By: Theresia Tjihenuna
Date: February 10th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Namibian
Government says it is not responsible for a stand-off involving two resettlement beneficiaries and a previous farm owner who is refusing to vacate land that has been sold to the state.
By: Geoffrey Mohan
Date: February 10th 2016
Source: Los Angeles Times
A proposal by the state’s farm labor watchdog to gain access to fields so it can educate workers about their rights is running into strong opposition from growers, even before it has been written into regulation.
Date: February 7th 2016
Source: Rainforest Rescue
By: New Era Staff Reporter
Date: February 8th 2016
Source: New Era
Windhoek - Namibia is to spend a staggering N$30 billion in real terms over the next 20 years in a drastic effort to restore its rangelands and alleviate bush encroachment.
By: Pia Ranada
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – Under the Aquino administration, farmers have endured a “total failure of land reform,” presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday, February 3.
By: Jon Fernquest
Date: February 1st 2016
Source: Bangkok Post
EDITORIAL
By: Deodatus Mfugale
Date: February 1st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Tanzania Daily News
ANALYSIS
In September 2015, a group comprising eight non-governmental organisations that deal with land rights and extractives resources advocacy submitted to the Human Rights Council, Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, a review of the United Republic of Tanzania for the period from 2012 to 2015.
By: Herbert Moyo
Date: January 29th 2016
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
PLANS by government to shift focus of the proposed US$35 million land audit to assessing levels of utilisation instead of naming and shaming multiple farm owners have evoked a sense of déjà vu as government sacrifices national interest on the altar of political expediency.
Herbert Moyo
By: Callistasia Anggun Wijaya
Date: January 27th 2016
Source: Jakarta Post
The criminalization and discrimination of indigenous people by the government and other parties has worsened, especially because no regulation protects their rights, says the Alliance of Indigenous People (AMAN).
By: Catherine Harry
Date: January 28th 2016
Source: Phnom Penh Post
As Cambodia slowly shifts away from labour-intensive agriculture, mechanised farming needs to take hold to sustain productivity.
By: Delfin T. Mallari Jr.
Date: January 28th 2016
Source: Inquirer Southern Luzon
It was a new day for farmers in an estate in Quezon province who had long been struggling to own the land they were tilling.
For the first time in their lives, farmers in the controversial Hacienda Matias in Quezon were able to keep the income from their harvests.
