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REQUEST FOR INPUT: Gendered Farming Systems in Africa
How Does an Extra Line on a Piece of Paper Help Change the World?
Last year, the government of West Bengal and Landesa’s partner in India, RDI, started a revolution in that Indian state by simply adding a second blank line on a piece of paper. The Government of West Bengal’s anti-poverty program includes …
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Top 6 Myths About Land Acquisitions
In my last post, I wrote about the risks and benefits of large-scale land acquisitions in developing countries. Judging by the increasing number of related articles and commentaries, the issue is increasingly finding its way on to the radar screens …
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New Laws in China Could Protect Individual Land Rights
While Landesa’s recent 17-province survey of farmers found a worrying upswing in farmland loss across much of China, there is some good news for China’s farmers and proponents of rule of law. The Chinese central government is revising its land …
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