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Four challenges facing Mali amid efforts to rebuild

By: Camilla Toulmin

Date: June, 20 2016

Source: IIED

Following a recent field visit to central Mali, Camilla Toulmin reports back on local struggles and new initiatives driving change.

Farmers' strategies to cope with land loss

Local shops provided rural households with an alternative source of income and became part of farmers’ coping strategy to sustain their livelihoods in the aftermath of land dispossession. Photo Credit: Diana Suhardiman/IWMI.

Farmers' strategies to cope with land loss

By Diana Suhardiman and Emily Koo

Laos has conceded a significant amount of land to foreign investors, with estimates placing 15% of the country’s land under foreign control. Such land concessions, or the granting of rights to land, are positioned by the government as critical to economic growth and poverty reduction.

How pastoralists innovate: stories from the highlands of China

Source: Future Agricultures

Written by:Nathan Oxley

For several years Future Agricultures has worked on pastoralism within African settings. For comparison, this post looks at a case from theTibetan Plateau, where pastoralists are facing similar challenges to those investigated by our Pastoralism theme.