REGISTER Asia Land Forum session on “Land Inequality in Asia: Evidence, Experience and Solutions” 27 October 2021 | 4:00 PM Jakarta time | Zoom Globally and in the Asian continent, Land Inequality (LI) is substantively growing. It is increasing to the extent that it is significantly higher than it has ever been registered before. Unequal access […]
REGISTER Every year, the International Land Coalition (ILC) Asia organizes the Asia Land Forum. This unique event brings together ILC members and other stakeholders from grassroots organizations, activists, local and international NGOs and researchers, to multilateral organizations and government agencies from the region. The event aims at developing a common ground of the political, economic, […]
LAND MATRIX: More than 10 years after the surge of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) by international investors for agricultural production, the impacts in developing countries are sobering, in part alarming. By 2020, the Land Matrix had recorded 1 865 deals with a staggering total targeted size of 33 million hectares (of which 30 million hectares […]
Land Matrix Analytical Report III: Taking Stock of the Global Land Rush 28 September 2021, 13:00 – 14:00 CEST Register here: https://ifad.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsc-uorjopH937X2FPu0AfJJ7l8u6Ml78t More than 10 years after the surge in large-scale land acquisitions in developing countries following the spike in agricultural commodity prices in the late 2000s, the Land Matrix Initiative (LMI) has taken stock of […]
As Asia faces an ageing farming population, the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) involves young people in agriculture by strengthening their leadership skills. AFA, with the support of the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF), has implemented the Young Women and Men Farmers as Advocates for Sustainable, Resilient, Gender Sensitive Agri-Forest Based Livelihoods: […]
Guided by its agenda to promote the secure tenurial rights of small scale women and men family farmers over land and natural resources, the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) has participated in an online session that promotes the importance of land rights in building back better and in transforming food systems. Last […]
“Secured tenurial rights is the basic foundation of sustainable food systems. It is the bare minimum needed to empower farmers, landless and other marginalized groups to actively participate in a food system that is already extremely unbalanced.” This is the key insight raised by the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) in key […]
Over the past few years, progress has been made in the areas of land tenure and safeguards at the ASEAN (regional) level, particularly in the Mekong sub-region. Both customary tenure (CT) and free prior informed consent (FPIC) have been recognized as key indicators for responsible investment in food, agriculture, and forestry. However, despite these developments, several […]
