LAND-at-scale Thematic Research: Synthesis report
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Abstract
This report presents the synthesis of insights derived from activities coordinated by the LANDac academic partners within the LAND-at-scale (LAS) knowledge programme from 2020 to 20252. During this time, our aim has been to strengthen the knowledge base of the LAS programme around themes of shared interest. Our strategy has focused on harvesting evidence, lessons, and insights across projects and exploring possibilities for the scaling of just, inclusive and sustainable land governance interventions. Our approach combined building and sharing knowledge through academic thematic research and analysis at the programme level with in-country longitudinal research. In this report we revisit the objectives we set out to achieve, namely to a) document promising impact pathways for equitable and sustainable land governance interventions, b) identify bottlenecks and risks, c) suggest ways to scale and innovate approaches to ensure equitable and sustainable land governance. In order to achieve these objectives, we have asked: how do assumptions underlying the LAS programme as a whole, and the projects implemented in different countries, align with most recent academic knowledge and resonate with lived realities documented from research on the ground?
Engaging in various activities to answering this question, the LAS knowledge programme’s academic partners contributed to adaptive programming, exchanging knowledge and building a broader research community.
In the following sections, we outline how we have achieved these objectives and propose a future agenda. The next section provides insights into the approach and methodology informing the activities of the academic knowledge component and this synthesis report. Section 3 highlights the main insights that we have obtained on cross-cutting themes that inform the pathways and risks. The report ends with a conclusion that answers the overarching question and shows ways forward.
Publication details
- Author
- Wytske Chamberlain
- Publisher and contributing organizations
- LANDac, Government of the Netherlands
- Report date
- July 2025
- Land Portal catalogue date
- January 2026
- Language
- English
- Extent
- 32 pages
- Geographic focus
- Egypt Burundi Mozambique Rwanda Somalia Uganda Chad Burkina Faso Mali Colombia Iraq Palestine Global
- Subjects
- Land & Food Security
Program: LAND-at-scale.
Related projects: LAND-at-scale Knowledge management: LANDac contribution.
Original publication credited to Wytske Chamberlain. Cover reproduced from the first page. Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0. Land Portal source record.