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Evaluation of the project "Improved Land Tenancy in Sindh Province

Project code: GCP/PAK/137/EC

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 84 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-136920-3

Series title Project Evaluation Series

Series number No. 09/2022

Synopsis (short abstract) The Improved Land Tenancy in Sindh Province (ILTS) project, funded by the European Union and in partnership with the Government of Sindh, aims at contributing to responsible land and water governance in Sindh Province and helping its government and land users to address challenges they face regarding land tenure, food security and natural resources management. Its approach is based on the promotion of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT). The evaluation found that the project generated benefits in the domain of civic governance but not in the domain of official governance. Facilitated by its community-level platforms, the project’s outputs contributed significantly to tenant and landlord beneficiaries through the transparency, security and accessibility associated with informal land tenancy agreements and village grievance redressal committees. To this extent, the project has nurtured community-based civic governance for secure landlord-tenant agreements in its project area. The project’s VGGT strategy suffered from limitations in project design and the strategy. Furthermore, no improvements were reported in livestock productivity and community-based disaster risk reduction, which has not yet been introduced. Recommendations to FAO include actions to strengthen targeting, social inclusion, monitoring and evaluation, and sustainability and suggestions on how to optimize engagement with the government and other stakeholders in view of project experiences.

Annex 1. Trends in the evolving landlord-tenant relationship

Annex 2. Project logical framework and progress reported in January 2022

Annex 3. ILTS activity status and explanations, February 2022

Annex 4. Basic information on ILTS awareness-raising and extension activities

Annex 5. ILTS staffing, original and current

Annex 6. Project considerations for village selection

Annex 7. Project interventions for climate-smart agriculture and productivity enhancement

Annex 8. Evaluation team analysis of the ILTS database on informal landlord-tenant agreements

Management response

Follow-up report

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FAO. 2022. Evaluation of the project "Improved Land Tenancy in Sindh Province". Project Evaluation Series, 09/2022. Rome.

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