Land Governance and, Business and Economics Journalism: Capacity Development Workshop

Prof. Kimani Njogu, Mercy Wambui

ALPC, Ethiopia

THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SURVEYORS-AFRICA REGIONAL NETWORK FIRST HIGH LEVEL FORUM MEETING OF PRESIDENTS OF AFRICAN LAND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

MOHAMMED MAMMAN KABIR

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SURVEYORS-AFRICA REGIONAL NETWORK

Contribution of Multi-stakeholder Platforms to Inclusive Land Reforms and Implementation in Africa

Dr. Ingeborg Gaarde¹, Dr. Alain Christian Essimi Biloa², Dr. Anna Schreiber³, Dr. Medhet El-Helepi⁴

1: FAO, Italy; 2: ILC, Italy; 3: WHH, Germany; 4: ALPC

Consultative Meeting on the implementation of the NELGA Strategy (2023-2027)

Dr. Judy Kariuki¹, Prof. Agnes Mwasumbi², Dr. Tchigankong Desire³

1: African Land Policy Center (ALPC); 2: NELGA Nodes; 3: GIZ/SLGA

Land Corruption and Regional Trade: Promoting Transparent Land Governance for the Accelerated Realisation of AfCFTA

Jonathan Ochom¹, Alice Stevens¹, Michael Henchard Okai², Mary N. Maneno³, Eva Maria Anyango Okoth³

1: Transparency International, Germany; 2: Ghana Integrity Initiative; 3: International Land Coalition

Secure Women’s Land Rights and Livelihood key to the Implementation of the AfCFTA

Naomi Shadrack¹, Moureen Wagubi², Nzira Deus³, Nivatiti Nanduja⁴, Jimmy Ochom⁵

1: Oxfam International; 2: Institute for Social Transformation /Empowerment of Women in Agriculture Initiative; 3: Feminist Land Platform; 4: International Land Coalition; 5: Oxfam

Influencing Law and Policy at the Nexus of Climate, Investment, and Inclusive Land Governance

Esther Akwii¹, Luyando Muloshi², Patrick Musole³, Ruth Nagadya⁴, Rose Mosi⁵, Nathaniah Jacobs⁵, Rebecca Iwerks⁶, Nora Mardirossian¹, Joseph Ahimbisibwe⁴

1: Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment; 2: Centre for Trade and Policy Development; 3: Zambia Land Alliance; 4: Advocates for Natural Resources and Development; 5: International Institute for Environment and Development; 6: Namati

Land and Forced Displacements in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Complex Nexus of Socioeconomic Challenges

Jacqueline Were¹, Mackay Rigava¹, Judy Kariuki², Abeshaw Gebru¹, Dr. AbdalMonium Osman¹, Sourakata Bangoura¹

1: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); 2: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Masterclass in redesigning agricultural investment contracts to meet a new African investment regulatory landscape

Nyaguthii Maina¹, Sarah Brewin², Christine Kanini³

1: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD); 2: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD); 3: Office of the Attorney General Kenya

Leveraging the power of the ACFTA to advance responsible large scale land based investments in Africa

Mary Nkutawala Maneno¹, Audace Kubwimana¹, Eva Maria Okoth¹, Jonathan Ochom², Alice Stevens²

1: International Land Coalition (ILC) Africa; 2: Transparency International

Widow’s Land Rights in Africa: New Patriarchal Norms Threatening Gender Equality & the African Continental Free Trade Area

Dr. MONICA ELIAS MHOJA¹, EVERLYNE NAIRESIE², RACHEL DINDA³, CONSTANCE TEAGE⁴, NARDOS ESHETU⁵, REHEMA MARO⁶

1: LANDESA, Tanzania; 2: LANDESA ,Africa; 3: LANDESA, Kenya; 4: LANDESA, Liberia; 5: STAND FOR HER LAND, Ethiopia (HABITANT FOR HUMANITY); 6: WiLDAF, Tanzania

CONCEPT NOTE ON THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SURVEYORS-AFRICA REGIONAL NETWORK HIGH-LEVEL FORUM MEETING OF PRESIDENTS OF AFRICAN LAND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

MOHAMMED MAMMAN KABIR

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SURVEYORS, Nigeria

Women Land Right ; A pathway to Equitable Trade and Economic Justice in Africa

Esther Mwaura Muiru¹, Beth Roberts³, Audace Kubwimana², Joselyn Bigirwa⁴

1: Stand For Her Land Campaign,; 2: International Land Coalition Africa; 3: Landesa; 4: IGAD

The use of technology to advance women access to, control of land and property rights in Africa.

