Matter of interpretation

15 hectares of utter confusion

Miles to go

Plantation land for tourism

President's assent to Kerala Land Reforms Act amendment legalises resorts on plantations, which mostly border sanctuaries

A compromised consensus

Two new provisions in land acquisition bill promise to protect farmers. Are they foolproof?

Rogue illusionists

A village crops up in the heart of a forest as three government employees cook the books

Landless poor march to Delhi. Then what?

Nobody's children

A plantation economy, land grabbing and migrations from neighbouring states have forced Gudalur's tribals into destitution

Born at 44

Odisha village gets pattas after nearly half a century. Land reform programmes get jumpstart

‘China growth model cannot be universal’

Wen Teijun, dean of Renim University in Beijing, has been documenting the world's agrarian history and turmoils. He initiated the New Rural …

Tribals fight pitched battle with police during eviction drive in Purnia

Landless tribals had forcibly occupied school land on Independence Day, demanding land and livelihood. Violence leaves seven, including one …

Raw Deal

Scepticism hangs over Kerala's Tribal Rehabilitation and Development Mission and its master plan

Chipping away

Time was, when the Saranda forest cover was so dense that even the sun's rays couldn't penetrate it. Ironically, denudation has driven the region …

A continental crisis, and a few green shoots

African countries are fighting an addiction: import of food items, which happens at the cost of domestic farmers. Despite the unprecedented …

Aaj Ka Roadshow

Liberalisation in India has not only affected humdrum life, but also popular cultural forms. This is palpable in the changing dynamics of the big …

Red said go

West Bengal's Left Front government is all set to displace farmers

Congress socialist party?

Left-of-centre agenda must not be abandoned

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Caution: pastures ahead

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A march to highlight land struggles in India

Beginning October 2, activists will cover 75,000 km in a year

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Lost in plantation

Millions of growers and workers are in distress in Kerala, the plantation capital of India, as domestic and international prices of cash crops …

Zimbabwean unsettles its resettled farmers

No state support to Zimbabwe's A2 farmers

Towards food security: perspectives from three continents

The Food Insecurity Report 2014, released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) last week, has revealed that one …