By: Republica Date: September 29th 2016 Source: My República KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Experts have said that the private sector has a key role in ushering in well-managed urbanization in the country.

Agrilinks, the USAID Bureau for Food Security’s Knowledge Sharing platform, will be hosting an "Ask Ag" online chat on July 22 (noon-1:00 PM ET) on the unique challenges of—and solutions to—land tenure issues. The chat will be hosted on the Agrilinks website and open to the public.

By: ENS Economic Bureau  Date: October 15th 2016 Source: The Indian Express India’s urban system consists of 7,933 cities and towns as of 2011 with a population of 377.16 million. It is now the second largest in the world rising from 5,161 towns and cities in 2001 with a total population of 286.1

TRIBUNE INDIA Posted at: Aug 2 2015 12:07AM Landless farmers to get ownership rights BD Kasniyal   Pithoragarh, August 1 The Udham Singh Nagar district administration has started the process of giving ownership rights free of cost to farmers, who have occupied not more than 3.25 acres

By 2050 four out of every five people could be living in towns and cities. Urbanization can drive development and improve lives, but it can also have a debilitating impact when corruption is involved.

Date: 27 June 2016  Source: iied IIED is inviting proposals for original research that will contribute to understanding local markets in the context of urban humanitarian crisis and response. Closing date: 21 July, 2016  

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.

  To mark world water day, we look at how simple technology to harvest water in semi-arid areas has transformed prospects for Kenyan women   It’s mid-morning and the sun is blazing. It is so hot that germinating seeds struggle to grow.  In Moi Ndabi, about 44km (27 miles) south of Kenya’s

By: Jeremiah Bako Gyang Date: August 7th 2016 Source: Today Nigeria The Minister of Power Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has linked the rising spate of urbanisation currently experienced in the country to traffic congestion, over-crowding ,substandard housing and slum development adding

  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: Samaa Web Desk Date: August 29th 2016 Source: Samaa ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s increasing urban population and insufficient knowledge of the cities’ dynamics is resulting in lack of timely service delivery, resource allocation, and urban solutions by cities’ authorities.

  In a statement published in a national newspaper, the council of AIDESEP, which represents over 1800 communities in the Peruvian Amazon called for the repeal and shelving of recent legal reforms being pushed through Peru’s parliament that threaten to further weaken indigenous peoples’ rights to