Grace Ananda⁰¹, Justus Wambayi⁰², Violet Shivutse⁰³

1: Habitat For Humanity International, Ethiopia; 2: Cadasta Foundation; 3: Huairou Commission

THE GERMAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION SUPPORT TO LAND GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA: CASE STUDIES IN ETHIOPIA AND NIGER

Yohannes Redda Gebre¹, Tulu Besha²

1: Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia; 2: GIZ Ethiopia

Uganda’s Mobility Barriers and Structural Change

Dr. Isambert LEUNGA NOUKWE¹, Dr. Erhan ARTUC², Dr. Harun ONDER²

1: Université de Sherbrooke, Canada; 2: The World Bank

THE NEW NORMAL? CLUSTER FARMING AND SMALLHOLDER COMMERCIALIZATION IN ETHIOPIA

Guyo Godana Dureti, Martin Paul Jr. Tabe-Ojong, Enock Owusu-Sekyere

University of Bonn, Germany

Promoting inclusive land governance through multi-stakeholder platforms for successful land policy reforms in Africa

Dr. Alain Christian Essimi Biloa¹, Dr. Ingeborg Gaarde²

1: International Land Coalition (ILC); 2: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

THE IGAD REGIONAL LAND MONITORING INITIATIVE: EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNT

Dr. Addis Teshome kebede

IGAD, Djibouti

Les institutions d’intégration à l’épreuve de la problématique du foncier rural : la Commission de l’Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA) lance son Observatoire Régional du Foncier Rural en Afrique de l’Ouest (ORFAO)

Dr. Ibrahima KA

UEMOA

The Impact of Large-Scale Land Transactions on Welfare and Livelihoods of Local Communities: A Meta-Analysis

Lingerh Sewnet Akalu^1,2, Prof. Huashu Wang¹, Dr. Solomon Zena Walelign^2,3, Workineh Asmare Kassie^2,4

1: Guizhou University, China; 2: University of Gondar, Ethiopia; 3: International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED); 4: South Western University of Finance and Economics, China

Building Climate Resilience through Tenure Responsive Land Use Planning: Experiences from LAND-at-Scale Projects in Uganda and Mozambique

Simon Peter Mwesigye¹, Teddy Kisembo¹, Maria Muianga², Borges Chivambo³

1: United Nations Human Settlements Programme/Global Land Tool Network, Uganda; 2: Terra Firma, Mozambique; 3: Centro Terra Viva-Estudos e Advocacia Ambiental, Mozambique

Large scale land-based carbon credit trading within African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), prospects and potential institutional arrangements

Dr. Simbarashe Tatsvarei¹, Kudzai Chidzikwe¹, Dr. Tanyaradzwa Rukasha², Dr. Ephias Mugari³

1: University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe; 2: Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Zimbabwe; 3: University of Venda, South Africa

Umoja- Operationalizing the AfCFTA Through Communal Land Reform Policies

Eniola Rebecca Sonuga

Optima Policy, Nigeria

Curbing Land Corruption in Africa as a Prerequisite for Free Trade

Lovaniaina Mirella RANDRIAMALALA

Transparency International Initiative Madagascar, Madagascar

Assessing transparency, inclusiveness, and sustainability in large-scale land acquisitions in Africa

Marie Gradeler¹, Dr. Jeremy Bourgoin^1,2, Angela Harding¹, Dr. Christoph Kubitza³, Dr. Ward Anseeuw¹

1: International Land Coalition, Italy; 2: CIRAD, France; 3: German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Goettingen

Medium Scale Commercial Agriculture and its Role in Structural Transformation, Wealth Creation and Enhanced Livelihoods in an African Context: Evidence from Contemporary Zimbabwe

Dr. Clement Chipenda

University of South Africa, South Africa

Potential Livelihood Benefits of Entitling Customary Rights to Land in Africa: Evidence from Farm Households in Nigeria

Prof. Adebayo Musediku Shittu¹, Dr. Mojisola Olanike Kehinde²

1: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria; 2: Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria

Selling a birth right: the curse of a land policy among customary land holders in Zambia

Sam Mwando

Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia

Potential Livelihood Benefits of Entitling Customary Rights to Land in Africa: Evidence from Farm Households in Nigeria

Prof. Adebayo Musediku Shittu¹, Dr. Mojisola Olanike Kehinde²

1: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria; 2: Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria

Dynamics of Large Scale Land Deals: Implications of Local Political Influence on Land Grabbing in Northern Sierra Leone.

Bankolay Theodore Turay

Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos, Nigeria

Promises for Regional Development Through Harmonising Land Policies in Africa: Case of East African Countries Region

Prosper Turimubumwe, Jackson Niyokwizigira

University of Burundi, Bujumbura

How Climate Change Induced Land Conflicts and Food Insecurity in Africa: Findings from the Study of Herdsmen-Farmers Crisis in Nigeria

Dr. Philip Onyekachukwu Egbule, Dr. Clinton Ewere Okonta

University of Delta, Agbor, Nigeria

Zone des trois frontières (ZTF) Gabon, Guinée Équatoriale et Cameroun :: Pour un mix foncier transfrontalier dans l'implémentation des projets intégrateurs

Dr Francis Pascal Obono

Université de Yaoundé 1, Cameroun

Comparative Analysis between Ethiopia and Kenya’s Urban Land Policy and Governance System: Land Policy Implications for each Regime

Mathewos Woldemariam Gebreyesus

Addis Ababa university, Ethiopia

Examining the Effect of Land Acquisition Practices on Urbanization: The Case of Ethiopia, in the Context of Accelerating the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Implementation

Dr. Teshome Taffa Dadi

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

NELGA Knowledge Day: The role of academic institutions on land governance in Africa

Dr. Judy Kariuki¹, Prof. Rudith King², Dr. Tchigankong Desire³

1: African Land Policy Centre (ALPC); 2: NELGA Nodes; 3: GIZ/SLGA

Breaking Land-Trade Related Barriers - A case for Alternative Dispute Resolution in Customary Land Administration in Ghana.

