Cutting 244.6207 ha in Tar Ngar village of Nharng commune in Andoung Meas district of Ratanak Kiri province from ELC of Hoang Anh Oyadav; Donating 217.9790 ha to 66 families; Reserving 26.6417 ha for physical infrastructure development; and Granting ownership to 95 private land parcels.

Cutting 179.2492 ha of land in Thmey village of Chey Udom commune in Lumphat district of Ratanak Kiri province from ELC of Daun Penh Agrico; Reclassifying 160.8257 ha as state private land for granting donation of ownership to 56 families; Reserving 18.4235 ha for physical infrastructure development; and Granting ownership to 67 private land parcels.

Cutting 57.8405 ha in Tangse village of Nharng commune in Andoung Meas district of Ratanak Kiri province from ELC of Jiang Ly; Granting donation of ownership of 48.5270 ha to 21 families; Reserving 9.3135 ha for physical infrastructure development and Granting ownership to 28 private land parcels.

Cutting 477.0359 ha in Dal village of Nharng commune in Andoung Meas district of Ratanak Kiri province from ELC of Jiang Ly; Granting donation of ownership of 391.6855 ha to 111 families; Reserving 85.3504ha for physical infrastructure development and Granting ownership to 176 private land parcels.

Cutting 50.8667 ha of land in Taveng village of Taveng leu commune in Taveng district of Ratanak Kiri province from ELC of Krong Pok Aphivath Caoutchouc; Reclassifying 46.8920 ha as state private land for granting donation of ownership to 29 families; Reserving 3.9747 ha for physical infrastructure development; and Granting ownership to 40 private land parcels.

The phrase “land grab” has become common in Myanmar, often making front page news. This reflects the more open political space available to talk about injustices, as well as the escalating severity and degree of land dispossession under the new government.

But this seemingly simple two-word phrase is in fact very complex and opaque. It thus deserves greater clarity in order to better understand the deep layers of meaning to farmers in the historical political context of Myanmar.

This Topic Guide is written for DFID staff, but is relevant to all development professionals. It comprises the following sections:

This case study has been produced in response to a request made to the Evidence on Demand Helpdesk. The objective of the request was to provide a detailed case study on the evolution of land policy in Mozambique and provide the reader with insights into what is viewed as one of Africa’s most progressive land laws, recognising multiple forms of tenure.

The current solutions to delivering land administration services have very limited global outreach; 75 percent of the world's population do not have access to formal systems to register and safeguard their land rights. The majority of these are the poor and the most vulnerable in society and without any level of security of tenure they constantly live in threat of eviction.

March 2014 – This paper critically examines how lease farming can be a viable livelihood option for landless rural poor, especially women in India. In the absence of land ownership and education, the majority of landless and semi-landless rural women are engaged as low wage agricultural labourers and remain trapped in poverty and indebtedness. Lease farming by landless women in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh shows a pathway for reducing their poverty and enabling upward social mobility.

Statements on the national implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests.

Each of the post-Soviet Central Asian states inherited both inefficient collectivized agricultural systems and an understanding of the nation rooted in categories defined by Soviet nationality policy. Despite the importance placed on territorial homelands in many contemporary understandings of nationalism, the divergent formal responses to these dual Soviet legacies have generally been studied in isolation from one another.