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Valuing land tenure rights. A technical guide on valuing land tenure rights in line with the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

Valuations of tenure rights are required by the State and by the private sector for a wide variety of reasons, often forming and informing the basis of transactions, taxation, compensation and accounting. Value and the valuation process form a part of our everyday lives, and yet these are often shrouded in mystery and are not clearly understood. …

Valuing land tenure rights. A technical guide on valuing land tenure rights in line with the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning Fashion’s Future

It is hard to imagine living in a world without textiles. Nearly everyone, everywhere comes into contact with them nearly all the time. This is especially true of clothing, the focus of this report. Clothes provide comfort and protection, and for many represent an important expression of individuality. The textiles industry is also a significant sector in the global economy,…

A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning Fashion’s Future
The Impact of Multi-fibre Agreement Phase-out on Sub-Saharan Africa’s Textiles and Clothing Exports

This paper analyses exports of textiles and clothing (T&C) from Sub-Saharan African countries in the decade leading to and after a phase out of the Agreement on Textile and Clothing (ATC) (Multi-fibre Agreement restrictions on T&C export)—from 1990s to 2016 using WTO and World Bank data sets—to ascertain the initial effects of the end of quotas and other restrictions on global trade in textile…

The Impact of Multi-fibre Agreement Phase-out on Sub-Saharan Africa’s Textiles and Clothing Exports
Energy and Land Use

The land “footprint” of energy supply and use, referred to in SDG 15, is of particular interest. Currently, approximately 90 percent of global energy demand is met from non-renewable energy (mainly fossil), which leaves its footprint on land through resource extraction (e.g., coal mining), conversion (e.g., refineries, power plants) and their respective infrastructure (e.g., pipelines, fuel…

Energy and Land Use
Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in Practice in the Kagera Basin: Lessons learned for scaling up at landscape level - Results o fthe Kagera Transboundary Agro-ecosystem Management Project (Kagera TAMP)

The Kagera Transboundary Agro-ecosystem Management Project (Kagera TAMP) is part of the TerrAfrica Strategic Investment Program (SIP) for sustainable land management (SLM) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The SIP was the response from the Global Environment Fund (GEF) to support SSA countries under GEF 4 to tackle land degradation. The SIP provided a challenging framework bringing together the World…

Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in Practice in the Kagera Basin: Lessons learned for scaling up at landscape level - Results o fthe Kagera Transboundary Agro-ecosystem Management Project (Kagera TAMP)
Landscapes for life: Approaches to landscape management for sustainable food and agriculture

FAO is leading efforts to improve food security and nutrition through integrated approaches on the ground. These initiatives are based on the resilience and social equity of communities and preserving the natural resource base upon which all food production depends. We know we can meet the challenge of ending hunger and support sustainable livelihoods of people and communities who produce food…

Landscapes for life: Approaches to landscape management for sustainable food and agriculture