The idea behind this initial survey is simple: to find out if people in India are worried about their existing property rights or lack of them - whether women or men, owners or tenants, in cities or in villages. The survey results reveal that insecurity of property rights is widespread in India.
The stringent intellectual property rules being pushed for adoption by some RCEP members will have an adverse effect on the livelihoods of small and traditional farmers in poorer member states, warns Shalini Bhutani.
By: Shadrack Kavilu and Justus Wanzala
Date: 17 January 2017
Source: Reuters
When the Kenyan government announced five years ago that coal deposits had been found in the Mui Basin, a land of rolling hills and pristine forests east of Nairobi, local farmers hoped the discovery would help transform their livelihoods.
By: Kavita Upadhyay
Date: 17 January 2017
Source: The Hindu
People say the Congress has gone back on its promise to assign land rights.
Date: 14 January 2017
Source: The Guardian
The outdoor industry is leading the fight to protect America’s public lands from being developed for gas and oil.
By: Kizito Makoye Shigela
Date: 12 January 2017
Source: IDN - InDepthNews
Kiyowela village in Tanzania’s southern highlands, every widow has a story to tell about how community volunteers have helped them solve property disputes with their relatives.
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.
By: Lou del Bello
Date: 12 January 2017
Source: IRIN
Living in the Kenyan slum of Mukuru is hard enough, but when it rains it’s downright miserable. Streets flood, sewage overflows, homes are inundated.
After each bout of torrential rain, Nairobi’s largest informal settlement is left a little shabbier, a little poorer, the community more insecure.