Country-Level Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security (VGGT) in South Africa

What are the capacities of people, organisations and institutions needed to achieve lasting progress for more responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forest in the context of national food security? What role can multi-stakeholder processes, platforms and partnerships play?

This contribution consist of a text box example with transferable lessons learned on multi-stakeholder processes and platforms to implement the the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the context of National Food Security (VGGT) in South Africa. Co-authored with Dr. Louisa J. M. Jansen, the text was published in the Committee on World Food Security report of the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition on “Multi-stakeholder partnerships to finance and improve food security and nutrition in the framework of the 2030 Agenda”.

See page 91 in http://www.fao.org/3/CA0156EN/CA0156en.pdf.