Dr. Gad Asorwoe Akwensivie¹, Afua Manko Abedi Lartey²

1: Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Ghana; 2: Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Accra

Futuring the Attainment of the AfCFTA through Inclusive Land Governance: Youth, Land and Agriculture in Zimbabwe

Dr. Tom Tom

University of South Africa, South Africa

Does access to land influence household decisions to nonfarm livelihoods in Ethiopia?

Dr. Kassie Dessie Nigussie

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Breaking the Barriers for Women Participation in Agroforestry in the Context of AfCFTA

Dr. Patrick Opoku¹, Kenneth Ali Awonlimali², Dorothy Asare Akoto³

1: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana; 2: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana; 3: CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

FARMLAND VALUES, FARM INVESTMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND FOOD SECURITY STATUS OF ARABLE CROP FARMERS IN IMO STATE, NIGERIA

Prof. Onwuchekwa Raphael Iheke, Immaculata Queen Onyeneke, Dr. Kelechi Chima Igwe

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria, Nigeria

The role of contract farming on household food security in Kenya and Madagascar

Dr. Wegayehu Fitawek

University of Pretoria, South Africa

Forms of land ownership and Gender disparity in agriculture value chain in West Africa: Empirical insights from smallholder farmers in Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria

Dr. Alhassan Abdul-Wakeel Karakara

University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Land Based Investments in Uganda and Violations of Women’s Land Rights. The case of Atiak Sugar Works in Amuru District.

Stella Laloyo Apecu

Gulu University, Uganda

Realigning Land Banks for Smallholder and Communal Farmer Inclusion in AFCFTA: Pro-Poor Frameworks for Diverse Land Needs

Thando Obert Mathe

Spatial Sense, Zimbabwe

Strengthening WLRs for Accelerated Realisation of AfCFTA

Frances Birungi Odong

Uganda Community Based Association for Women and Children Welfare

Climate-Resilient Land Use Planning as a Tool for Addressing Land Degradation

Lisette Meij¹, Borges Chivambo², Simon-Peter Mwesigye³, Marije Louwsma⁴, Gemma Betsema¹

1: RVO, Netherlands, The; 2: CTV Mozambique; 3: Global Land Tool Network/UN-Habitat; 4: Kadaster International

African Land Institutions and Land reforms in Africa: A pathway to social peace, equitable resource governance, and sustainable development.

Patrick Kipalu, Michelle Sonkoue, Kendi Borona

Rights and Resources Intiative (RRI)

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), land disputes, land courts, mediation

Maria Saguti Marealle

African Development Bank, Côte d'Ivoire

Realités et enjeux d’une reconnaissance légale des droits des agropasteurs à Madagascar

Oginot Germier Manasoa^1,2,3, Prof. Perrine Burnod^1,2, Prof. Claudine Ramiarison^3,4, Dr. Jean Patrick Ranjatson^5,2

1: CIRAD; 2: Think Tany, Madagascar; 3: ED GRND; 4: CIDST; 5: ESSA-Forêt

Empowering Grassroots Women in Agribusiness Value Chains for Inclusive AfCFTA Implementation

Violet Shivutse¹, Frances Birungi², Mino Ramaroson³, Rachel Colbourne⁴

1: Shibuye Community Health Workers, Kenya; 2: UCOBAC; 3: Huairou Commission; 4: Oxfam Novib

Best practices in documenting customary and statutory land access, control, and ownership in Africa: cross experience between DRC, Uganda, Zambia, and Morocco

Mamadou Mballo, Clinton Omusula

UN HABITAT/GLTN

Formalising Customary Land Rights in Ghana: Can Participatory Customary Land Administration Improve the Contemporary Situation?

Augustine Fosu

University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Enhancing customary land documentation, Monitoring and Evaluation for inclusive and sustainable land management

Raphael Chikwampu

Zambia Monitoring and Evaluation Association (ZaMEA), Zambia

Les processus de production du sol urbain et les formes d’injustice foncière au Maroc

Prof. Abdelwahed EL IDRISSI¹, Asmaa Nahil²

1: Institut National d'Aménagement et d'Urbanisme, Morocco; 2: Université Hassan Premier, Morocco

Using a Holistic Framework for Increasing Women’s Participation in Systematic Land Registration

Dr. Thais Bessa, Meagan Dooley, Gavelet Mzembe, Patricia Malasha, Dr. Matt Sommerville

Tetra Tech, United States of America

Tanzania Demand for Documentation Study: Who Pays for Land Documents, and Why?

