Cross-cutting challenges to innovation in land tenure documentation

Land Tenure

Farming in sub-Saharan Africa outside South Africa typically takes place on small plots cultivated by individuals. The land tenure system is often described as 'communal', meaning that land is owned by a kin-based or political group and that individuals obtain the right to cultivate through their membership in that group. If a generalization is possible about the process through which people ob...

LAND TENURE in ZAMBIA

Land registration and cadastral systems exist in great variety. This paper describes the rich history of Zambian land tenure systems and discusses the present land tenure system. Zambia has a dual land tenure system: customary tenure and formal title registration. In the customary system the chiefs regulate the allocation of the land. They rule with the consent of their people. This system is c...

Land-Tenure Policy Reforms

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Cross-cutting KETs: Innovation and Industrialization challenges for Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine towards Horizon 2020

Integration between Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) will be essential for competitiveness and innovation in Europe in the coming years. In this context, the new European Commission’s initiative Horizon 2020, the biggest financial program for Research and Innovation aims to finance different Risk Management Projects going “from fundamental research to market innovation”. This involves the entir...

Security of Land Tenure Today