Author Profile: Landesa

Show Me Your Palms, Sister

May 17, 2013 in Uncategorized

By Swati Bhattacharjee – a chief reporter-district for the Bengali newspaper “Ananda Bazar Patrika.” This is an excerpt from her original article which was published as an Op-ed in Bengali on 14th April. Two women in West Bengal, India broke a …
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The feminization of farming means women’s land rights have never been more important

Apr 27, 2013 in Women's Land Rights

By Renée Giovarelli and D. Hien Tran This post originally appeared on the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ “Global Food for Thought” blog. Forty years after the green revolution dramatically increased agricultural output in much of the developing world a new revolution …
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Invisible and Voiceless

Apr 15, 2013 in Women's Land Rights

By Kalpana Sharma After a poor monsoon season, much of India now appears to be headed into a serious drought. In more than 12,000 villages in Maharashtra state, crops have withered. Farmers are struggling. And the summer heat has not …
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Micro-plots: A Foundation for Development

Sep 26, 2012 in Policy reform

By Sanjoy Patnaik Most of the world’s poor share two traits: they rely on agriculture to survive, but they don’t own or have legal control over the land they till. Across India, there are tens of millions of families who …
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How Small Plots Of Land Helped Lift An Entire Indian Village Out Of Poverty

Jul 10, 2012 in Economic Development , Land Rights

Guest post by Ariel Schwartz, Senior Editor of FastCompany’s Co.Exist site. This article was originally published on July 10, 2012 on FastCoExist.com. Land ownership is an important factor in getting people on an upwardly mobile path. But how much land do …
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