Land remains one of Africa’s most valuable yet contested resources, shaping livelihoods, agricultural productivity, and rural development. At the 6th Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA 2025) held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, researchers from PiLAF contributed to this important continental dialogue with new insights on land access and inequality.

During the conference themed “Land Governance, Justice, and Reparations for Africans and Descendants of People of the African Diaspora,” PiLAF Senior Research Associate Dr. John Odozi presented a research article titled “Agricultural Land Access in Rural Nigeria: Multidimensional Inequality Decomposition.” The study provides evidence-based insights into the complex dimensions of land access inequality affecting rural farming households in Nigeria.

Co-authored by PiLAF researchers Iredele Ogunbayo, Benjamin Oyelami, Oreoluwa Akano, and policy expert Nalishebo Meebelo, the article is now published in the African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences (AJLP-GS), Vol. 9 Issue 3 (March 2026), further contributing to scholarly and policy conversations on equitable land governance in Africa.

Read full paper here: https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/article/view/63838

PiLAF remains committed to advancing research that informs policy, promotes equitable land governance, and strengthens agricultural systems across Africa.