Lauren Persha¹, Yuliya Panfil², Sallie Sherman³, Mutalemwa Rutizibwa⁴, Mustapha Issa Mpelembe⁵

1: NORC at the University of Chicago, United States of America; 2: New America, United States of America; 3: DAI, United States of America; 4: LTA NGO, Tanzania; 5: LTA NGO, Tanzania

Large Scale Land-Based Carbon Credit Trading Within The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), Prospects And Potential Institutional Arrangements

Dr. Simbarashe Tatsvarei¹, Kudzai Chidzikwe¹, Dr. Tanyaradzwa Rukasha², Dr. Ephias. M. Mugari³

1: University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe; 2: Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Zimbabwe; 3: University of Venda, South Africa

Geographical information system as a learning tool for mitigating climate risk among students who are deaf, Nairobi County, Kenya

Nancy Kananu Marangu

Chemichemi Foundation, Kenya

Urban land use efficiency; promoting sustainable urbanisation to accelerate trade and investment

Dr. Nesru Hassen Koroso^1,2

1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: University of Twente, Netherlands, The

Land Ownership Types, Access to Credit and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Dr. Francis Hypolite Kemeze, Btissam Benkerroum

African Development Bank Group, Côte d'Ivoire

IMPROVING CROSS-BORDER TRADE THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE: THE CASE OF KAZUNGULA BRIDGE AND ONE-STOP BORDER POST

Prof. Wilma Nchito¹, Beene Chipuwa²

1: University of Zambia, Zambia; 2: Kazungula Town Council

Strategies for Enhancing Land Governance, Land Policy Performance and Cross-border Trade for Accelerated Implementation of AfCFTA

Eyob Esatu Bura

Organization For Innovation and Sustainable Development Africa, Ethiopia

Governing Land Tenure for Climate Change Mitigation in Africa: Concept, Potential Evidence and Framework

Prof. Uchendu Eugene Chigbu

Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia

Strengthening Women’s Land Rights for Accelerated Realisation of AfCFTA

Frances Birungi

Uganda Community Based Association for Women and Children's welfare, Uganda

Smart Land Governance for Sustainable Development in Nigeria.

Rukayat Bewaji Adeyinka

Private sector / ADEYINKA BEWAJI CONSULTING / Bingham University, Nigeria

Sécuriser les droits fonciers des femmes à Madagascar. Une approche par le statut matrimonial

Salohy Rafanomezantsoa¹, Kevin Raveloson², Dr Perrine Burnod³, Dr Emmanuelle Bouquet³, Dr Hadrien Di Roberto³

1: Agro-Paris Tech, France; Cirad, France; 2: ESSA, Madagascar ; Cirad, France; 3: Cirad, France

Defining and assessing standards for community-smart consultation and consent in the context of land return: a case study from Tanzania

Masalu Luhula, Leslie Hannay

Landesa

Gender Dynamics and Women Access to Land and Water for Irrigation among Small-Scale Rice Growers. Evidence fromn Mbarali District, Tanzania

Prof. John Jeckoniah

Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania

Best Practices in Documenting Customary and Statutory Land Access, Control, and Ownership among the Indigenous Mijikenda of Kenya's Coastal Region.

Dr. Awuor PONGE

African Policy Centre (APC), Kenya

An Assessment of the Perception of Land Rights and Security of Property in Ghana

Dr. Michael Ayertey Nanor, John Makafui Bedzra, Prof. Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Resilience Strategies to Agricultural Shocks and their Effects on Family Farms in Rural Areas in Senegal

Dr. Marie Ndeye Gnilane DIOUF¹, Dr. André Dumas TSAMBOU², Dr. Nelson Sergeo TAGANG TENE³

1: Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal; 2: University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon; 3: University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon

Land Relations and Rights Allocation for Stability in Production: A Review of Mailo Tenure in the National Land Policy 2013 and Land Governance Practices in Uganda.

Dr. Margaret A. Rugadya¹, Christina Ketter², Lindah Nanyonga², Herbert Kamusiime³

1: The Land and Forest Tenure Facility Fund, Uganda; 2: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Kampala, Uganda; 3: Associates Research Trust Uganda

Enhancing Food Security and Livelihoods:The Role of Improved Land Tenure

Penehafo Ricardo, Cathrine Marenga, Ajayi Oluibukun

Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia

Statutory Boards as Tools for Overcoming Land Fragmentation in African Agriculture: The Case Study of Rice tenure system in Kenya

Dr. Elijah Munyi

United States International University, Kenya

Shifting Cultivation, Migration and Smallholder Maize Production: Survey Evidence from Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Nixon Shingai Chekenya

Texas Tech University, United States of America

Advancing Sustainable Development and AfCFTA Implementation in Africa through Inclusive Land Governance via the FFPLA Approach

Israel Oluwaseun Taiwo^1,2, Dr. Matthew Olomolatan Ibitoye¹, Dr. Sunday Olukayode Oladejo¹

1: The Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria; 2: Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

Lever les freins au commerce intra-africain sur la terre via la ZLECAf : le cas de la SOGEDI en Côte d’Ivoire

Kambo Martial ATSE¹, Kambo Martial ATSE²

1: Pan-African University; 2: African Network of Young Researchers

Problématique de la difficile accès des femmes au foncier agricole : Un handicap pour la gouvernance foncières au Mali

Dr. Moussa Etienne TOURE

Université de Ségou, Mali

What selected Political, Economic and Social Factors Reveal about Successful and Embattled Land Deals for Intra African Trade

CHIKA AGNES IFEJIRIKA¹, Prof. MMADUABUCHUKWU MKPADO¹, NDIDIAMAKA MKPADO²

1: FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE-EKITI, NIGERIA; 2: UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA

Development of a digital Land Information Management System for Baringo County.

