By: Isabel Malsang
Date: November 13th 2016
Source: AFP
Paris (AFP) - Diplomatic wrangling this week will make the headlines in the fight against climate change, but experts say a bigger but largely unseen battle is set to unfold on the world's farms.
Agriculture holds the double distinction of being highly vulnerable to climate change but also offering a solution to the problem, they say.
By: Michael Gray
Date: November 11th 2016
Source: Common Space
Scottish Government proposes team to take forward land reform aims
THE FIRST COMMISSIONERS to Scotland’s land agency to tackle centuries of land inequalities in the country have been proposed by the Scottish Government.
By: Armando Mombelli
Date: October 14th 2016
Source: Swissinfo.ch
By: Asit Ranjan Mishra
Date: October 7th 2016
Source: Live Mint
By: Carl Collen
Date: October 6th 2016
Source: Eurofruit
A dedicated group of Ceres-based growers in South Africa have prioritised black empowerment and land reform as they look to secure future food security and social harmony in the region.
By: Kieran Cooke
Date: October 5th 2016
Source: Middle East Eye
By: Silas Gbandia
Date: September 28th 2016
Source: Equal Times
A former member of Sierra Leone’s parliament has spoken of his determination to put an end to what he describes as the “underhand deals” taking place between the authorities and international palm oil producers in his country.
By: John Vidal
Date: September 26th 2016
Source: The Guardian
Deals would put the majority of seeds, chemicals and GM traits in the hands of three companies, deepening poverty for small-scale farmers
By: Danica Lo
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: Food and Wine
By: Roy Prosterman (Landesa)
Date: September 20th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Since World War II, there have been five great Asian development success stories founded upon land tenure reforms that allocated land ownership, or equivalent long-term land rights, into the hands of small farmers. Will Burma be the sixth?
