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Land News South Africa 27 July - 11 August 2020

12 August 2020

In this land news update from South Africa we focus on:

  • Our changing Covid 19 context
  • The unresolved problem of farm worker evictions
  • Budget cuts and food insecurity
  • Contestation over land administration in communal areas in KwaZulu-Natal province
  • The need for a digital deeds registry platform
  • Unresolved land restitution disputes
  • The  complex backstory behind mounting land occupations in Cape Town
  • A selection of land related news from Southern Central and Eastern Africa 

Government urged to create land banks to support vulnerable groups

30 June 2020

Executive Director of the Centre for Women in Agriculture and Nutrition (C-WAN), Emmanuel Wullingdool, has appealed to the government to create agricultural land banks to enable the vulnerable groups in society to have access to fertile land for farming purposes.

He said the vulnerable groups, including women, could register with the government at the district levels to acquire those productive lands to farm.

With China's Economy Battered By Pandemic, Millions Return To The Land For Work

08 June 2020

Since the coronavirus pandemic battered China's economy, tens of millions of urban and factory jobs have evaporated.

Some workers and business owners have banded together to pressure companies or local governments for subsidies and payouts.

But many of the newly unemployed have instead returned to their rural villages. China's vast countryside now serves as an unemployment sponge, soaking up floating migrant workers in temporary agricultural work on small family plots.

China's New Land Policy to Improve Provincial Govt Fiscal, Economic Performance

06 May 2020

Fitch Ratings-Hong Kong-06 May 2020: China's new policy granting greater autonomy to provincial-level governments over land conversions and farmland acquisitions will assist fiscal and economic performance in the medium to long term, via increased governance efficiency of land management on the local level, Fitch Ratings says. Still, Fitch believes the reforms maintain the protection of farmland as a top priority, thus an aggressive conversion plan at the national level appears unlikely for environmental and agricultural reasons.

Lao Villagers Lose Farmland to Chinese Banana Grower

03 April 2020

Villagers in Laos say a Chinese-owned banana plantation in has unfairly acquired the land of 46 families in the northern part of the country, many of whom were coerced by authorities into selling for a miniscule compensation package

The 46 families sold 60 hectares (148 acres) of their land in Houy Or Village, located in Bokeo province’s Meung district. They were offered what some say is a paltry 11 million kip ($1,200) per family.

Myanmar: Govt. will return lands confiscated during military rule; legislator alleged that 200 acres were instead sold to businesses

06 January 2020

Government vows to speed up return of confiscated farmland



The  Myanmar government has almost finished a review of farmland confiscated during military rule and will hasten its return this year, an official of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation said.

After losing father, activist leads fight against farmer suicide

18 August 2019

Mansa, Punjab, India - With a scarf around her head and a bottle of cold water in her backpack, Kiranjit Kaur goes door to door as the sun beats down on Kotra Kalan village, calling on women to join an upcoming meeting about farmer suicides.


Two years ago she set up the Kisan Mazdoor Khudkushi Peedit Parivar Committee, an organisation to support families of suicide victims, bringing together widows and relatives of impoverished farmers who - struggling with crippling debt - killed themselves in Punjab, the breadbasket of India.


Brazil farm lobby wins as Bolsonaro grabs control over indigenous lands

04 January 2019

New Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued an executive order on Wednesday making the Agriculture Ministry responsible for deciding on lands claimed by indigenous peoples, in a victory for agribusiness that will likely enrage environmentalists.

Brazil's new President Jair Bolsonaro gestures after receiving the presidential sash from outgoing President Michel Temer at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes/File Photo

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