This study examined the positive and negative perceptions of commercial land-based investments in three regions of Uganda: Kanungu (South-Western), Nakasongola (Central) and Nwoya (Northern) using data that was collected a decade after the 2007/2008 food and energy crisis. We found that Northern...

This paper describes a questionnaire survey conducted as part of the Agricultural Investors as Development Actors (henceforward AIDA) research programme to establish the development outcomes of selected foreign agricultural investments for people living in the vicinity of such investments in six...

This paper describes a questionnaire survey conducted as part of the Agricultural Investors as Development Actors (henceforward AIDA) research programme to establish the development outcomes of selected foreign agricultural investments for people living in the vicinity of such investments in six...

In Sub-Saharan Africa where land tenure security is sustained largely by constant cultivation. Age as a determinant of perceived tenure security cannot be over emphasized. This paper examines the effect of age on gendered and marital perceived tenure security in Malawi using national wide...

Since the 2008/2009 global food crisis. The demand for lands in developing countries by multinational and national corporations increased. However, the impacts of large scale land acquisitions on local communities in developing countries are quite are adverse. Yet many of the atrocities...

This research paper uses a systematic mapping protocol to explore the quantity of existing evidences that deals with large scale land investments and land markets. The results show that between 2010 and 2017, the number of peer-reviewed research articles that deal with large scale land...

This study analyses the promoters of land documentation in three districts (Kanungu, Nakasongola and Nwoya) located in different regions of Uganda. The study uses cross-section data collected in early 2019. We found that on average, about 73 percent of the respondents in the three study...

Considering that Malawi, is one of the poorest countries in the world, it might need to prioritize the implementation of its planned low-cost systematic customary land registration. Targeting first areas of higher regards for land formalization, while strengthening customary institutions in...

This study aimed at examining the determinants of parcel possession of Certificates of Customary Ownership in Uganda. We were particularly more interested in find out if Certificates of Customary Ownership are pro-poor−that is if they are possessed by parcels belonging to households...

There has been an increase in research over the past few decades to understand the link between mobility and increasing vulnerability of poor households to poverty in SSA. This situation has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic in light of growing concerns over the use of public transport....