Procasur Africa was invited to organize and chair the Break Out session on Successful Strategies of Land Access for the New Generations at the ILC organized Global Land Forum Break Out Session: Successful Strategies of Land Access for the New Generations, held in Dakar, Senegal on the 13th of May 2015. The presentation covers the identification and analysis of successful strategies of land access for rural youth in different regions (specifically in Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa) by presenting main approaches, types of intervention and lessons learned from PROCASUR and the International Fund of Agricultural Development - IFAD's experiences; Presents two good practices of land access for rural youth in Bolivia and Senegal; and Approaches, strategies and policies to secure and promote youth access to land. Please click on the following link! For more on Procasur Africa's work with Rural Youth and Agriculture in Africa: http://africa.procasur.org/en/learning-routes/lr-sorted-by-theme/rural-youth/148-148

1. SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES OF LAND
ACCESS FOR THE NEW GENERATIONS
PROCASUR
13 OF MAY 2015

2. • 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 approaches, strategies
and policies to secure and promote youth
access to land;

3. • 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;

4. • 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

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

6. Results from the comparative analysis:
Mechanisms of access to land for rural youth
in LAC
1. Inheritance
2. Rights to use the family plot
3. Shared inheritance and co-ownership
4. Inheritance received in life and land
partition
5. Purchasing land on the market

7. Challenges:
• Lack of registries and clearing of land titles;
• Land concentration and fragmentation;
• Absence of family planning and access
insecurity
• Barriers based on gender

8. Some lessons learned:
• Importance of 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;

9. • Intergenerational dialogue as part of the
family strategy;
• Strengthening the inclusion of young
peoples in community organizations;
• Family arrangements and initiatives for land
acquisition.

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