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Small Farms, Big Role
How big should a farm be? Many people assume smaller farms are significantly less efficient than larger farms, and attribute
Small Farmers Are the Answer
This blog was written by Bill Gates for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and is posted here with
How Does an Extra Line on a Piece of Paper Help Change the World?
Last year, the government of West Bengal and Landesa’s partner in India, RDI, started a revolution in that Indian state
Landlessness is Not Forever
After more than a decade meeting with government officials and families in rural areas of the developing world, I have
News from Kuala Lumpur: You’ve Got to be an Ultimate Optimist if Your Job is to Help the Poor’s Land Rights
Sia and Polet work for a small Cambodian NGO. They have some funding from a New Zealand charity, but barely
Egypt: Six Million of the Especially Aggrieved
Hernando De Soto’s Op-ed in the Feb. 3rd Wall Street Journal rightly points out that “Egypt’s legal institutions fail the
We’re Gaining Ground on Agriculture. But how about Land?
This post was commissioned by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship blog. Photo by Deborah Espinosa One billion people around
Can the Global Land Rush benefit investors and farmers?
Neil MacFarquhar’s recent piece in the New York Times describing how African farmers are being displaced by large-scale land investments
On Daughters and Dowries: How Land Rights Can Help Girls around the World
Land is a critical asset in rural areas, where three-quarters of the world’s poor reside. It can provide shelter, the
