Full Coverage: Land

11/30/2007

11/22/2007 Paying farmers for environmental services in developing countries can go a long way in mitigating effects of climate change, while also benefiting the billion plus poor who depend on farming for livelihood, claims a recent report by the Food and Agricultural Organization.

11/19/2007 There is nothing official about it. Yet, the ban on grazing imposed by local farmers in some villages of Ahmednagar in the Indian state of Maharashtra has led to remarkable results.

11/15/2007 Forced to flee from their homes, the villagers of Nandigram now only want to be left in peace. The recent upsurge of political violence in this East Midnapore area in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal uprooted thousands now living in relief camps.

11/15/2007

11/13/2007 Uneasy calm prevails in Nandigram area of West Bengal in India after the ruling party cadres take control. Protests were witnessed in Delhi over the handling of situation by the state government.

11/13/2007 Human rights body Amnesty International has expressed concern at the recent political violence and displacement of hundreds of local inhabitants in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The governments’s decision to set up an industrial chemical hub in Nandigram had sparked protests from local communities fearing loss of livelihoods.

11/13/2007 One month after a new national policy on resettlement and rehabilitation was announced, the Indian government has to still make it public. In his scathing critique, Shripad Dharmadhikary, a coordinator of Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, finds many limitations and loopholes in the policy, saying that big industries and developers stand to benefit more than the affected people.

11/06/2007 South Asian countries rely heavily on rainwater for irrigation. But with the employment of ‘zero tillage’ technique, the irrigation demand for rice and wheat farming has substantially come down.

11/02/2007 In the Indian state of Punjab, the natural farmers’ movement, Kheti Virasat Mission, is trying to rejuvenate land that has lost its fertility due to decades of chemical intensive farming.