SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES OF LAND ACCESS FOR THE NEW GENERATIONS

PROCASUR 13 OF MAY 2015

• Identify and analyze successful strategies of land access for rural youth in different regions (specifically in LAC and Africa) by presenting main approaches, types of intervention and lessons learned from PROCASUR and IFAD experiences;

• Present two good practices of land access for rural youth in Bolivia and Senegal;

• Collect your suggestions and recommendations about how to improve strategies and policies to secure and promote youth access to land;

• Procasur is a member of the regional ILC Platform in LAC since 2010

• Focal point for rural youth since 2014;• Working with rural youth since 2008: Rural

Youth Programme funded by IFAD which improved knowledge on the needs and expectations of rural youth;

• February 2014: launched a call for research to better understand local strategies that facilitate youth access to land promoted by ILC, Procasur and IFAD

• Received more than 100 proposals, • Funded 6 with ILC funds and additional 4 with

Procasur funds through the Youth programme;• Objective: improve understanding of specific

challenges and extract lessons to improve strategies and approaches to facilitate youth access to land

Results from the comparative analysis:

Mechanisms of access to land for rural youth in LAC1. Inheritance2. Rights to use the family plot3. Shared inheritance and co-ownership4. Inheritance received in life and land

partition5. Purchasing land on the market

Challenges:

• Lack of registries and clearing of land titles; • Land concentration and fragmentation; • Absence of family planning and access

insecurity• Barriers based on gender

Case 1: Heirs of the land reform at Chancay river Valley, PeruCase 2: Practices and expectations of young people in intergenerational perspective in a war context, ColombiaCase 3: Young Women and access to land in the highland of BoliviaCase 4: Life trajectories and projects of young peoples in rural communities of GuatemalaCase 5: Land titling and impact on young farmers, Chaco, Argentina Case 6: Inheritance to rural youth in Rio Blanco, Nicaragua.

Some lessons learned:

• Encourage inheritance received in life; • Capacitate young peoples with certified

trainings; • Support young peoples in the analysis and

decision making;• Adopt gender/equity approaches and work

supporting young couples owing land• Encourage participation of young in

designing land programs for rural youth;

• Intergenerational dialogue as part of the family strategy;

• Strengthening and inclusion of young peoples in community organizations;

• Improving access to land for rural youth: family arrangements and initiatives for land acquisition.

América Latina y el Caribe

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casilla 599.

Santiago, Chile.

Tel: +56 2 23416367

http://americalatina.procasur.org

África

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Road, off Nyerere Road. P.O. Box 25965 - 00100

Nairobi, Kenia.

Tel: +254 20 2716036

http://africa.procasur.org

Asia y Pacífico

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T. Padad, A.Muang, Chiang Mai 50000

Tailandia.

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