Land rights: the missing link for food security in Cameroon

IIED Briefing
, 4 pages
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Language:
English, Français
Published: July 2019
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IIED Briefing Papers
ISBN: 9781784317027
Product code:17712IIED

For decades food insecurity has been a challenge in Cameroon’s Far North region, mainly due to extreme weather and weak land legislation. Now the problem is escalating. The current humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram insurgency has resulted in over 87,000 refugees and 340,000 internally displaced people in the region. Humanitarian agencies are responding with food aid but little attention is given to underlying challenges, notably access to land. The reform of land legislation is an opportunity to strengthen land rights for local communities and marginalised groups. The briefing highlights how devolving power to local institutions and ensuring secure land tenure for displaced people and host communities must be priorities to achieve sustainable food security for everyone.

This publication has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project.

Cite this publication

Bamenjo, J., Kouba, S. and Schwartz, B. (2019). Land rights: the missing link for food security in Cameroon. .
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