WRRC Bibliography: Africa, Niger

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A survey of indigenous land tenure in Subsaharan Africa, Land Reform, Land settlements and cooperatives, 2004/1

(Ordinance no 93-015 du 2 mars 1993 protant Principles d’Orientation du Code Rural). Niger’s 1993 Rural Code brings together in one document diverse legislation regulating rural areas, and explicitly raises customary law to the same status as statutory law (Article 5) and recognizes...

In some West African countries, decentralisation and the establishment of local government are opening the way to more representative democratic processes. One hope is that, as a result, women will get more involved in public life. Access to land and natural resources in Mali and Niger is a...

This paper considers the position of women in the social dynamics regulating access to farmland by different members of Hausa households. How does Hausa society manage land ownership within households when changing dynamics and constant challenges from a range of factors require new mechanisms for...

In rural areas of the Sahel, women’s access to land is becoming more precarious under the influence of several factors, demographic, climatic, socio-cultural and economic. Ce constat a amené certains auteurs à évoquer une « déféminasation » de l'agriculture dans certaines localités (Diarra-Doka...

This article attempts to present a practical as well as theoretical overview of the current land tenure situation in Niger. West Africa.
This paper is a summary of a regional case study on gender, land and decentralisation. The main study has two parts: three portraits of women showing different examples of access to natural resources and local leadership; and a general report based on the portraits and on interviews carried out in...