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New IFAD fund launched to help prevent rural food crisis in wake of COVID-19

20 April 2020

Global

Rome, 20 April 2020 - With the COVID-19 pandemic and economic slowdown threatening the lives and livelihoods of the world’s most vulnerable people, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today committed US$40 million, and launched an urgent appeal for additional funds, to support farmers and rural communities to continue growing and selling food.

Blogs

Women lead the change - why women’s land rights matter in Dutch and EU’s Africa strategies

4 March 2022

Authors:

Karin van Boxtel

Africa

Women own less than 20 percent of land in the world

Half of the world’s smallholder farmers are women

70 percent of Africa’s food is produced by women smallholder farmers

Dr. Haque for People’s Haq over Land: A Farmers’ Economist Journey for Inclusive Land Rights

8 May 2021

Authors:

Mr. Pranab Choudhury

India

In Dr. Tajamul Haque’s untimely demise on 2nd May, India has lost a scholar policy maker, a champion of the causes of farmers, tribal, an advocate of land rights for women and dalits and a messiah for marginal farmers and tenants. With his departure, farmers lost a tireless, fearless advocate at the echelon of power corridors, while for ministers and secretaries, gone now is a highly knowledgeable yet an unassuming pragmatic advisor.

#MRLF2021: Working toward a more equitable and inclusive future for smallholders in the Mekong Region

7 May 2021

Authors:

Dr. Micah Ingalls

Cambodia

Laos

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

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Events

3rd Mekong Regional Land Forum

26 May 2021 to 27 May 2021

Location

Online

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South-Eastern Asia

Cambodia

Laos

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

Organizers:

Mekong Region Land Governance

Land Portal Foundation

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Government of Luxembourg

Land Equity International

Groupe de Recherches et d'Echanges Technologiques

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

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Library

Deforestation in Cambodia: A story of land concessions, migration and resource exploitation

Reports & Research

October 2021

Cambodia

This document has been initially released online as a Land Portal data story. You can find it online here.

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Organizations

Biodiversidad LA

La Alianza Biodiversidad es una plataforma colectiva latinoamericana que reúne a 13 organizaciones y movimientos clave de la región que trabajan en defensa de la biodiversidad.

Center for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (CARRD)

We are a not-for-profit organization supporting agrarian reform beneficiaries and their cooperatives.

We improve the lives of smallholder farming households by promoting access to productive resources and enabling them to make informed decisions about environment-friendly, non-discriminatory and sustainable livelihoods.
We believe in people-centred development and a faith that promotes justice, peace, and integrity to all people.

Grain de sel

Grain de sel est la revue semestrielle d’Inter-réseaux Développement rural. Chaque numéro est consacré à une thématique précise et vise à faire participer aux débats et réflexions autour de ce thème une diversité d’acteurs et de points de vue. Elle est diffusée à plus de 5000 exemplaires en version papier et envoyée par mail à plus de 10 000 abonnés.

Swiss Church Aid (HEKS/EPER )

HEKS champions the cause of a more humane and just world and a life in dignity. Internationally, HEKS/EPER focuses on rural community development, humanitarian aid and inter-church cooperation.

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