17 March 2017
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a grant-giving non-profit organization that supports independent global journalism, is seeking applications for data-driven journalism projects related to land rights and property rights.
We are eager to see proposals that use open data to reveal new
8 March 2017
While development programming is increasingly politically savvy, and women and girls are high on the agenda, it’s bizarre how often gender is overlooked as one of the key determinants of who gets what in the world.
16 February 2017
A embaixada dos EUA em Angola está a desafiar os estudantes angolanos, com diploma de licenciatura, a inscreverem-se no Programa de Bolsas de Estudo Fulbright, que anualmente oferece a mais de 1.800 cidadãos estrangeiros a possibilidade de estudarem nos EUA a custo zero.
De acordo com a mensagem
12 December 2014
Source: iied
By Eric Yeboah
Land rights play a crucial role in agricultural development and inclusive growth, but in many countries in Africa, women lose out from patriarchal legal and cultural traditions. How can these practices be changed to benefit everyone?
Inclusive approach in concert with Mekong region partners forges unprecedented access to data and information on land
For more information, please contact: Neil Sorensen at +33641668648 or neil.sorensen@landportal.info
Water shortages caused by Bolivia's worst drought in 25 years have been exacerbated by booming population growth in cities, poor infrastructure and the impact of big agricultural plantations and mining projects, campaigners say.
Bolivia declared a national state of emergency last week as a
Date: November 10th 2016
Source: ZimEye
EUROPE’S top diplomat in Zimbabwe has expressed concern over a new wave of land expropriations in the country, saying this has slowed down the country’s reform and re-engagement programme.
By: David Humphreys
Date: 13 January 2017
Source: Chinadialogue
BLIDA - Le ministre de l’Agriculture et du Développement rural, Youcef Cherfa a annoncé, mardi à Blida, le lancement, au cours de cette année, de la mise en valeur de 500.000 hectares de terres dans les wilayas du sud, en vue de promouvoir les capacités nationales en matière de production de
By: Edwin Genoway, Jr
Date: September 28th 2016
Source: Front Page Africa
Monrovia - A two-day dialogue on large scale land acquisitions in Liberia started Tuesday at a local restaurant in Sinkor.
IIED's legal tools team has an exciting opportunity for a French-speaking senior researcher to develop and manage action research programmes that will strengthen local rights and promote sustainable development in the governance of land and investment.
Department: Natural Resources research
Source: ACBio, 3 April 2016
Posted in Seed Freedom on April 4, 2016
Image source: https://acbio.org.za/corporate-expansion/africa-lose-heritage-crops-multinationals-donating-gm-technology/
AFRICA TO LOSE HERITAGE CROPS TO MULTINATIONALS ‘DONATING’ GM TECHNOLOGY…