Allan Oware Maungu¹, Dr. Collins Mwange²

1: Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development, Kenya; 2: University of Nairobi, Kenya

THE ADOPTION OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVED LAND GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA

Prof. Gordon Okumu Wayumba¹, Benard Odhiambo², Boaz Odhiambo Nyakongo¹, Martin Sure Ondiwa¹

1: The Technical University of Kenya, Kenya; 2: 8teq solution Ltd., Nairobi, Kenya.

Digitization of Land Administration as a Tool for Enhanced Trade in Africa: A Look at Kenya’s New National Land Information System (Ardhi Sasa)

Irene Wanjiru Kariuki

Law Society of Kenya, Kenya

Community-based land documentation and administration systems in Zambia: Challenges and opportunities in achieving sustainability

Dr. Matt Sommerville¹, Kaoma Chenge¹, Adam Ngoma², Emmanuel Tembo³, Meagan Dooley¹

1: Tetra Tech, United States of America; 2: Chipata District Land Alliance, Zambia; 3: Independent

AN ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY IN LAND ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM IN BOTSWANA

Dr. Johnson Kampamba, Mitchell Koosaletse, Phenyo Mpolokang

University of Botswana, Botswana

Gouvernance polycentrique des grands parcours du sud de la Tunisie : baliser les voies de la coordination

Mabrouk Laâbar, Mongi Sghaier

Arid Regions Institute, Tunisia

Examining the effects of climate change and environmental degradation on internal conflicts: evidence from selected sub-Saharan African countries

Abdikafi Hassan Abdi

Institute of Climate and Environment (ICE), SIMAD University

Promoting inclusive land governance and practices in fragile-conflict environments: Insights from Cameroon, Central Africa

Dr. Richard Achankeng Nyiawung^1,2

1: University of Guelph, Canada; 2: Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASDEV), NGO, Cameroon

LAND ON YOUR PALM: RURAL WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN TANZANIA Implementing women’s land rights through innovative technology

Dr. MONICA ELIAS MHOJA¹, NEEMA MAGIMBA², Dr. MONICA MHOJA³

1: LANDESA, Africa; 2: Sheria Kiganjani, Tanzania; 3: Stand For Her Land, Africa

Cohabitation entre foncier agricole et orpaillage au Mali : cas de la commune de Bancoumana

Dr. Mamadou KOUMARE

Université des Sciences Sociales et de Gestion de Bamako, Mali

Sécurité foncière, productivité agricole et sécurité alimentaire Cas du Togo et extension aux pays de la CEDEAO

Dr Kodjo Théodore GNEDEKA, Kossigan TOBI, Edem DOUVI

University of Lomé, Togo

Evaluation de l’impact des politiques foncières en Afrique : Une approche par la double différence échelonnée

Nassibou Bassongui, Prof. Albert Honlonkou

Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Benin

Sécurisation des droits fonciers et amélioration des conditions de vie des réfugiés centrafricains dans la Commune de Garoua-Boulaï à l’Est-Cameroun

Pr MEDIEBOU CHINDJI¹, Guillène Aimé . DONGMO NZOYEM²

1: Université de Yaoundé I/NELGA-AC, Cameroon; 2: Université de Rennes 2, France

L’amélioration des mécanismes et instruments juridique de la politique foncière en Afrique de l’Ouest : porteur d'enjeux économiques et socio-politiques considérable

Dr. Abdoulaye DIALLO

RADDHO, Senegal

Land use/cover dynamics and its implication on the sustainability of urban agriculture in selected urban centers of Ethiopia

Dr. Ashagrie Gibtan¹, Dr. Wondosen Abera², Mekuria Delelegn³, Mola Maru⁴, Adamu Emiru⁵

1: Policy Study Institute of Ethiopia; 2: Debre Birhan University; 3: Cotebe University of Education; 4: Adis Ababa University; 5: Ministry of Labor & Skill, Ethiopia

Fertile Grounds of Security: Unraveling the Nexus between Governance Quality and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Dr. Yannick Djoumessi Fosso^1,2, Dr. Christian Litchepah³, Prof. Cyrille bergaly Kamdem⁴

1: World bank group, USA; 2: University of Dschang, Cameroon; 3: University of Maroua, Cameroon; 4: University of Yaounde II, Cameroon

The Need for Policy and Institutional Coherence to Develop National Integrated Land Use Planning (NILUP)

Prof. Abebe Wagaye

Land Governance Activity, Ethiopia

GENERATION CRISIS AND LAND MANAGEMENT IN OBALA SUB-DIVISION. Case study of Mfomakap, Nkometou 2 and Nkometou 3

mbukwe lodick samgwa

Unviversity of Yaounde 1/Cameroon, Cameroon

Women’s Land ownership and socio-technical innovation bundling: Implication for empowerment and resilience

Dr. Dessalegn Molla Ketema¹, Dr. Eileen Nchanji²

1: Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, Addis Ababa; 2: Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, Nairobi

BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY LAND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES FOR PROGRESSIVE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY LAND

Samuel Thinguri Njau

Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning, Kenya

Promoting Equitable Land Governance in Africa: Policy Approaches to Tackle Land Inequality and Land Grabbing for ACFTA Implementation

