By: Frinston Lim
Date: December 19th 2016
Source: Inquirer.net
TAGUM CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Monday reinstated the ownership of the 145-hectare land to the 159 farmers under the Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association Inc. (Marbai) in Barangay Madaum here.
The
By: Evelyn Lirri
Date: June 19th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
BUGALA ISLAND, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mariam Nakakeeto listened quietly to the grievances of fellow farmers gathered outside the grounds of a local church on Bugala Island, by the shores of Lake Victoria.
By: Nay Aung
Date: August 16th 2016
Source: The Myanmar Times
Villagers in Magwe Region’s Sinbaungwe township are calling for the reconstitution of committees in the township tasked with resolving seized land claims, saying their current memberships do not have locals’ approval.
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 5th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundreds of protesters have occupied a government office in Brazil's capital demanding farmland for 120,000 landless families and other reforms, one of the country's
By: Gabriella Mulligan
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: BBC News
Farming can be a tough enough business at the best of times, but imagine not being able to prove that the land you farm is even yours.
In Ghana, for example, only 10% of smallholder farmers have any kind of certificate documenting
By: Elias Glenn and Kevin Yao
Date: November 3rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
China has relaxed rules to allow farmers to transfer their land rights to help promote more efficient, large-scale farms, amid an exodus of farm workers to the cities.
By: R. Quentin Grafton and John Williams, ANU, and Qiang Jiang, Sichuan University
Date: February 2nd 2016
Source: East Asia Forum
Asia’s food systems are under an unprecedented confluence of pressures. Balancing future food demand and supply in ways that protect the most vulnerable, while also
By: Kizza Besigye
Date: November 8th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor
OPINION
By: Olzhas Auyezov
Date: May 12th 2016
Source: Reuters
President Nazarbayev's plans to privatise farmland have sparked rare public protests in the Central Asian nation
ALMATY, May 12 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's government, facing a wave of unrest over farmland privatisation plans, invited some
By: Sayantan Bera
Date: August 15th 2016
Source: Live Mint
New Delhi: Several states, including Gujarat, Odisha and Punjab, are adopting a model law that is aimed at encouraging owners of agricultural land to lease out their land for farming.
Date: August 27th 2016
Source: FarmersUK
The Scottish farming sector is urging legislators to continue to consult with farmers and crofters as the Land Reform Act continues to take shape.
Farming union NFU Scotland wants a "functioning, healthy and vibrant" tenanted sector to be delivered.
By: John Vidal
Date: September 26th 2016
Source: The Guardian
Deals would put the majority of seeds, chemicals and GM traits in the hands of three companies, deepening poverty for small-scale farmers