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Sharing The Economic Benefits Of Urban Agriculture
By: Judoemue Kollie
Date: 11 January 2017
Source: Daily Observer
An increasing number of residents in Monrovia and its suburbs are involved in urban farming for income generation and food security.
Urban and peri-urban farming is the growing of crops and raising of animals within and around cities. It also involves the production of inputs, processing, marketing, and the provision of services to agricultural producers and agro-entrepreneurs.
U.N. sounds alarm over violence against indigenous activists in recession-hit Brazil
By Chris Arsenault
Date: March 18th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As recession bites and land disputes hit Brazil's agricultural heartland, indigenous people face land grabs and assaults by violent gangs, said Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the U.N.'s Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people.
Pakistan: Questions, answers, referrals: Land grabbing issue continues as districts fail to cooperate
By: Our Correspondent
Date: March 29th 2016
Source: Express Tribune
PESHAWAR: As the government admitted its helplessness in the house in failing to stop land grabbers, opposition members relentlessly questioned “why”, during the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session on Monday.
Salupongan International: Fighting for the rights of indigenous people
By: Malou Liwanag-Bledsoe
Date: April 21st 2016
Source: Asian Journal
ALTHOUGH the conflict between the Philippine government and the communist rebels in Mindanao has been a long problem that has affected thousands of indigenous people in the area, not many are aware that another issue that is facing them is the violation of their human rights, specifically the displacement and environmental degradation that is facing their ancestral land.
Land titles for farmers help cut Brazil's forest loss: scientist
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: May 4th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Brazil should speed up its program to grant small farmers formal land ownership to slow down the rate of logging and deforestation, a leading scientist said.
Communal land good for pastoralists in Kenya
Author: Timothy Njagi
Source: Standard Digital
Date: May 25th, 2016
In Kenya, 67 per cent of land is under communal tenure and supports about 10 million people and 70 per cent of the livestock population. Largely, these lands are characterised by high temperatures and low rainfall and are inhabited by pastoral communities practising extensive livestock production.