Cambodia’s rampant land grabs have had a devastating impact on the psychological health of women and have led to a sharp increase in the rates of domestic violence they suffer, according to a new report.
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Murders, violence on rise as central India battles for water
By: Shuriah Niazi
Date: 30 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
As northern and central India continue to suffer thorough severe drought and oppressive heat, police in the drought-hit Indian region of Bundelkhand and several other regions are reporting a rise in violent - and often deadly - clashes over water.
Land reform bill certified as priority - Philippines
Shortcut to CARP. Landless farmers gather in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform head office in Quezon City to demand that President Aquino should complete the comprehensive agrarian reform program.
Land Portal Launches Innovative Dynamic Country Portfolios Based On Linked Open Data
Inclusive approach in concert with Mekong region partners forges unprecedented access to data and information on land
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Cash crops with dividends: Financiers transforming strawberries into securities - United States
Steve Fessler of Prudential Agricultural Investments, left, shows Thomas S. T. Gimbel the harvest on a farm in Watsonville, Calif.Credit Peter DaSilva for The New York Times
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His boots were caked with mud when Thomas S. T. Gimbel, a longtime hedge fund executive, slipped in a strawberry patch. It was the plumpness of a strawberry that had distracted him.
Mr. Gimbel, who once headed the hedge fund division of Credit Suisse, now spends more time discussing crop yields than stock or bond yields.
Can the Global Land Rush benefit investors and farmers?
Neil MacFarquhar’s recent piece in the New York Times describing how African farmers are being displaced by large-scale land investments raises some important issues. As he points out, large-scale investment in land in developing countries has accelerated rapidly in recent …
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Indian media assess 'controversial' land acquisition law
Media in India debate the government's decision to ease rules for acquiring land for infrastructure projects.
But the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is facing stiff competition from opposition parties.
Anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare has also begun a protest demanding the removal of changed rules.
Mr Hazare and opposition parties believe that the new rules will be unfair to farmers and the poor.
HABITAT III: UN conference to set new urban development agenda creating sustainable, equitable cities for all
14 October 2016 – A major global conference, aiming to set a ‘New Urban Agenda,’ which, in the words of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will “help us to rethink how we plan, manage and live in cities,” begins this weekend, in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito.
Public Debate on the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (TGs[1]) in Europe and Central Asia
Today, different farmers’ organizations of the European Coordination of La Via Campesina (ECVC) from the EU and Central Asia[2] took part in a public debate on access to land at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels[3].