The rural poor who have weak or no land tenure rights are among the most vulnerable to the direct effects of climate change, both because insecure land tenure reduces the incentives and capacities to take good care of the land to mitigate /adapt to the effects of climate change, and because without

          

Xi is promoting a new vision to tackle long-standing problems like the rural-urban divide, food security, and poverty. Photo Credit: Depositphotos

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a groundbreaking $65 million contribution from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to boost food security and support livelihoods of the most vulnerable rural communities in Afghanistan.

  His administration will establish the "Agrarian Civil Service," a program through which thousands of young university students will technically support the farmers. On Sunday, Peru’s President Pedro Castillo launched the "second agrarian reform", which is a national policy for the development of

Depuis 2014, la société Grande Côte Opérations exploite des sables minéralisés dans le secteur de Diogo, essentiellement de l’ilménite et du zircon. L’État du Sénégal lui a accordé une concession pour 25 ans. Le ministre des Mines a souligné jeudi 8 juillet que les « retombées de l

Gender inequality doesn't make sense on any level. By marginalising women, we deny ourselves the opportunity to lift millions of men, women and children out of poverty. Not to mention the chance of a just and fair world. From birth, girls, boys, women and men are expected by society to play certain

Fear of China fueled the activism, though frustrations had accumulated over stagnant living conditions in the provinces. Main photo: Hands off (David Trilling) Kazakhstan is on the cusp of imposing a permanent ban on the sale and lease of agricultural land to foreigners. It is a rare victory for

Avec un million de tonnes produites par les hévéas ivoiriens, le pays assure 80 % de la production africaine. Un succès obtenu en une décennie à peine, et qui permet à la Cote d'ivoire d'espérer renforcer sa filière de transformation du caoutchouc.

A compilation of land related news curated by knowledgebase.land - a website maintained by Phuhlisani NPC, a land sector NPO in South Africa. KB.L seeks to bring to life all aspects of the 'land issue', recognising that land is both a deeply important aspect of our history which simultaneously

The Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security, Edwin Dikoloti last week told Parliament that Botswana is making strides in living the Malabo Declaration. Dikoloti was responding to a question from Member of Parliament for Jwaneng-Mabutsane, Mephato Reatile who had asked the Minister