Land Portal Foundation and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launch thematic portfolio on Land & Food Security Approximately 40 percent of the world’s land is used for crop production and pasture, but 800 million people remain food insecure and as many as 2 billion are

Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities are stewards of natural resources and nature. We have been conserving our territories for thousands of years. Each indigenous community has its own territory. For indigenous nomadic pastoralists our territory consists of summering grounds, wintering grounds

  ELENERAI, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Norah Chepkulul, a single mother of two young sons, stands outside her home, a grass thatched hut surrounded by cactus-like euphoria trees on the dusty Maasai Mara road in Kenya's Rift Valley. She has just finished milking her four cows and has

  Pastoralism is the main production system practised by communities who live in range lands and dry lands which are usually arid or semi-arid. But pastoral communities are facing increasing pressure on their land.

Deadline: 30th June 2017 Who can apply? Given the extraordinary growth of the coalition in previous years, this opening will give priority to civil society and inter-governmental organisations: With specific political and technical expertise to realise people centred land governance of

By: Jennifer Bond, Kennedy Mkutu  Date: 7 February 2017 Source: The Conversation 

By: Xu Shanshan Date: January 5th 2017 Source: ECNS.cn Due to rapid urban area expansion, some 300,000 sq. km of particularly fertile cropland will be lost by 2030.

  This research focuses on the livelihoods of pastoralists who reside in Abalak, Niger. It analyses the method of pastoralism practised by pastoralists in Abalak and the impact of regional, national and local policies on their livelihoods. (Written by Oussouby Touré). Download Full Report

By: Uwaisu Idris and Gazali Abdou Date: May 6th 2016 Source: Deutsche Welle

By: Andrew Essein Date: November 14th 2016 Source: Leadership Nigeria

By: Admin Date: February 17th 2016 Source: News Ghana Ghana is in rough spot. Its commodity prices are falling and the country’s last resort which is the agriculture sector is being threatened by the activities of Fulani herdsmen who migrate into the country from the Sahelian region of West

By: Deon Schlechter Date: September 14th 2016 Source: New Era Namibia has the potential and is poised to enable a programme of improved rangeland management in local level land use planning and improved marketing conditions in communal areas. This is true for the northern communal areas (NCAs) –