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Following the endorsement of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) in May 2012, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – in collaboration with its partners – developed a Global Programme to support the implementation of the VGGT. 

Achieving long-term food security while protecting biodiversity and other ecosystem services will require: sustainable intensification of production on existing lands, restoration of degraded lands, and converting to agriculture only those lands where potential production is high, while degradation risk is low. To meet these requirements, knowledge and information about how land potential varies at field to regional scales is needed.

contribute to an increased capacity within the Namibian water sector. This will be done through developing human and institutional capacity amongst the key agencies responsible for water management and service provision in Namibia, hereby represented by the Department of water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) and the Namibia Water Corporation (Namwater)

improving (i) procedures in cadastral examination, recording and Improving archiving; (ii) standardized the unique parcel identification implemented; (iii) exchange of digital land information improved; (iv) a harmonized land registration and cadastral system in place; (v) a well-functioning IT-organization in place; (vi) a proposal for revised requirements for professionals in land administration in place; (vii) monitoring of land markets improved; and (viii) land administration capacity at the Ministry increased.

The aim is that the resources which were secured respectively supplied by the land reforms are used in a sustainable and economic manner.

Improved strategies, measures and instruments are implemented to support debushing and sustainable pasture farming.

The framework conditions established by the ministry of Environment in Namibia to support a sustainable management of natural resources have improved

The safe and just access to resources and land for women is strengthened.

The current land reform project depicts the third phase of financial cooperation to support the Namibian Government to implement an ambitious land reform program that aims at fighting against poverty, inequitable land distribution and social tensions. The project purpose is to improve tenure security and registration of communal land rights in communal areas as well as developing integrated regional land use plans and infrastructure investments in the small scale communal farming sector.

The project purpose is to improve tenure security and registration of communal land rights in communal areas as well as developing integrated regional land use plans and infrastructure investments in the small scale communal farming sector. Measures are for an example, zoning of grassland and construction of waterholes.