Myanmar’s Golden Opportunity | Land Portal

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Smallholder farmers are fighting for their land rights. Large commercial farms are forcing smallholder farmers off their farms. Land grabbers are eating up valuable land and water resources in some of the world’s poorest countries. It seems that the “cost of ignoring people’s rights is rising,” warns Jonathan Glennie, as angered farmers retaliate against land grabbers. With Myanmar’s new freedom, what will the future hold for smallholder Burmese farmers?

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