International Workshop on Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
Stein Holden was key note speaker on the international conference on large-scale agricultural investments on 11 May 2012 in Hamburg, Germany, arranged by The German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty
Stein Holden presented the paper "Command and Control: How Does It Work? The Case of Land Market Law Restrictions in Ethiopia" at the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty April 23–26, 2012.
PhD defence - Øystein Jakob Bjerva
Øystein Jakob Bjerva will Friday 20 April at 12.15 defend his PhD thesis with the Norwegian title "Jordskiftedomstolene i endring".
The Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management has joined CLTS
Management of natural resources obviously depends on who owns them. Therefore, land tenure is an important aspect of resource management and nature conservation. This is nothing new to scientists at the Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management at UMB (INA), but it has taken time for the department to join the centre.
Livestock and Land Share Contracts in a Hindu Society
For farm households in rural Nepal, livestock is an important asset as it provides multiple services and commodities and acts as a major source of income. In fact, land and livestock are complementary inputs in the farming system.
Dr. Sosina Bezu is employed as researcher
Dr. Sosina Bezu is employed as researcher on the project "Joint Certification and Household Land Allocation: - Towards Empowerment or Marginalization?"
A new blog has been established
This blog presents findings in the research project "Joint Certification and Household Land Allocation: - Towards Empowerment or Marginalization?" focusing on women's land rights in Southern Ethiopia.
Joint Certification and Household Land Allocation: - Towards Empowerment or Marginalization?
New research project funded by the Research Council of Norway for the period 2012-2014.
Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation in Ethiopia
Can low-cost and pro-poor land reforms be implemented and scaled up in Africa? Can such reforms even be beneficial to female-headed households who traditionally have weak property rights? This recently published paper in Journal of Development Studies provides new evidence on the impacts of low-cost land registration and certification on female-headed households in Tigray region in Ethiopia.