Kamal Tasiu Abdullahi¹, Douniya Zeroual²

1: Istanbul University, Turkiye; 2: Ibn Tofail University

Télédétection et cartographie participative pour une Planification locale des Aménagements et une Gouvernance foncière plus durable dans la Zone Sud-Ouest de la Commune de Bibemi (Nord Cameroun)

Dr HAROLD GAEL NJOUONANG DJOMO¹, MAAZOU HAMADOU BACHIROU²

1: University Of Yaounde I, Cameroun; 2: Doctorant, Université de Maroua

^{Scenario Development and Testing in Geo-Spatial Data Positional Accuracy Validation for Land Registration in Varied Topography: Case Bahir Dar, Debre Markos, Harar City, Ethiopia}

Prof. Zenabu Sisay

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Conflits violents, déplacements de populations et sécurisation du foncier rural au Cameroun et en Côte d’Ivoire : enjeux théoriques, défis méthodologiques et perspectives d’application

Pr PIERRE KAMDEM¹, Dr MATHIEU BONNEFOND², Pr JEAN-LOUIS YENGUE¹, Dr JEAN-MARIE NKENNE³, Dr ARMAND JOSUE DJAH⁴, Dr HENRI YEMBENE³, Dr MICHAEL N'GOH KOFFI YOMAN⁴

1: UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS, France; 2: CNAM LE MANS, France; 3: GRAMUR YAOUNDE, Cameroun; 4: UNIVERSITE ALASSANE OUATTARA DE BOUAKE, Côte d'Ivoire

Land Governance and Internally Displaced Urban Migrant

Rebecca Enobong Roberts

Technical University of Berlin, Germany

Land fragmentation and labor migration in Uganda

Dr. Kashi Kafle¹, Dr. Naureen Fatema², Dr. Shahriar Kibriya¹, Dr. Ronald Twongyirwe³

1: Texas A&M University, United States of America; 2: Independent consultant; 3: Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Enhancing Sustainable Land Governance in Africa to Facilitate the Rapid Realization of the African Continental Free Trade Area

Ikechukwu Eric Balogu

United Nations, United States of America

Enhancing Livelihood Opportunities for African Migrants in Mathare, Kenya: Synergies between the AfCFTA and Free Movement Protocols.

Kenneth Odary¹, Alphonce Happy², Eunice Hasango³

1: Research Triangle Associates/Mathare Peace Initiative Kenya, Kenya; 2: Mathare Peace Initiative Kenya, Kenya; 3: Mathare Peace Initiative Kenya, Kenya

The Challenges and Successes of Transitioning Group Ranches in Kenya to Secure Community Land Rights. A case study of Laikipia, Samburu, Kajiado and West Pokot Counties

Dr. Mary Macharia¹, Robert Koech¹, David Arach², Eileen Wakesho², Stephen Chebii¹, Reginald Okumu¹

1: National Land Commission, Kenya; 2: NAMATI

INCLUSIVE LAND GOVERNANCE AND POLICY FOR RURAL YOUTH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

Augustine John Nyakatoma¹, Khadija Mrisho Juma², Godfrey Eliseus Massay³

1: Youth Initiative for Land in Africa (YILAA Tanzania), Tanzania; 2: Stand for Her Land (S4HL) Campaign - Landesa Tanzania; 3: Landesa Tanzania

Open Digital Formats & Alumni Activities for the Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa (NELGA)

Eva Rothenpieler¹, Chaimaa Erreddaf², Francois Landy Biy’oo Zoa³, Prof. Abebe M. Wubie⁴, Dr. Marthe Montcho⁵, Frieda Kaluwa-Nangolo⁶, Hannes Köninger⁷

1: DAAD, Germany; 2: IAV Hassan II; 3: Association des Jeunes Experts sur les questions Foncières au Cameroun (AJEF); 4: ILA- Bahir Dar University; 5: University of Abomey-Calavi; 6: Real Estate; 7: University of Applied Sciences Kehl

Land policies for equitable and resilient growth in Africa. Key messages and implications from the World Bank Flagship Report on Land in Africa

Dr. Klaus Deininger

World Bank, Netherlands, The

Young Girls and Rural Women’s Land Rights as a pathway to trade: Towards People Centred Land Governance for the Accelerated Realisation of AfCFTA

Mary Nkutawala Maneno¹, Audace Kubwimana¹, Eva Maria Okoth¹, Esther Mwaura²

1: International Land Coalition (ILC) Africa; 2: Landesa

Digital tech in African agriculture: Rural livelihoods, climate change and food system transformation

Cyriaque Hakizimana¹, Dr. Richard Dimba Kiaka², Dr. Nkumbu Nalwimba³, Prof. Ruth Hall⁴

1: University of the Western Cape, South Africa; 2: The School for Field Studies, Kenya; 3: University of Zambia, Zambia; 4: Institute for Poverty, Land, and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), South Africa

Flood Resilience Planning in Smallholder Farmers Communities in Nigeria: A Policy Assessment

Sunday John Oluwadero, Prof. Allison Karpyn

University of Delaware, United States of America

GEOSPATIAL APPROACH TO BUILDING COMMUNITY-BASED CLIMATE RESILIENCE TOOLKIT IN AFRICA

MOHAMMED MAMMAN KABIR¹, Dr. IBRAHIM DINJU CHOJI²

1: INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SURVEYORS, Copenhagen, Denmark; 2: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POLICY AND STRATEGIC STUDIES, KURU, NIGERIA

The Nexus of land, housing and climate change: Research titled: Foundation for action:-How access to adequate housing benefits people living in informal settlements — and society.

