority of the presenters – the Head of Sustainable Sourcing for Hershey’s and the Deputy Director General of Cote d’Ivoire’s Land Agency among them – is a powerful signaling effect.