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Nepal's tenant farmers find hope as they claim land of their own

By: Rina Chandran

Date: August 11th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation


KATHMANDU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Gyalgen Lama was a third-generation tenant farmer in Nepal's Sindhupalchok district, eking out a living from growing millet on a small piece of land that he could only dream of owning.


That is until a land rights group helped to make his dream a reality.


South Africa: Farmers suggest new model in land reform

By: Teboho.Setena

Date: August 10th 2016

Source: News24


THE African Farmers Association of South Africa (Afasa) in the Free State has called for a second model to the land reform programme to complement the existing Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy (Plas) programme.


The body strongly maintains such a move will expedite the current land reform process and also save government money in the process.

Bangladesh: 'Recognise ethnic minorities as indigenous people'

By: Star Country Desk

Date: August 10th 2016

Source: The Daily Star


Ethnic minorities in Bangladesh observed the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples yesterday with a call for recognising them as indigenous people in the constitution.


Speakers at the programmes in different districts urged the government to ensure their education, health, land and social rights.


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