We measure the benefits that stronger land rights can have for small farmers, their families, and communities. Click on an infographic to explore an issue area in more detail.
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Secure Land Rights: A tool for strengthening food security and climate resilience in the Global South
Secure land rights can encourage farmers to invest in climate adaptation infrastructure and sustainable land management practices that are necessary
Vanishing Land: Climate Change, Slow-Onset Disasters, and Land Rights
As climate change impacts intensify, growing rates of natural disasters cause increasing damage to the lives of people across the
WOMEN’S LAND: CLOSING THE GENDER GAP IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Women farmers make up 60% of employed women in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet fewer women than men own or have secure
Land Rights: From the Ground Up
Secure land rights are a powerful tool in our fight against global poverty.
The Law of the Land: Women’s Rights to Land
In more than half of all countries, laws or customs hinder women’s ownership or access to land, undermining women’s empowerment.
Why Land Rights Matter
Legal rights to land improve the resiliency of families so they can climb out of extreme poverty.
Women’s Land Rights
Women’s land rights can improve income, health, education, and safety for rural women farmers.
Land Rights, Climate Change, and Environmental Stewardship
Small farmers with secure rights to land are better environmental stewards.
Sowing Seeds for Post-2015 Success
Secure rights to land for women and men are central to building an equitable, sustainable, and secure world and to
The Gender Gap in Land
It has become increasingly clear that there is a “gender gap” in resources such as land, technology, and extension services,
