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DFID’s LEGEND programme announces winners of £3.65m challenge fund
The winners have been identified of a £3.65m Challenge Fund funded through DFID’s LEGEND (Land-Enhancing Governance for Economic Development) umbrella programme, to drive innovative and responsible investments in land, in particular agriculture. The fund, managed by KPMG LLP, seeks to improve the effects of land investments on communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Funding has been awarded to seven civil society organisations that have formed partnerships with businesses to test innovative approaches to sustainable land investment.
Kenya enacts three new land laws
Affordable Housing: India’s challenge Of Disordered Urbanization
By: Manish Kumar
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: India Infoline News Service
About 377 million people from India’s total population of 1.21 billion are urban dwellers. With more than 10 million people migrating to cities and towns every year, the total urban population is expected to reach about 600 million by 2031.
India Habitat III National Report: Challenges galore on infra, governance fronts
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 million
Guatemala: Killing of Human Rights Defender Mr. Enrique Linares
Africa: Farming on the continent alive with potential
By: Mike Cohen and Eric Ombok
Date: February 24th 2016
Source: Business Day Live
JOSEPHINE Mbinya bends from the waist to pluck beans from the black soil on her smallholding south of Nairobi. She throws them in a heap on the side of the field.
The High Court of Chhattisgarh seems to make progress in terms of regulating land acquisitions
The State of Chhattisgarh in India, a tribal state called India's "rice bowl", has been told by its own High Court to regulate the way it is dealing with land acquisitions. To read more click on the link below.
Namibia: Mbambo concerned about deteriorating rangelands
By: New Era Staff Reporter
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: New Era
Windhoek- Rangeland management is no longer a ‘nice to do’ practice, but should be a command that every farmer abide by, because our rangelands are under immense pressure, says Governor of Kavango East Region Dr Samuel Mbambo.
He made the comment when he acted as keynote speaker at Agra ProVision’s bi-monthly breakfast meeting in Rundu on Friday, held under the theme ‘Rangeland Management – no grass, no bucks’.
Bangladesh: Not words, they want their land back
By: Pinaki Roy and Rezaul Hoque
Date: November 14th 2016
Source: Daily Star
It was long after sundown. Amid a shroud of darkness, a Santal family lit a fire to cook their first meal of the day.
Multimedia Cambodian Monk Wins International Human Rights Defenders Award
Women Feeding the World Represent 70% of Hungry People, UN Says
By: Isis Almeida
Date: March 8th 2016
Source: Bloomberg Business
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Lower social status mean women get less food in many countries
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Women are responsible for more than 50% of global food output
Women account for 70 percent of the world’s hungry even as they produce more than half of the global food output, the United Nations said.