Farmers' access to and rights over seeds are the very pillars of agriculture, and thus represent an essential component of food sovereignty.
Previous studies have shown that collective property rights offer higher flexibility than individual property and improve sustainable community-based forest management.
Guaranteeing households’ equal access to land has long been advocated as paramount to implement development policies in Rural China.
In a rural agrarian economy like that of Nepal, land has traditionally been a primary source of livelihood and security, as well as a symbol of status. Thousands of poor farmers are completely dependent on land for their livelihoods, yet not all of them have access to or control over this fundamental resource. Negotiation for access to land has been a lengthy and complicated process.