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Why Women Farmers Deserve the Right to Identity
On the 2019 International Day of Rural Women, Landesa’s Shipra Deo explores how land rights are an essential element for
What the Climate Crisis Means for Land Rights
The climate crisis will reshape our relationships to land around the world. To shift how the world produces food, manages
Realizing Land Rights to Deliver for Rural Women
The gender gap in land manifests itself in a stark reality – around the world, less than 15% of all landholders are women,
Forging new partnerships: Companies and CSO’s collaborate to achieve more responsible investments in land
Overcoming initial skepticism, Illovo and CSO partners found common ground to collaboratively achieve more responsible investments in land.
One Company’s Journey to Better Respect Land: Illovo Sugar Africa
Land has always been an essential element of business for Illovo Sugar, Africa’s largest producer of sugarcane. But their perspective
Announcing the LandAssess Tool: Demystifying Land Risks in Project Due Diligence
In recent years, numerous companies have made commitments to better recognize and respect land rights throughout their supply chains, but
Women’s Land Rights: Shifting Power for Gender Equality
By Beth Roberts | Investments in women’s land rights are a prerequisite to full and substantive gender equality that benefits
Transformative Change Through Women’s Land Rights
A new campaign, Closing the Crop Gap, aims to raise awareness of the challenges women farmers face compared to their
Food Security and Climate Resilience Require Land Rights Reform
For communities across the Global South, the impacts of climate change are not abstract projections but concrete realities that threaten
How can land investments be both sustainable and equitable?
This post originally appeared on Place. In a saturated marketplace, food and beverage companies too often avoid addressing land rights
