Last month, our international community celebrated World Environment Day 2020. To mark the occasion, YILaA interviewed Amy Coughenour Betancourt, CEO at Cadasta Foundation, to discuss key issues related to land rights and how it relates to youth empowerment, environmental conservation, and the development of sustainable agriculture. This article summarizes some of the main points discussed with Amy as well as her recommendations for the international community for improved land management practices in Africa, a mission shared by YILaA and Cadasta Foundation.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 28, 2020 (ECA) – The ongoing coronavirus crisis (COVID-19) has added impetus to the need for African nations to create comprehensive, up to date land registries to safeguard ordinary people’s land rights, especially in rural communities, Joan Kagwanja of the African Land Policy Centre said Thursday.

The session ”Exploring tools and approaches towards responsible youth and gender sensitive land governance and transparency in Africa” took place on November 27th, 2019 in the framework of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa and was organized by the Global Land Tool Network and the International Land Coalition.

By Tizai Mauto, Landesa Land Tenure and Youth Specialist Over 60 percent of Africans are under the age of 35 – a well-documented “youth bulge” representing both an enormous challenge and a tantalizing opportunity for the continent. While 10-12 million young Africans enter the labor market each year, only 3.1 million formal wage jobs are generated, a

Description: Join co-hosts Landesa and Yilaa for an expert discussion on the role youth can play in reforming agriculture and promoting economic development across the African continent. The webinar will provide insights into the current state of youth access and rights to land in Africa, current efforts to promote youth engagement in agriculture and lessons

Written by Grace Ananda How will you feel when you are discriminated against and denied privileges that other people enjoy? What will be your reaction? Have you asked yourself why the indigenous community in the world feel left behind in the development agenda? To answer all this, I had to look at the food security

Across the African continent, we are in the midst of a ‘youth bulge’, with people below the age of 35 constituting 65 per cent of the population. Tanzania is no exception, as people aged between 15 and 35 comprise almost 85 per cent of the workforce. By Khadija Mrisho In a country where agriculture is