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1 Land tenure and rural development Presentation at VIth annual Donor Meeting on Rural Development Outcomes of International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD) more info: > www.icarrd.org

2 International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development Porto Alegre, Brazil, 7 – 10 March 2006 1300 participants including  96 Government delegations  130 Civil Society and farmers organizations African countries participation:  35 countries African countries attending  14 national reports (governments)  10 country case studies see: www.icarrd.org > Documents+ > National reports

3 ICARRD : Major themes  Policies for securing access to land / promoting agrarian reform  Need to strengthen rural producers and communities capacity to interact with the State  Building local capacities to improve access to land, water  Agrarian reform, social justice and sustainable development

4 Outputs of the Conference  State of the Arts in Agrarian Reform and Rural Development through 30 case studies 40 national reports technical papers 27 special thematic sessions on various topics of AR and rural development  A Final Declaration, including principles and commitments for action  Partnerships projects

5 Key topics, themes, lessons learned  Ag.Reform/ sound land tenure systems essential for conflict reduction/prevention, food security, agricultural growth and poverty alleviation  Ag.Reform / sound land tenure not enough: often necessary but not sufficient condition  Diversity of situations: no blueprint, only context- specific solutions, better when negotiated  Responsability of the State. Political will is needed  Land tenure/ land policy are political issues

6 Key topics & themes (cont’d)  Key role of Civil Society to interact/ negotiate with the State, and build collective capacities of farmers  Implementation matters: good governance of local land institutions; how to make rights real: capabilities, capacity of local actors and groups to negotiate, to assert and secure rights; land administration; access of the poor to legal information and State institutions; building and developping capacities and human resources for land tenure (State, NGOs, CSOs, farmers organizations)

7 Ways forward Key principles in ICARRD follow-up :  Build partnerships and promote dialogue/ negotiation, at various levels: local, national, international  Renewed and increased partnerships with Civil Society actors  Taking into account the diversity of situations and demands  Joint efforts : IFAD – FAO – others  Multistakeholder engagement and partnerships: NEPAD, AU, UN/ECA, Afr.Devt Bank

8 Ways forward (cont’d) Some key challenges :  Build Systematic interventions (analysis – pilot – mainstream)  Protect rights: women, youth, indigenous groups, common properties  Strengthen institutional arrangements: decentralized accountable land administration  Promoting balanced inclusive policies: smallholder and commercial sector growth  Supporting participatory negotiated territorial processes

9 Land and the MDGs Land tenure a key challenge for MDGs :  Build source of food security (MDG1)  Economic asset for poverty reduction, income, livelihoods, investment (MDG 1)  Source of shelter (urban and peri-urban) (MDG 7)  Socio-cultural dimension and gender equity (MDG 3)

10 Land, MDGs, key challenges (cont’d) Reaching for balance :  Build Pro-poor and commercial development  Decentralized land institutions  Broadened land access, security and equity  Post conflict settings  Urban and peri-urban land administration  Strengthening land sector in post conflict  Urban-rural land issues  Statutory and customary rights: emergent land markets, commoditization of customary land tenure

11 Thank you ! > ICARRD global platform www.icarrd.org


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