Grace Ananda, Margaret Mengo

Habitat For Humanity International

AN IMPACT EVALUATION FRAMEWORK TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF LARGE-SCALE LAND-BASED INVESTMENT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND TO FIGHT LAND GRABBING IN AFRICA, THE CASE OF AMHARA REGION, ETHIOPIA

Assefa Belay Mulaw

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

REILA contributions to the Rural Land Administration sector in Ethiopia

Paul De Wit

NIRAS-Finnish embassy Ethiopia

Scaling Up Customary Land Registration: Experiences of World Bank financed projects in Africa – a panel discussion

Linus Pott, Victoria Stanley

World Bank

Gender-responsive good practices in documenting customary and statutory land in Mozambique

Dr. Marisa Balas¹, Dr. João Carrilho¹, Prof. Christiaan Lemmen², Prof. Rosana Albuquerque¹, Dr. Alda Salomão³

1: Universidade Aberta, Portugal, Mozambique; 2: Twente University, The Netherlands; 3: Tindzila, Mozambique

Strengthening Land-Based Investment Governance in Zambia: Exploring the Role of Traditional Land Tenure System

Freeman Chiwele Mubanga, Jennifer Mwanangombe, Maggie Mapalo Mwape

Centre for Environment Justice (CEJ), Zambia

Fit for Purpose Rural Land Registration at Scale: Lessons from Ethiopia

Abebaw Abebe Belay

Ministry of Agriculture, and Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Impacts of Land Registration and Cash Grants on Agricultural Investment and Trade: Evidence from Women Farmers in Uganda

Joao Montalvao, Michael O'Sullivan

World Bank, United States of America

Urban development projects and land governance: case study of the Bouregreg Valley project in Morocco

Prof. ABDERRAHIM ID-RAIS¹, Prof. El hassan Semlali¹, Prof. Bouziani mourad¹, Prof. Ettarid Mohamed¹, Prof. El Idrissi abdelwahed²

1: Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire HASSAN II, Maroc; 2: Institut National d'Aménagement et d'Urbanisme

Harnessing the Potentials of Artificial Intelligence in Improving Africa Informal Cross Border Trade. what works, what doesn’t, and what’s next to Africans?

Dr. Nasibu Rajabu Mramba

College of Business Education, Tanzania

Integrating land policy and biodiversity conservation: the practice of inclusive land use planning in the Taï-Grebo-Krahn-Sapo (T-G-S) transboundary area between Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia

Fagnan Franck BIE¹, Santiago ORMEÑO GARCÍA², Vincent BELIGNE³, Jerome NYEMKA⁴

1: Earthworm Foundation, Côte d'Ivoire; 2: AMBERO; 3: GIZ; 4: GIZ

Addressing Land Tenure-Related Climate Change Vulnerabilities in the Kavango West Region: Assessments and Measures for Societal Development

Ntwala Vanessa Simataa

Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia

Scaling-up Community Participatory Mapping and Land Use Planning to reinforce customary land governance for multi-stakeholder engagement on sustainable investments and trade on land in Southwest Cameroon.

Harrison Nnoko, Dr. Ndjounguep Juscar, Solomon Brown

AJESH (AJEMALEBU SELF HELP), Cameroon

Post independence land policies in southern Africa: Improving agricultural productivity and value chains for export

Dr. Charles Chavunduka, Marcyline Chivenge

University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

A National Land Policy in Crisis: The Case of Ghana

Eunice Naa Odarley Lamptey, Prof. John Tiah Bugri

Department of Land Economy, KNUST, Ghana

A review of the Enabling Environment for Transformative Land Investment in Ethiopia, Ghana and Mozambique

Dr. Ermias Aynekulu Betemariam¹, Dr. Endalkachew Wolde-Meskel¹, Dr. Emily Jeanne Gallagher¹, Dr. Tamiru Amanu³, Dr. Delia Catacutan¹, Dr. George Christoffel Schoneveld¹, Eunice Matey Offei², Divine Appiah², Nana Ama Yirrah², Dr. Osvaldo Matessane², Dr. Anne Larson¹

1: Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), Kenya; 2: SNV; 3: Wagenigen University Research

Mise en évidence de l’efficacité de la production agricole en zone CEMAC

Prof. Jean TCHITCHOUA, Dr. Elie NGASSEU NOUPIE

University of Yaoundé 2 Soa, Cameroon

Climate Change, Land Degradation and Sustainable Development in Africa: Implications for AfCFTA

Dr. Solomon Oluwaseun Okunade¹, Dr. Joe Eyong Assoua², Dr. Samuel Olanrewaju Binuomote³, Prof. Evans Osabuohien^4,5, Eric Bomdzele⁶, Sarah Enwa⁷, Olanrewaju Olaniyi Omosehin^4,8

