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Displaying 1721 - 1730 of 2403Agriculture needs a makeover to lure young people back to farming
By: Magdalena Mis and Isaiah Esipisu
Date: August 22nd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Around the world, farmers are ageing as the sector fails to attract younger talent who head instead to cities in search of work
ROME/NAIROBI, Aug 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For Kenyan farmer Pauline Wafula, there was never a question that her children would have to get their hands dirty and learn how to grow their own food.
South Africa: Farm co-ownership pilot project launched in KZN
By: Bongani Mthethwa
Date: August 21st 2016
Source: Sowetan Live
One of the first pilot projects that will see workers and farm owners become co-owners of a farming enterprise as part of government’s 50/50 land policy was officially launched in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday.
The pilot project‚ which was unveiled at the Westcliffe Farm near Greytown outside Pietermaritzburg‚ was to have been officially launched by President Jacob Zuma.
India: Distribution of ownership rights to slum dwellers from Oct 2: Rawat
By: Darshan Kunwar|
Date: August 20th 2016
Source: The Times of India
DEHRADUN: Three weeks after the state government issued an order granting ownership rights to 2,500 families living in 123 slums and low-lying localities, chief minister Harish Rawat on Saturday said that the process to regularize their land will begin from October 2.
After dam victory, Brazil's Munduruku chief appeals for global support over land
By Matthew Ponsford
Date: August 19th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The leader of Brazil's Munduruku indigenous people has appealed for international support to protect his people's ancestral forest land in the remote Amazon following the defeat of a mega-dam project that attracted celebrities including Paul McCartney.
Australia: Thousands commemorate Wave Hill walk-off, birth of Indigenous land rights battle
By: Helen Davidson
Date: August 19th 2016
Source: The Guardian
Freedom Day festival celebrates August 1966 strike that kicked off a tradition of Indigenous Australian protest – one that continues at the festival itself
Thousands flocked to the remote Aboriginal community of Kalkarindji on Friday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off.
Simpler laws needed to avert conflict over India's scarce land
By: Rina Chandran
Date: August 18th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Conflicts over land in India will only increase as its economy grows quickly, and the most effective way to prevent them is to ensure land laws are simpler and more transparent, a leading campaigner said.
Vietnam Building in No-man’s Land
By: May Titthara
Date: August 19th 2016
Source: Khmer Times
Provincial officials in Rattanakiri rejected a request by the Vietnamese government to allow them to construct buildings and a border checkpoint in O’Yadav district after a meeting between both sides in Banlung City on Tuesday.
Kenya's Ogiek people forced from homes amid 'colonial approach to conservation'
By: Rachel Savage
Date: August 18th 2016
Source: The Guardian
They came without warning, forcing people from their homes with no time to collect their possessions. A deaf old man was attacked when he didn’t hear the orders to leave. Then the houses were burned to the ground.
Two models for tracking implementation of the New Urban Agenda
By: Simone D'Antonio
Date: August 17th 2016
Source: Citiscope
As the Habitat III negotiations begin to wind up, discussion builds on how to monitor progress on the new vision in coming decades.