Degraded soil threatens to exacerbate Bangladesh food crisis
30 December 2022
Excessive use of chemical fertilizers is causing soil health degradation in Bangladesh, putting the country’s food security at risk
There are 7, 283 content items of different types and languages related to agriculture on the Land Portal.
[Explainer] Wastelands or grasslands? India’s history with defining open ecosystems
06 December 2022
Nearly 70% of the areas which are open natural ecosystems in India overlap with those which the government calls wastelands.
Need to grow enough to feed ourselves
18 November 2022
Agriculture development needs a new turn, to secure national sovereignty and reduce dependency on food imports.
African Civil Society And Faith Leaders Say Rebranding The Green Revolution Is No Solution
25 October 2022
Farmers, civil society and faith leaders of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa recognise the double rebranding of the Green Revolution as an admission of failure, a cynical distraction, and reject the new strategy offered by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
Victims of state machinery failure: 18 land owners
14 October 2022
The supreme Court asked landowners to restitute the land they bought to the State.
Upskilling smallholders remains a good recipe for sustainability
24 September 2022
For 75 year-old avocado farmer Godson Kalolo technical assistance has been the key to growing from a smallholder into an entrepreneur, harvesting 18 tonnes of avocado and delivering to a major supermarket chain.
A Decade Of Progress In Agriculture Wiped Out, UN Says
20 September 2022
Since 2015, the increase in the number of undernourished people globally has subverted all the progresses made during the previous decade, with hunger figures back to 2005 levels, the FAOs says.
Join us at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Africa 2022 for the session Walk the talk of inclusive land governance – Practical approaches and voices from stakeholders!
13 September 2022
Different marginalized population groups like women, refugees, pastoralists and IPLC will be at the center of the discussion.
Wildfires Devastate Homes, Lives While Threatening Kazakhstan's Sparse Forests
10 September 2022
This corner of Kazakhstan, close to the border with Russia, is no stranger to wildfires, which threaten farmland as well as the forests that occupy a mere 4 percent of Kazakhstan.
Presidente venezolano aprueba Comisión Nacional de Tierras
18 August 2022
El Gobierno Bolivariano ha entregado 12 millones 591.300 hectáreas de terreno a través de su política de Ley de Tierra.
El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, aprobó este miércoles la creación de la Comisión Nacional de Tierras (CNT), en calidad de ente consultivo y participativo, para profundizar la política de regularización de la tenencia de tierras con vocación agrícola.