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China’s polluted farmlands carry the seeds of change
This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as “A clean start” and on scmp.com. Gao Yu
Emerging Voices: Ashok Sircar on Women’s Right to Inherit Land in India
By Dr. Ashok Sircar, Program Director, Landesa India This post originally appeared on the Council on Foreign Relations Development Channel
The feminization of farming means women’s land rights have never been more important
By Renée Giovarelli and D. Hien Tran This post originally appeared on the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ “Global Food for
A Prosperous New Year for China’s Farmers
As more than 200 million people board buses, trains, and planes for lunar New Year celebrations in their ancestral homes
Micro-plots: A Foundation for Development
By Sanjoy Patnaik Most of the world’s poor share two traits: they rely on agriculture to survive, but they don’t
Growing a Greener Planet: The Connection Between Conservation and Landownership
By: Pinaki Halder, Landesa West Bengal State Director The planting of a tree has long been understood as an act
Getting ALL Children Back to School
As my three daughters sharpen pencils, don their backpacks, and head back to school, it pains me to remember that
Building Capacity for Women’s Land Rights: Landesa’s Visiting Professionals Program
A group of women from Africa and Asia will soon gather in Seattle for a boot camp of sorts. They’ll
Taking Land out of the Footnotes
By Vivien Savath, Research and Evaluation Specialist Released at a time when global food security is headlining the news every
Impact of Forestland Reforms on Rural Women in China
By Xiaobei Wang, China Gender Specialist, and Elisa Scalise, Director of the Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights. Thirty years ago, in
