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In light of the Great Land Rush, that the Lead Article alludes to, smaller stories are often overshadowed. The narrative often includes players such as multinational corporations, governments, local traditional authorities and the displaced small farmer. The picture is of a lone widen-faced farmer who suddenly finds that their informal, […]

The arid nation of Namibia has a newly discovered aquifer called Ohangwena II, that spans its northeast region, which flows under the boundary between Angola and Namibia. The country is considered one of the driest in Sub-Sahara Africa, as it is largely covered by the Namib Desert. This is especially […]

*Photo: Pedro Querejazu Abstract: The issue of land ownership in Colombia is related to a long legacy of landlords’  power, drug trafficking and the armed conflict that has caused 4 million displaced people. So much arable land… so few owners. Where could one start to identify a possible solution for […]

Abstract: The extension of the agriculture frontier in some countries of Latin America produces new political, social and enviromental tensions. Not only in Paraguay, where a New York Times correspondent writes about the deforestation process in the Chaco. In Argentina, because of the the boom of the soy bean production, […]

In Nepal, an announcement  by the US Embassy on September 2011 that 20,000 farmers would be “trained” to use “hybrid” seeds from Monsanto, as part of a USAID aid strategy, met with a storm of protests from activists. Activists like Vandana Shiva have opposed the spread of genetically modified seeds in […]