promotion of the agro-industrial effort, so as to improve the integration and organization of human settlements, in accordance with national development plans and programmes. The increase in the value of land as a result of public decision and investment should be recaptured for the benefit of society as a whole. Governments should also ensure that prime agricultural land is destined to its most vital use." 125. The recently adopted Global Strategy for Shelter also mentions land in various contexts concerning housing and human settlements. For instance, under the context of land management, the GSS states that; (a) Governments will need to stimulate the flow of sufficient land to meet shelter needs; (b) In many countries. Governments will need to recognize the practical importance of the informal land market and remove existing constraints to it; (c) Governments will have to devise alternatives to the informal processes of land supply that have assisted many low-income families in the past but that may not be able to supply land to meet future needs; (d) Where Governments do not directly control the land market, there will be an array of options for making land available to meet residential needs; (e) Carefully selected incentives and sanctions are realistic measures for interventions by Governments in land markets to increase supply of residential land; (f) Land management will need to be improved through, inter alia, introduction of affordable land registration systems and programmes of land tenure regularization; (g) Shelter upgrading will require the preservation of land in low-income housing use; and (h) Future squatting can be controlled once an effective land-management system is in place, but squatters who have accvunulated tenure rights through prolonged stay need to be recognized and legitimized. 12/ 126. The Executive Director of UNCHS has addressed the issue of land in the following terms:
**Analysis**
The text discusses the importance of land management and its relation to human settlements, agriculture, and economic development. It highlights the need to ensure that prime agricultural land is used effectively and to promote the value of land for the benefit of society. The text also mentions the Global Strategy for Shelter, which emphasizes the need for governments to manage land effectively to meet shelter needs and to improve land management through affordable land registration systems and programs of land tenure regularization.

**Category**
Economic development, Agriculture, forestry and fishing