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

Karnataka appellate tribunal cancels transfer of 3,111 acres of forest land to politicians

The land spread across 99 villages was granted between 2016 and 2018

Customary land governance holds in Ghana. But times are changing and not for the better

Studies have shown that liberal policies have resulted in a growing tendency of titleholders to abuse their powers

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

Common nightmares

17 million South Africans live on communal land — new study of a rural valley offers insights on how to manage it

Combination of satellite imagery and local perceptions provides valuable insights about the extent, causes and impacts of land change in communal …

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

Dalits and Adivasis in Madhya Pradesh allege digital land records fudged; no longer landowners

Records show influential locals now owners; no action from administration yet

In court

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

Acid Test

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