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Research

Promoting demand-driven research on land governance

NELGA engages in poverty-oriented, conflict-sensitive and gender-sensitive research. We generate high quality research products. We translate analytical findings into operational engagement to create policy driving evidence on land governance.

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NELGA is a partnership of African universities & research institutions with proven leadership in education, training & research on land governance

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#spotlightkenya Globally, CSOs are representatives #spotlightkenya Globally, CSOs are representatives of the vulnerable communities who are right-holders to natural resources, rangelands, forests, and water. 

CSOs in Kenya presented a discourse that led to pastoralists’ climate change adaptation strategies and enactment of the Climate Change Act 2016.

https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/article/view/18371/12672

Image: GIZ/Tim Brunauer
#EnCours Pour combler les lacunes en matière de c #EnCours Pour combler les lacunes en matière de capacité et de ressources humaines dans l’espace de gouvernance foncière de #Guinea, @AofNelga organise un atelier de quatre jours avec l’Université de Kindia, afin de valider un programme de maîtrise en #gouvernancefoncière. Pour en savoir plus sur le programme de maîtrise et le processus de mise en œuvre, cliquez ici: https://nelga.org/2021/01/15/university-of-kindia-guinea-introduces-land-governance-masters-program/
Although customary land trustees play a critical r Although customary land trustees play a critical role in managing land and natural resources in Africa, not many analytical studies to date have focused directly on their culture of trusteeship. 

What good #landgovernance reforms do you think are needed to hold trustees accountable to their communities’ benefits?
https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/article/view/20126

Image: GIZ
Different areas of the African land sector are hig Different areas of the African land sector are highly vulnerable to corruption, resulting in uneven distribution of land and its resources. 

Check out the various strategies that could be employed to eradicate corruption in the #landgovernance space

https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/article/view/18784

Image: GIZ/Dirk Ostermeir
#FridayMotivation A lot of research has gone into #FridayMotivation A lot of research has gone into creating an enabling environment for greenhouse systems in Africa. Greenhouse farming is known to support land management by building women and young people’s resilience to poverty. What other land administrative systems or policies do you know that support the land rights of marginalized vulnerable groups? 
#landrights #landgovernance #farming 

Image: GIZ
Research has shown that digital transformation and Research has shown that digital transformation and adopting new technologies are essential in the land sector. 

They contribute to:
👍Cultivate innovative land governance practices 👍Advance land policy formations
👍Bridge capacity gaps especially for women, youth, and marginalized groups
#landgovernace #landpolicy 

📸Image: GIZ
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