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Cada 17 de abril se conmemora el Día Internacional de la Lucha Campesina. Desde el Centro de Desenvolvemento Rural Portas Abertas reclamaron este viernes un modelo agroganadero "máis xusto e sostible".
El 17 de abril se conmemora el día internacional por la lucha Campesina, en memoria de campesinos y campesinas que fueron asesinados por la policía del estado de Pará en Brasil en el año de 1996. Estas personas, que hacían parte del Movimiento de los Trabajadores Sin Tierra -MST-, marchaban hacia Belém en protesta por la demora en la expropiación de tierras por parte del Estado.
The passing of the Land Expropriation Without Compensation bill by the South African parliament with overwhelming support by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has instigated uncertainties in the country's property rights and agricultural production.
It has been decades since Africa’s independence, and the peasants (rural land cultivators) are still suffering. How did Africa ignore the agricultural sector, after the peasants ushered the continent’s independence? Agriculture has become Africa’s “sunset” sector making the continent the most impoverished region, with over 70% rural poverty, heavy dependence on donor food aid valued at over US$ 51 million annually and high rates of unemployment. At least Africa is now embarking on agrarian reforms after years of neo-colonialism.
La falta de gasolina está llevando al borde del colapso a la industria agrícola venezolana y amenaza con más hambre y malnutrición. Productores calculan que el área plantada con los principales cultivos del país, maíz y arroz, se reducirá un 50 por ciento este año.
This week in Geneva, the Human Rights Council is expected to take a position on the follow-up to a draft Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other Persons Working in Rural Areas. Five years after the start of the negotiations, we are at a turning point.
Absent from the discourse spurred by the motion passed in the National Assembly on 27 February is what could be achieved in the interim for land reform programme using existing legislation while the country awaits a verdict on the constitutional amendment to determine whether is possible to expropriate land w
The Second Regional Land Forum kicked off in Bangkok, Thailand in the early morning of May 28th and the opening session was certainly one to remember! Live drones, talk of big data and using NASA related technology to propel land rights forward, were but a few of the impressive topics on the table. Participants gathered to hear a variety of ‘flash talks’, quick yet effective pitches about notable initiatives relating to data, technology and land rights.
Access to justice is a key governance concern in developed and developing countries alike. Community legal workers aim to help poor or comparatively powerless people defend themselves against land grabs, obtain public services, and challenge corruption. Can this bottom-up approach counter powerful interests seeking to entrench their control? Can legal empowerment help respond to rising authoritarianism and repression of civil society?