Simply put: Land acquisition

Land conflict affects more than 6.5 million people across India: Report

More than 15 lakh hecates of land were affected by infrastructure projects

Point of No Agri-returns Part 7: India diverts 10 million hectares of productive agri-lands, replaces them with barren lands for cultivation

Government report terms this as the 'often overlooked' aspect of the agrarian crisis in the country

Commons: Local bodies must take lead

There is a pronounced lacuna in the governance and regulations of urban commons

Land grabbing intensity doubled in last four years, says report

Land deals primarily target areas previously used for agriculture, which increases competition for land and the potential for conflicts

Need to triple investments for restoring degraded land by 2030: Seoul Declaration

The Declaration focuses on identifying key areas that can help combat multiple crises humanity faces

Latin America, the most unequal region of the world in land distribution

Economic elites use their clout to influence regulatory decisions to serve their interest by either funding political parties or controlling the media

Land the size of South America will be degraded if current trends continue: UN Report

We cannot afford to continue taking land, our most valuable asset, for granted, says UNCCD chief

Land, water resources are at breaking point: Report

Pressure on land and water systems compromising agricultural productivity, food security

Dalit farmers in Kasauli march to common grazing land

They held a cattle grazing drive to show they won’t give grazing rights on the land, which the upper castes claim is theirs

Rewind 2018: The land debate

Land is finite and always a contested issue. We bring you the key developments in the sector that is in the middle of infrastructure development …

Land grab forcing Madhya Pradesh tribals to migrate

The struggle for land recognition is still on with tribals denied rights to own and cultivate even ancestral lands

Consumers, private sector crucial for fighting drought, land degradation: UN

Currently, policy instruments and investments to promote the spread of sustainable land management technologies are non-existent

Kenya enacts law to give land titles to marginalised communities

The Community Land Bill lays down steps for communities to acquire titles to their ancestral land

Common nightmares

A wrong righted: Chhattisgarh becomes first state to give farmers their land back

Chhattisgarh has set an example by returning land acquired forcefully from over 1,700 farmers for a steel plant. Can other states follow suit?

Why do farmers in Gujarat seek right to die? Coercion and ‘illegal’ land acquisition

State government uses force to take possession of land it had acquired in 1997; farmers call it unlawful

In court

Defeminisation of Indian agriculture

While reorganising land rights for rural women may be an arduous and long-drawn task, alternative solutions can be adopted

Killings of land rights defenders increased in 2016: report

The number of farmers, indigenous people and advocates of people’s right to land killed this year is three times the average in 2015

Acid Test

No give

Maharashtra villagers fight land acquisition for IT park

Making headway

Lisus, Namdapha officials 'talk' in Arunachal

Amendments to century-old laws on tribal rights spark protests in Jharkhand

The proposed amendments would increase land acquisitions for mining and other industrial uses, causing mass displacement of tribals

Ministries in Africa commit to integrate land governance concerns in agriculture

Most of the African ministries of lands have been working on land reforms, but in isolation from the agricultural sector