Unequal land, unequal societies
- Zimbabweland
- 07 December 2020
Land inequality is even larger than previously thought, and that this has dramatic effects on poor people’s livelihoods, particularly those of women and young people.
Land inequality is even larger than previously thought, and that this has dramatic effects on poor people’s livelihoods, particularly those of women and young people.
Estudo revela como as políticas neoliberais criam um campo de “desertos verdes”: sem trabalho, devastador e monótono. Oligarquia rural, agronegócio e fundos especulativos unem-se, controlam terras e são cada vez mais hostis à democracia
1 % des exploitations agricoles concentrent 70 % des terres agricoles du monde, indique la Coalition internationale pour l'accès à la terre (ILC) dans un nouveau rapport
Global inequality experts blame the upward trend of land inequality partly on the increased interest from corporate and financial actors, such as investment funds, in agricultural land investments.
Researchers find control over the land has become far more concentrated both directly through ownership and indirectly through contract farming, which results in more destructive monocultures and fewer carefully tended smallholdings.
« L’Observatoire du Foncier collabore avec Land Matrix, qui est un Observatoire Global des terres et que l’Observatoire du Foncier au Cameroun utilisera le logiciel de Land Matrix et animera une page « Cameroun » sur cette plateforme mondiale », explique Samuel Nguiffo
The Bandung Declaration by members of the International Land Coalition underscores that if agrarian reform is going to build justice, it must redistribute land.
Three-quarters of the 20 states most affected by land grabbing are in Africa and Asia and among the poorest in the world, and in these countries the rights of the population have scant protection.
L’Afrique reste la région la plus touchée par le phénomène des acquisitions de terres agricoles à grande échelle, selon le projet Land Matrix
Almost ten years have after the term “land grabbing” first entered the popular imagination, large-scale land acquisitions remain shrouded in secrecy.
New report by the Land Matrix finds 26.7 million hectares of agricultural land around the world have been transferred to foreign investors since the year 2000. Report details who is buying farmland in which regions of the world and how this land is being used.
Le présent rapport lance un appel mondial à l'action sur les droits fonciers autochtones et communautaires, soutenu par plus de 300 organisations à travers le monde.