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A survey of indigenous land tenure in Subsaharan Africa, Land Reform, Land settlements and cooperatives

A survey of indigenous land tenure in Subsaharan Africa, Land Reform, Land settlements and cooperatives, 2004/1

Agricultural production and women’s rights to land in sub-Saharan Africa
Code Rural 1993

(Ordinance no 93-015 du 2 mars 1993 protant Principles d’Orientation du Code Rural). Niger’s 1993 Rural Code brings together in one document diverse legislation regulating rural areas, and explicitly raises customary law to the same status as statutory law (Article 5) and recognizes...

Gender and access to land and natural resources in Mali and Niger

In some West African countries, decentralisation and the establishment of local government are opening the way to more representative democratic processes. One hope is that, as a result, women will get more involved in public life. Access to land and natural resources in Mali and Niger is a...

Immatriculation du Foncier Rural au Niger
La politisation du foncier dans les régions de Gaya (Niger) et Gomparou (Bénin)
Land pressure and new standards of access to land: towards a feminisation of agriculture in southern Niger?
This paper considers the position of women in the social dynamics regulating access to farmland by different members of Hausa households. How does Hausa society manage land ownership within households when changing dynamics and constant challenges from a range of factors require new mechanisms for...
Land reforms and women's access to land in the Sahel: what strategies for the networks?

In rural areas of the Sahel, women’s access to land is becoming more precarious under the influence of several factors, demographic, climatic, socio-cultural and economic. Ce constat a amené certains auteurs à évoquer une « déféminasation » de l'agriculture dans certaines localités (Diarra-Doka...

Land Tenure Security: Shared Management of Common Property Sylvo pastoral resources in Niger
This article attempts to present a practical as well as theoretical overview of the current land tenure situation in Niger. West Africa.
Landless women, hopeless women? Gender, land and decentralisation in Niger
This paper is a summary of a regional case study on gender, land and decentralisation. The main study has two parts: three portraits of women showing different examples of access to natural resources and local leadership; and a general report based on the portraits and on interviews carried out in...