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Displaying 1901 - 1910 of 2403Malawi: 'New Land Laws to Empower Chiefs, People '
By: Malawi News Agency
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Malawi News Agency
The recent budget sitting passed land administration related bills which have raised controversy and at times outright misinformation. The Minister of Information, Communications Technology and Civic Education, PATRICIA KALIATI, provides some insights into the pieces of legislation and other related matters.
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Uganda: Government to amend land act to ease taking over private land for development
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: NTV Uganda
Members of Parliament have condemned government’s move, saying it’s suspect and could fuel land grabbing. They are vowing to oppose the amendment.
Group Warns of Rising ASEAN Land Grab Conflicts
By: Ron Corben & Bryan Lynn
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: VOA
An international human rights organization says Southeast Asia is facing increasing conflicts and violence over land grab activity. A “land grab” relates to taking land quickly, forcefully and often illegally.
China's Rapid Urbanization Blamed for Most Devastating Flood of the Decade
By: Erika Villanueva-Miranda
Date: July 31st 2016
Source: Yibada
China rapid urbanization is now blamed for the country's most devastating flood in history.
The recent calamity that brought China to its knees with a hefty $44.7 billion damage cost is partly caused by the country's "ruthless" urbanization for the past years, an analysis from Forbes revealed.
Kenya's rapid urbanisation takes toll on Maasai communal land
By: Shadrack Kavilu
Date: July 31st 2016
Source: Reuters
KITENGELA, Kenya, July 31(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's just before sunset, the time of day when Maasai herdsman Josphat Ole Tonkei would have been counting his herd of cows after hours in the grazing fields, a few years ago.
Property rights for world's poor could unlock trillions in 'dead capital': economist
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When it comes to alleviating poverty and allowing people to live up to their potential, prize-winning Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto divides the world into two groups: the ones who have defined property rights and those who do not.
Training Manual for Strengthening Co‐Operatives in Cambodia
Training Manual for Strengthening Co‐Operatives in Cambodia
Farmers Trade Agenda in ASEAN
This research is intended to help contribute to this articulation process by identifying and consolidating small farmers' trade agenda in five countries, namely Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. These countries represent a good mix of both net agricultural exporters and importers, providing the paper with a balanced perspective of looking at trade and its impact on small farmers. The agenda of small farmers in these countries formed the bases for the formulation of their trade agenda in ASEAN. The research is divided into three parts.
Critical Issues on the Growing Market Power of Transnational Agribusinesses
There is a need to distinguish between small-scale, subsistence family-based farming, small to medium scale businesses in the agriculture sector that is the predominant mode in the global south on one hand and; the operations of agribusiness (whether a large local corporation or transnational corporation) found in the agricultural sector of many countries that are typically large in size and capital on the other.
Participatory Research on the Gender Dimension of Food Security amidst Climate Change
Addressing the problem of hunger in a world where food production systems, particularly in developing countries, are being eroded and undermined by climate change is one of the most important challenges of our time. Studies by the Food and Agriculture organization (FAO), Oxfam and the Asian Development Bank, among others, underscore the significance of climate change impacts on agriculture and food production (FAO 2007, Oxfam 2009, ADB 2009).