Nepal

The government has decided to open Nepal’s agriculture sector—primary production—for foreign direct investment by allowing 100 percent of investment

All Nepal Peasants' Federation (ANPF) has protested the government's preparation in bringing in unchecked foreign investment in agriculture.

A technical committee formed by the Ministry of Agricultural Development to give final shape to Nepal's Agriculture Development Strategy has recommended barring foreign investment and land ownership in primary farm production.

A technical committee formed by Nepal's Ministry of Agricultural Development has recommended barring foreign investment and land ownership in primary farm production.

A rights-based vision as brought forward by the FAO guidelines still bears the risk of reinforcing unequal local power structures. Instead, more long-term strategies for the protection of customary rights are required. Thus, a moratorium on ‘land grabs’ would be most appropriate.

The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development has published a special issue of its bulletin on landgrabbing, its impacts on women and their resistance, across the Asia Pacific region.