News Archive

Al Jazeera publishes Landesa editorial on malnutrition in India

May 11, 2012 — Landesa’s program directors in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha write on a possible solution to rampant malnutrition in the country. One in every three malnourished children in the world live in India. The authors make the case that putting land in the hands of women could be a solution.
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AlertNet Q&A with Landesa CEO Tim Hanstad

May 4, 2012 — As part of Thomson-Reuters’ special report on AlertNet called Solutions for a Hungry World, Astrid Zweynert interviewed Tim Hanstad on the role land rights play in addressing food security, how Rwanda and China are dealing with the issue, and how the larger aid community is effected by the level of land rights in the communities where they work.
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China to Reform its Land Takings Law

May 3, 2012 — After 30 years of rapid economic growth and urbanization, the Chinese society has witnessed an increasing social divide between China’s urban and rural residents.  A key factor contributing to this divide is the weak rights farmers …
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500,000 tribal families in Odisha, India set to receive land titles in next five years

April 11, 2012 — In a major breakthrough, the state government of Odisha has announced a massive extension of its flagship homestead program promising land titles to about 500,000 tribal families in the Indian state. The announcement made on April …
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Advocacy success opens access to rural housing program in Karnataka, India

April 16, 2012 — In an important breakthrough for the rural homeless in Karnataka, the state government has improved eligibility for access to housing support programs for families who have plots of agricultural land but no house.
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New Issue Brief: Land Rights and Food Security

April 6, 2012 — This new issue brief establishes the link between improved land rights, particularly for women, and subsequent benefits in improved household food security and nutrition.When farmers, especially women, have more control over assets like land, they are better equipped to grow and purchase nutritious food for their families.
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Land rights takes center stage at the Skoll World Forum

March 29, 2012 — Landesa CEO, Tim Hanstad, presented to the Skoll World Forum, sharing his optimism for how social entrepreneurship is addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges and the role land rights has in creating structural change. …
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Odisha, India’s newest landowners

March 16, 2012 — Ninety eight tribal families living for generations in Odisha on land for which they did not have recognized claims recently received ownership titles and with it a way out of a life without assets that has kept them trapped in poverty.
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Tribal fair in India becomes a messaging board for land rights awareness

Tribal fair in India becomes a messaging board for land rights awareness February 29, 2012 — Largely rural and tribal visitors to a popular festival in India’s Andhra Pradesh were in for a pleasant surprise this year. Not only did …
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy publishes an article profiling Landesa

FEBRUARY 6, 2012 — Landesa is profiled in the Chronicle of Philanthropy featuring our work on land rights in developing countries as well as our efforts to educate the larger community of nonprofit organizations who do development work about the issue. The article is written by Nicole Wallace and features quotes from her interview with Landesa president, Tim Hanstad.
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