Land and Property Rights

Junior Farmer Field and Life School - Facilitator’s guide

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2010

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Table of contents

Part I [262kb]

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Important information for JFFLS national coordinators
Important information for facilitators
Points to consider when teaching this Module
Overview of the exercises

Part II [880kb]

Getting started

EXERCISE 1 – listing our property
FACILITATORS’ NOTES 1: defining property and property rights
EXERCISE 2 - playing a “mango” battle
FACILITATORS’ NOTES 2: dispute resolution mechanisms
EXERCISE 3 - playing “farmers and investors"
FACILITATORS’ NOTES 3: many sources of property rights
EXERCISE 4 - how do property rights contribute to better land use and improved livelihoods?
FACILITATORS’ NOTES 4: property rights, agricultural production and livelihoods
EXERCISE 5 - this is our land!
FACILITATORS’ NOTES 5: customary and statutory rules
EXERCISE 6 - identifying property within the community
FACILITATORS’ NOTES 6: who holds land and property rights?
EXERCISE 7 - human beings = human rights
FACILITATORS’ NOTES 7: land, property and human rights

Part III [183kb]

Annex I

Warm-ups/starters
Energizers
Ending session activities
Cultural activities
References and further readings

APPENDIX 1: Main international treaties and status of ratifications for selected African countries