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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Land reform in reverse gear in Asian countries, says report -Jitendra

Land reform in reverse gear in Asian countries, says report -Jitendra

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published Published on May 4, 2015   modified Modified on May 4, 2015
-Down to Earth

It claims that 6 per cent of farm owners hold two-thirds of agricultural land in the continent, putting livelihoods of millions of small farmers at risk

Asia is seeing high consolidation of land and land reform is moving in the opposite direction, says a report by Spain-based non-profit GRAIN. Only 6 per cent of farm owners control two-thirds of the continent’s agricultural land. These land owners are politically connected elites, as is the case in the Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

GRAIN works to support small farmers and social movements in their struggle for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems.

The report, released today, claims that changes in legislations in Asian countries support corporate land-grabbing, displace millions of farmers, undermine local food systems and, consequently, lead to violent conflicts. By GRAIN's calculations, the legislative changes have already led to the transfer of at least 43.5 million hectares of farmland in Asia from small farmers to agribusiness companies.

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Down to Earth, 1 May, 2015, http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/land-reform-reverse-gear-asian-countries-says-report


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