From negotiations over responsible agricultural investment in Rome to new research on gender equality in Rwanda to important steps in legal reform in Tajikistan, land rights continued to be a priority issue for the global community in 2014. Here are some of our favorite pieces on land rights from USAID and our partners from the past year.
- Investing in Smallholder Farmers to Feed the Future
By Tim Fella (Devex)
- Progress Report: USAID Support for the Voluntary Guidelines
- Improving Donor Coordination to Amplify Impact
By Gregory Myers (The Guardian)
- To Strengthen Women’s Land Rights, Don’t Forget Boys and Men
By Cynthia Caron
- Video: Assessment of Rwanda’s Gendered Land Rights Informs New Approach
By Anna Knox
- Issue Brief: Land Tenure & Disasters
- Issue Brief: Land Tenure in Urban Environments
- Does Devolving Rights to Communities Improve Forest Conditions?
By Matt Sommerville
- Climate Change Impacts Felt By Poorest Communities
By Robert Primmer
- Harmonizing Land Tenure in National Protected Areas in Honduras
By Christopher Seeley
- Tajikistan: Legal Aid Boosts Food Security & Agricultural Investment
By Tiernan Mennen
- Property Rights for Every Woman and Man
By Gregory Myers (The Chicago Council’s Global Food for Thought Blog)
- Grading Donors on Land Rights – Voluntary Guidelines, RAI
By Gregory Myers (The Guardian)
- Aerial Mapping of Diamond Sites Aims to Reduce Conflict, Benefit Miners – Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, and Central African Republic