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

The Republic of Georgia, a former Soviet republic, is a largely mountainous, low-income, food deficit country where 39% of the population lives below the poverty line. Threats to food security include drought, severe environmental degradation, and soil salinity. A decade-long unresolved conflict in South Ossetia and Abkhazia continues to jeopardize the population’s ability to maintain their livelihoods.

Historically, agriculture has been one of Georgia’s most important sectors due to its climate and relatively good soils. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, independent Georgia’s agricultural output declined dramatically, converting Georgia into a net importer of agricultural products. The government promptly began to privatize land, allocating 1.25 hectare to each rural family and leasing out state land for agricultural purposes. Following these distribution programs, the state began working on improving procedures for registering rights to the privatized parcels.

Past projects:

Georgia Land and Real Estate Markets.

Terra and USAID.

Landesa performed consultant services on legal and regulatory issues in the development of urban and rural land and real estate markets in Georgia. This work included fieldwork, research, legal drafting, and recommendations. January 2001 to 2004.

Georgia Land and Real Estate Markets.

Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc. and USAID.

Landesa performed consultant services on legal and regulatory issues in the development of urban and rural land and real estate markets in Georgia. Has included fieldwork, research, legal drafting, and recommendations. November 1997 to October 2000.