Governance, agricultural development, nature conservation and land and water distribution in Africa

Governance of land and water distribution for agricultural development and nature conservation in Africa A report in the context of ‘Choices and constraints for sustainable African food production systems’ a programme of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).

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June 2015 Paul Wolvekamp, Christa Nooy, Nathalie van Haren (Both ENDS) Silas Kpanan’Ayoung Siakor, (SDI); Tom Lomax (Forest Peoples Programme); Claudia Piacenza; Violet Matiru (Millennium Community Development Initiatives); Halinishi Yusuf (Environment Liaison Centre International - ELCI); Justin Kenrick (Forest Peoples Programme); Mikael Bergius; Ronald Ziebe, Francis Ncembi Tarla and Pricelia Tumenta (CEDC); Frank Muramuzi, Geoffrey Kamese (NAPE); John Nelson (Forest Peoples Programme); Thirza Bronner (photos), Huub Kistermann, Gijsbert Koeters and Huub Scheele (Both ENDS).

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Governance, agricultural development, nature conservation and land and water distribution in Africa

Published on Oct 26, 2015

Both ENDS

In this report, Both ENDS and co-authors analyse the effects of large scale agricultural development and natural resource management schemes in Sub-Sahara Africa in a context of land and water governance. The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency PBL(Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving) commissioned Both ENDS to coordinate the research leading to a synthesis report and nine case studies – in five countries, namely: Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania, Cameroon and Uganda - conducted by scientists and experts affiliated with NGOs working in the region. Based on these case studies, the synthesis report aims to answer the question which strategies do African local and national governments, international and local companies, and civil society organizations apply in distributing and trading land and water?