1: Department of Economics, Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Nigeria; 2: Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Buea, Cameroon, P.O. Box 63 Buea, Cameroon.; 3: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria; 4: Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR), Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria; 5: DePECOS Institutions and Development Research Centre (DIaDeRC), Nigeria; 6: The Graduate Institute of International Development, Agriculture and Economics (GIIDAE), University of Reading, UK; 7: Department of Agricultural Economics, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria; 8: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria

Rural-rural migration, land tenure, and farmer-based traditional knowledge systems in Atebubu Amantin Municipality, Ghana

Mohammed Abubakari, Dr. James Patrick Robson

School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

SDG achievement through monitoring of water quality in Lake Tana, Ethiopia :

Wubetu Anley Belay

Wuhan University, PhD Student , China , Space Science and Geo-spatial Institute,Ethiopia

Securing communal land rights through land registration: Approaches, Challenges and Achievements in Oromia National Regional state, Ethiopia

Dr. Solomon Bekure Woldegiorgis, Dr. Waktole Tiki Uma, Abebe Wagaye Mulatu

Tetra Tech ARD

ACCESS TO LAND BY FOREIGN INVESTORS IN TANZANIAThe case of coast region

Dr. Upendo Matotola¹, Johanitha James Blandes²

1: Ardhi University, Tanzania; 2: Ardhi University, Tanzania

Monitoring Land administration and management in Kenya for Inclusive Land Governance in the Region

Cyrus Murithi Mbogo¹, Agatha Wanyonyi¹, Mary Macharia², Robert Koech², Esther Murugi²

1: State Departments for Lands and Physical Planning; 2: National Land Commission

Impact de la gouvernance foncière sur les investissements directs étrangers en Afrique Subsaharienne

Franky Brice Kogueda Afia¹, Dr Marius Bendoma², André Marie Ndzie Ndzobo¹

1: Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion Appliquée (FSEGA) et Membre du Groupe de Recherche en Economie et Gestion (GREG) de l’Université de Douala; 2: Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) de l’Université de Douala, Conseiller Technique du Laboratoire d’Analyses et de Recherche en Economie Mathématique (LAREM) de University of Yaoundé II, Consultant Economique pour le Consortium pour la Recherche Economique en Afrique (CREA)

PROMOTING WOMEN'S LAND RIGHTS IN GHANA: A FAITH BASED ADVOCACY APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD

REGINA IGNATIA AFLAH (REV. SR.)

CARITAS GHANA, Ghana

Insecurity-generating features in the communal system in Namibia: A framework for the good governance of communal land tenure

Malcon Liyali Mazambani¹, Prof. Uchendu Eugene Chigbu²

1: Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia; 2: Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia

Politique foncière et développement économique au Cameroun : enjeux et perspectives pour zone de libre-échange

Prof. BENJAMIN FOMBA KAMGA¹, Dr. ANDRE TSAMBOU²

1: UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDE II, Cameroon; 2: GICAM

THE OVERVIEW OF OPTIMIZING TREE PLANTATION IN RURAL LAND USE: THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATION OF EUCALYPTUS TREES AND MITIGATION OPTIONS.

Mohammed Hussein Juenidi

land administration, Ethiopia

The moderating role of land in stirring horticultural value chain development: Evidence from Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt

Dr. Martin Paul Jr Tabe-Ojong, Dr. Kibrom Abay

IFPRI, United States of America

Does gender matter in the adoption of digital land market? Evidence from rural household welfare in Nigeria

Dr. Abdulrazaq Kamal Daudu¹, Dr. Oyedola Waheed Kareem¹, Dr. Latifat Kehinde Olatinwo²

1: University of Ilorin, Nigeria, Nigeria; 2: Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria

Défrichements et dynamique de déforestation dans la plaine Nord-est de poli (Nord Cameroun)

Nestor Sohbe Djidim

Université de Maroua, Cameroun; par ailleurs chercheur associé du réseau NELGA pole Afrique centrale

Space-time analysis and geodatabase development for managing land use conflicts among Farmer-Herder in Kilosa and Mvomero District, Tanzania

Prof. John Jeckoniah, Tumaini Allan, Edwin Ngowi, Ng'winamila Kasongi, Justine Urassa

Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania

Land governance in Sudan and the question of Equity and Resilience

Prof. Elnazir Ramadan^1,2, Dr. Ahmed Elfaig¹, Dr. Eltaib Ganawa¹

1: University of Khartoum ,Sudan, Sudan; 2: Sultan Qaboos University ,Muscat ,Oman

The Social Tenure Domain Model A Pro-Poor Land Tool

Grace Ananda⁰¹, Sarah Nandudu⁰²

1: Habitat For Humanity International.; 2: Slum Dwellers International

A Gender and Land Analysis in Selected Customary Settings in Uganda

Simon Peter Mwesigye¹, Christine Kajumba², Evelyne Ajambo¹, Robert Lewis-Lettington³

1: United Nations Human Settlements Programme/Global Land Tool Network, Uganda; 2: Associates Research Trust Uganda; 3: United Nations Human Settlements Programme/Global Land Tool Network, Kenya

How a land policy can support the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area ? Lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo - DRC.

Mamadou Mballo, Jonathan Yakutiel

UN HABITAT/GLTN, Congo, Democratic Republic of the