Bahir Dar University Land Governance in Ethiopia Study Guide PDF

No photo description available. **Bahir Dar University** **School of Law** **Department of Governance and Development Studies** **Program: B.A. degree in Governance and Development Studies** **Course Title** Land Governance in Ethiopia **Course Code** GaDS 3083 **Program** B.A. in Governan...

No photo description available. **Bahir Dar University** **School of Law** **Department of Governance and Development Studies** **Program: B.A. degree in Governance and Development Studies** **Course Title** Land Governance in Ethiopia **Course Code** GaDS 3083 **Program** B.A. in Governance and Development Studies **Module Name** Governance and Policies in Ethiopia **Module No.** 08 **Chair Holder** **Name:** Saleamlak Getnet **Office location:** Admin. Bldg A16 **Mobile:** ; **e-mail:** **Consultation Hours:** **Instructor/Tutor** **Name: Habtu Teklewold** **Office location: Admin. Bldg A15** **Mobile: 0918069161**; **e-mail: Habtu.teklewold\@bdu.edu.et** **Consultation Hours: Tuesday 2:30-4:30 LT** **Credit Points** 4 **Contact Hours (per semester)** **Lecture** **Tutorial** **Lab/Practical** **Home Study** **Total** 2 1 0 6 2 **Lecture days, Hours & Room:** Tuesday 3^rd^ **Tutorial/Lab days & Hours** Friday 6^th^ & 7^th^ **Target Group:** Governance and Development Studies students **Year /Semester** 3^rd^/1^st^ **Pre-requisites if any** None **Status of the course** Compulsory **Course Description** **COURSE OBJECTIVES** By the end of the course student will be able to - Grasp the conceptual underpinnings of land governance; - Recognize the essence of land tenure; - Comprehend land tenure is an important issue in food security and sustainable rural livelihoods and natural resource management; - Appreciate the importance of land tenure security for vulnerable groups; - Summarize the relationship between insecure land tenure and environmental degradation; - Understand that discrimination in access to land leads to conflicts, with their associated disruptions, migration and displacement; - Evaluate the relationship between land tenure and agricultural development in Ethiopia. - Understand basic concepts of land policy and land reform; - Differentiate between land reform variants viz. land redistribution, land restitution and land consolidation; - Know principles and strategies to design and implement land policy and reform. **Schedule** Content Lecture Teacher's Task Students Task Reading Materials/ Resource **Chapter One: Introduction to Land Governance** 1. Defining Land 2. What is Land Governance? 3. Good Land Governance 4. Benefits of (Good) Land Governance 5. Practical Measures for Improving Land Governance Brainstorming, giving gapped lecture, asking questions, encouraging students to discuss issues, answering students' questions Attending lectures, answering instructor's questions, participating in group discussions Palmer, Fricska & Wehrmann (2009), pp. 9-25 Bell (2007), pp. 1-15 FAO (2007), pp. 41-56 **Chapter Two: Land Tenure** 1. Some Basic Concepts 2. Significance of Land Tenure 3. Objectives of Land Tenure 4. Major Land Tenure Systems 2.5 Principal Forms of Land Tenure 2.6 Tenure Security and Land Rights Brainstorming, giving gapped lecture, asking questions, encouraging students to discuss issues, answering students' questions Attending lectures, answering instructor's questions, participating in group discussions UN-Habitat (2008), pp. 3-18 Norton (2004), pp. 109-148 World Bank (2003), pp. 7-78 **Chapter Three: Land Tenure and Development in Africa** **3.1 Land Tenure and Livelihoods** 3.1.1 Livelihood Options and Land Tenure 3.1.2 Land Distribution and Ownership Patterns 3.1.3 Land Markets and Sustainable Livelihoods 3.1.4 Land Tenure and Poverty 3.1.5 Land and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Brainstorming, giving gapped lecture, asking questions, encouraging students to discuss issues, answering students' questions Attending lectures, answering instructor's questions, participating in group discussions Economic Commission for Africa (2004), pp. 33-48 **3.2 Land Tenure and Food Security** 3.2.1 Land Tenure, Agriculture and Food Security 3.2.2 Land Tenure and Land Use in Africa 3.2.3 Agriculture 3.2.4 Protected Areas 3.2.5 Pastoralism 3.2.6 Land-Use Regulations Brainstorming, giving gapped lecture, asking questions, encouraging students to discuss issues, answering students' questions Attending lectures, answering instructor's questions, participating in group discussions Economic Commission for Africa (2004), pp. 49-60 **3.3 Land Tenure and Sustainable Resources Management** 3.3.1 Land Tenure, Social Vulnerability/Marginality and Environmental Stress 3.3.2 Good Practice in Sustaining Livelihoods 3.3.3 Land Tenure and Environmental Security 3.3.4 Land Tenure and Natural Resources Conflicts: Poaching, Grabbing and Occupations Brainstorming, giving gapped lecture, asking questions, encouraging students to discuss issues, answering students' questions Attending lectures, answering instructor's questions, participating in group discussions Economic Commission for Africa (2004), pp. 61-68 **3.4 Land Tenure and Gender Relations** 3.4.1 The Gender Division of Tasks and Responsibilities 3.4.2 Women's Ownership and Tenure of Land 3.4.3 Gendered Aspects of Poverty and Marginalization Brainstorming, giving gapped lecture, asking questions, encouraging students to discuss issues, answering students' questions Attending lectures, answering instructor's questions, participating in group discussions Economic Commission for Africa (2004), pp. 69-74 Brainstorming, giving gapped lecture, asking questions, encouraging students to discuss issues, answering students' questions Attending lectures, answering instructor's questions, participating in group discussions Daniel (2015), pp. 27-92 Crewett and Korf (2008), *pp. 203-220* Yigremew (2002), pp. 1-55 **Chapter Five: Land Policy and Land Reform** 5.1 Definitions of Land Policy and Land Reform 5.2 The Link Between Land Policy and Other Major Policy Areas 5.3 Scope and Elements of Land Reform Brainstorming, giving gapped lecture, asking questions, encouraging students to discuss issues, answering students' questions Attending lectures, answering instructor's questions, participating in group discussions Achamyeleh (2008), pp. 13-26 5.4 Rationales for Land Reform 5.5 The Design and Execution of Land Policy/Reform 5.6 Challenges of Land Reform Brainstorming, giving gapped lecture, asking questions, encouraging students to discuss issues, answering students' questions Attending lectures, answering instructor's questions, participating in group discussions Achamyeleh (2008), pp. 36-51 **Chapter Six: Land Reform Issues** **6.1 Land Redistribution** 6.1.1 Concepts of redistributive land reform 6.1.2 Major intervention types by the state 6.1.3 Policy options for redistributive land reform 6.1.4 Functions of redistributive land reform 6.1.5 Experiences of Land Redistribution Brainstorming, giving gapped lecture, asking questions, encouraging students to discuss issues, answering students' questions Attending lectures, answering instructor's questions, participating in group discussions Achamyeleh (2008), pp. 52-65 6.2 **Land Consolidation** 6.2.1 Land fragmentation- reason for land consolidation 6.2.2 Basic concepts of land consolidation 6.2.3 Approaches to land consolidation 6.2.4 Rural development and land consolidation 6.2.5 Land consolidation strategies 6.2.6 Preconditions for land consolidation implementation 6.2.7 Additional steps to facilitate land consolidation Brainstorming, giving gapped lecture, asking questions, encouraging students to discuss issues, answering students' questions Attending lectures, answering instructor's questions, participating in group discussions Achamyeleh (2008), pp. 74-95 6.3 **Land Restitution** 6.3.1 Basic concepts of land restitution 6.3.2 Land restitution related policies 6.3.3 Land restitution and land markets 6.3.4 Land restitution instruments 6.3.5 Country case studies Brainstorming, giving gapped lecture, asking questions, encouraging students to discuss issues, answering students' questions Attending lectures, answering instructor's questions, participating in group discussions Achamyeleh (2008), pp. 66-73 Presentation Session Evaluating students' presentation, asking questions and giving feedback Presenting their findings to the class and answering questions Final Examination **Teaching and learning methods** Lecture, tutorials, group discussions, intensive readings, class debates and independent and group assignments **Assessment** - - - **Total.................................................................................. 100%** Course Expectation **Preparedness:** The course is a combined lecture, presentation, debate and class discussion course. Thus, students must familiarize themselves with each reading and contribute to class discussions. **Participation**: Make active participation during discussions. Talking to a neighbor, doing homework, daydreaming, or not doing what the rest of the class is doing are strictly prohibited. **Medium:** Use only English during group and pair work, in the class room and out of class room discussions. Course Policy **Attendance**: Students' attendance and class participation are expected so it is a productive class for this course. In this regard, tolerance and respecting others' views are expected from each student. Attendance is required for satisfactory performance. Missing more than 20% of the class sessions makes you ineligible for taking final exam. **Rules and regulations**: Students are expected to strictly observe the rule and regulation of the University. Any act of dishonesty in any work constitutes academic misconduct. It is compulsory to come to class on time and every time. If you are going to miss more than three classes during the term, you should not take this course. **Assignments/ Quizzes**: You must do your assignment on time. You also will have a short quiz. No late assignment will be accepted and no makeup quizzes will be given. **Cheating/plagiarism**: You must do your own group work and not copy and get answers from someone else. Also, please do not chew gum, eat, listen to recorders or CD players, wear sunglasses, or talk about personal problems. **Please be sure to turn off pagers and cell phones before class and exam sessions.** References Achamyeleh G.(2008). *Land Reforms* (Distance Module). Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar. Bell, Keith C. (2007). Good Governance in Land Administration. FIG Working Paper, Hong Kong, China. *Crewett, Wibke & Korf, Benedikt. (2008).* Ethiopia: Reforming Land Tenure *Review of African Political Economy No. 116, pp. 203-220.* Daniel Woldegebriel. (2015). *Land Rights and Expropriation in Ethiopia*. Switzerland, Springer International Publishing ECA. (2004). Land Tenure Systems and their Impacts on Food Security and Sustainable Development in Africa. Economic Commission for Africa. FAO. (2007). *Good Governance in Land Tenure and Administration. Rome, Italy.* Norton D.R. (2004). *Agricultural Development Policy*: *Concepts and experiences*. West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Palmer, David, Fricska, Szilard & Wehrmann, Babette. (2009). Towards Improved Land Governance. Land Tenure Working Paper 11. UN- Habitat. (2008). *Secure Land Rights for All.* United Nations Human Settlement Programme, Nairobi, Kenya. World Bank. (2003). Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction. Washington, DC. Yigremew Adal. (2002). Review of Landholding Systems and Policies in Ethiopia under the Different Regimes. **EEA/Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute Working Paper No 5/2002. 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