{"id":12320,"date":"2020-10-19T16:03:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T16:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=12320"},"modified":"2020-12-10T10:08:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T10:08:39","slug":"bread-and-butter-5-legal-literacy-as-integral-to-rural-womens-land-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/bread-and-butter-5-legal-literacy-as-integral-to-rural-womens-land-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread and Butter #5: Legal Literacy as Integral to Rural Women\u2019s Land Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12315 \" src=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Capture4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Capture4.png 423w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Capture4-313x450.png 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The concept of land is one that has been described as the cornerstone of economic development. According to Odeny (2013), land is one asset that farmers, pastoralists and other communities base their livelihoods. Land is also a significant component of business assets, which play significant role in business investment strategies. Thus, securing land rights can have a profound impact on economic development of any group of people.<\/p>\n<p>This study situates land located in rural areas as both a means of agricultural production, livestock rearing and a place for gathering natural products that play an important role in local economies such as woodcutting, wild harvesting, grazing, fishing and hunting inter alia. In most cases, particularly among indigenous people, land is a source of identity and cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<h1>Read the second article in the second series here:<\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Legal-Literacy-as-Integral-to-Rural-Womens-Land-Rights__.pdf\">Legal Literacy as Integral to Rural Women\u2019s Land Rights<\/a><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The concept of land is one that has been described as the cornerstone of economic development. According to Odeny (2013), land is one asset that farmers, pastoralists and other communities base their livelihoods. Land is also a significant component of business assets, which play significant role in business investment strategies. 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