Responsible land-intensive agriculture moved from a policy document to a working institution: two committees, eight toolkits and the capacity to apply them to a live investment.
The challenge
SABER does not accept the adoption of a framework as evidence of responsible land governance. It requires a governance structure — a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee and a Technical Committee — together with investment principles and a working grievance mechanism, and it requires satisfactory implementation including application to a pilot investment.
Our approach
We developed the framework and the institutional arrangements beneath it, established and strengthened both committees, defined their roles, and built the procedures and grievance arrangements that make the framework operable. Two capacity-building workshops followed — the first to establish shared understanding across the committees, the second to deepen implementation capacity.
What we delivered
- FRILIA framework aligned to SABER requirements
- Steering Committee and Technical Committee: composition, roles and procedures
- The eight required toolkits — Stakeholder Engagement; Environmental and Social Risk Management; Land Access, Easement and Involuntary Resettlement; Valuation and Compensation; Global Memorandum of Understanding; Grievance Mechanism; Community Needs Assessment and Development; Out-growers and Food Security
- Grievance redress arrangements and implementation planning
Outcomes
The framework is carried by practical instruments rather than remaining a high-level policy statement, and both committees hold the working knowledge needed to apply it to a pilot investment.
Partners
Katsina State Government · World Bank-supported SABER programme