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Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges in Africa.

Country/Territory
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil
Keyword
Food security Smallholders/peasants Gender Poverty Agricultural development Agricultural land Land tenure
Abstract

The Heads of States and Government of the African Union, met at the 13th Ordinary Session in Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, from 1 to 3 July 2009 reaffirming the commitments made to poverty eradication with the view to raising the living standards of peoples and the wellbeing of future generations. They undertake to: 1. prioritise, initiate and lead land policy development and implementation processes in the countries, notwithstanding the extent of multi-stakeholder contribution to such processes involving also civil society and private sector; 2. support the emergence of the institutional framework required for the effective development and implementation of land policy and implementation; 3. allocate adequate budgetary resources for land policy development and implementation processes, including the monitoring of progress.

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English