European Coordination Via Campesina and Hands Off the Land Network

The Inspection Panel is an independent complaints mechanism for people who believe that they have been, or are likely to be, adversely affected by a World Bank-funded project. The Panel provides for accountability through assessment of Bank's compliance with operational policies. The process is designed to pro-vide redress to affected people and address issues of policy non-compliance and harm.

ETC Group has been monitoring the power and global reach of agro-industrial corporations for several decades – including the increasingly consolidated control of agricultural inputs for the industrial food chain: proprietary seeds and livestock genetics, chemical pesticides and fertilizers and animal pharmaceuticals. Collectively, these inputs are the chemical and biological engines that drive industrial agriculture.

Most analyses of violence in Darfur ignore the local dimension of the crisis, focusing instead on the region’s economic and political marginalization and climatic variability. However, agricultural change and other changes relating to the land-rights and land-use systems have led to competition and exclusion, and have played a major role in the collective violence that has raged throughout the region. Understanding these questions is essential for the successful resolution of political and policy debates in Darfur.

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"For millions of people living in the world’s poorest countries, access to land is a matter not of wealth, but of survival, identity and belonging. Most of the 1.4 billion people earning less than US$1.25 a day live in rural areas and depend largely on agriculture for their livelihoods, while an estimated 2.5 billion people are involved in full- or part-time smallholder agriculture.

Food First Backgrounder, Spring 2014, Vol. 20, No. 1

Introduction: Land, Race and the Agrarian Crisis

The disastrous effects of widespread land grabbing and land concentration sweeping the globe do not affect all farmers equally. The degree of vulnerability to these threats is highest for smallholders, women and people of color—the ones who grow, harvest, process and prepare most of the world’s food.

This briefing paper makes the case for proactive business engagement in respecting land rights and ensuring legal, fair and inclusive practices on land use, access to natural resources and equitable development opportunities. It outlines key challenges, provides an overview of existing instruments that can help companies address issues related to land, and points to practical entry points for improved business practices.

In the third of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran, the Bhumi Committee is described. The Bhumi (literally meaning ‘land’) commitees want to help the poor, landless people establish their rights over khasland. This booklet describes their history and the work they do.

The content of the booklet is as follows: 
1. Introduction
2. Overview
3. The roots of the Bhumi Committee
4. Structure and guidelines of the Bhumi Committee
5. The Bhumi Committee in practice.

In the fourth of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran, their work and strategy to raise awarenss on land tenure issues is descibred. The NGO wishes to raise awareness firstly about the procedure of the Digital Land Record and Survey in areas of Bangladesh and secondly, about the NGO's inteded impact in relation to the public's land ownership and rights.

The content of the booklet is as follows: 

The sixth booklet of the Land Governance Booklet Series, Uttaran's impact on several settlements in Bangladesh is described.

The content of the booklet is as follows

In the eighth booklet of the Land Governance Booklet Series, several of the case studies by Uttaran are described.

The content of the booklet is as follows:

1. Khasland utilisation
2. Gender in land governance
3. Legal Support
4. Media coverage

Download the full booklet here.

Click here for the next booklet in the series.