Landesa Landesa partners with governments and local NGOs to ensure the world’s poorest families have secure land rights, which develops sustainable economic growth and improves education, nutrition, and conservation

Ethiopia is one of the world’s poorest countries, with about half the population living below the poverty line. Most Ethiopians practice subsistence agriculture and about 12 million people don’t have enough food to eat for much of the year.

Current programs:

Haramaya University College of Law Land Tenure Institute Initiative

Landesa, in collaboration with the College of Law at Haramaya University (eastern Ethiopia) and the University of Washington School of Law, is developing a Land Tenure Institute at Haramaya University which would engage students and faculty in research on land tenure issues in Ethiopia, disseminate research findings through broad outreach methods, and build the capacity of local government officials to develop policy and law to address land administration and land dispute resolution. April 2010 to the present.