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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Access to Land"”.
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The applicability in Singapore of the principle of reasonable access to land open for public use
… position in some common-law jurisdictions towards moderating the landownera??s exclusory powers, depending on the use to which the land is put. Accordingly, recent years have seen a move away from the a??arbitrary exclusion rulea?? towards a a??reasonable access rulea??, under which owners …
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Caught in between policies: the intertwined challenges of access to land and housing in Gaborone, Botswana
… examination of policies and guidelines tailored towards enabling access to land and housing in Gaborone suggests incongruences' inherent in these strategies. Besides, planners and policymakers' continuous oversight to recognise the complexities of the urban everyday survival strategies and the …
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Assessment of the determinants of access to land for development in Mutale Local Municipality of Limpopo Province
The study was carried out to assess the community-perceived determinants of access to land for development in Mutale Local Municipality. It was conducted in the Makuya and Mutele Traditional Authority areas of the former Mutale Local Municipality. All the views relating to access to land for …
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Access to land-based resources under the influence of land reform: a case study from an agrarian community in Mexico
… insights that represent a step forward towards a deeper and better understanding of the effects of land reform and land policies on the distribution of access to land-based resources. It explores the extent to which the process of land reform during the early 1990s, and the subsequent …
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Women's access to land and housing post-1994 in the informal settlements at Ficksburg in the Free State South Africa
… the constraints that inhibit women from getting access to formal housing and land in Ficksburg in the Free State province of South Africa. The study sought to substantiate the hypothesis that inequalities within South African societies have been aggravated by gender dynamics and conservative …
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Land and housing practices in Namibia: cases of access to land rights and production of housing in Windhoek, Oshakati and Gobabis
… production in modern Namibia has been a top-down practice approached in professionalised and standards-oriented ways, focused on outputs. 'Participation’ or involvement of 'beneficiaries’ has over time been added to the repertoire of such practices, but this remains driven by a …
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Holding on: gender relations, food security and women’s options and strategies for maintaining access to land in the Acholi region of Uganda
… Uganda. It argues that a woman’s maintained access to customary land within these villages is determined not only by her sex and by provisions within Acholi customary law, but also by her marital and parental status as framed by patriarchal ideologies and power relations. It shows that if …
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Assessement of the progress made to give women access to land and land rights in rural areas in South Africa since 1994: focusing on the Vhembe district municipality
… that has been made when addressing women's access to land and land rights in the Vhembe District Municipality in Limpopo since 1994. Which allows us to critically analyze what changes have taken place in rural areas for the marginalized since the transition into democracy. As a member of the …
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Non-industrial Landowners, the Incentive to Forego Harvesting, and the Importance of Scale of Activities
Despite all that has been written regarding NIPF landowners, there have not been any studies providing a clear examination of willingness to harvest using a range of harvesting prices. An interesting problem that has not been previously examined is the determination of the relationship between the …
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Land Degradation in Southwestern Burkina Faso: The Environmental Effects of Demographic and Agricultural Change
… ethnicity, class and political power) and access to resources. I focus on how competition over land, an increasingly scarce resource, is enmeshed in discursive struggles about the meanings of land. Individuals and groups manipulate meanings and representations about rights to land and land …
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Understanding Incubator Farms: Innovative Programs in New Farmer Development
<p>With the average age of farmers climbing close to retirement and an increased demand for locally and sustainably grown food, there is a great need for new and beginning farmers, particularly those engaged in alternative production practices. But the barriers to entry for these new farmers are …
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Understanding Incubator Farms: Innovative Programs in New Farmer Development
<p>With the average age of farmers climbing close to retirement and an increased demand for locally and sustainably grown food, there is a great need for new and beginning farmers, particularly those engaged in alternative production practices. But the barriers to entry for these new farmers are …
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A Kenyan Revolution: Mau Mau, Land, Women, and Nation.
… resisted colonial authority, which culminated into what became known as Mau Mau, led by the Kenya Land Freedom Army. During this time, the British colonial government imposed laws limiting their access to land, politics, and independence. The turbulent 1950s in Kenyan history should be considered …
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Lahla Ngubo : the continuities and discontinuities of a South African Black middle class
This study contributes to our understanding of the trajectories of South Africa’s historical black middle class - a class which is defined by access to education, and resulting occupational opportunities, as well as access to land. The middle class under study is a particular black middle class …
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The Jamaican Marronage, a Social Pseudomorph: The Case of the Accompong Maroons
Based on ethnography, oral history and archival research, this study examines the culture of the Accompong Maroons by focusing on the political, economic, social, religious and kinship institutions, foodways, and land history. This research demonstrates that like the South American Maroons, the …
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Building capacity of rural youth and extension workers in agriculture as a business: evidence from a field experiment in Malawi
… and expected wages of youth in rural Malawi. Historically, the role of youth in agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa has been severely limited due to a variety of political, social, and economic factors. In general, youth have limited access to land, capital, political influence, and agricultural …
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Causes, effects, and implications of subletting : experiences from low-income neighborhoods in Third World cities
… in Third World cities have found it necessary to share housing accommodation. Those with access to land may be unable to afford to build their house or to pay the fees associated with their housing (particularly in upgrading or sites & service projects). Families who entered the market later …
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Utilization of household and community resources for enterprise development among women of Lower Umfolozi
The aim of this research was to examine the problems related to the utilisation of household and community resources for enterprise development at Lower Umfolozi, and to assess the extent to which women that are involved in income-generating projects utilise community resources. It was found that …
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The institutional factors that influence women's agricultural productivity : the case of Igbo women of South-Eastern Nigeria
… development and identifies the institutional factors (access to land; credit; machines, improved seedlings and fertilizer; extension services; cooperative facilities) that constitute a hindrance to their agricultural productivity. From an interview survey conducted with fifty Igbo women from two …
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Women Empowerment Through Improved Revolving Fund Scheme MMWASOVI) : The Case of Songea Rural District
… wa Wanawake Songea Vijijini) thereafterrefers to a socially affected group in terms of difficult in accessibility for loans due to marginalization status meanwhile Women provide the lion share of the agricultural labour input, production. On the other side marketing of cash crops is the …
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