The Global Land Grab in the Guardian
September 11, 2012 -- As demand for biofuels and pressure to feed the world's population increases, multisector collaboration will be crucial to ensuring local farmers hold on to their land. Leon Kaye explores the pitfalls of land grabs by investors and governments and the impact on farmers.
Infographic: Women and land
In light of evidence that secure rights to land for women can increase agricultural productivity and confer other household benefits, Landesa created this new infographic to illustrate the what additional gains could be made if women had equal access to one of the most important assets to agricultural households: land.
Landesa featured in Fast Company
July 13, 2012 -- Ariel Schwartz wrote a feature story about the success of Landesa's partnership with the state government of West Bengal in India. The article illustrates an innovative microplot program that is transforming villages throughout rural India.
Op-Ed by Landesa in the New York Times calling for secure land rights in Myanmar
JUNE 13, 2012 -- In today’s New York Times, Landesa founder, Roy Prosterman, and Landesa senior attorney, Darryl Vhugen, authored an editorial about how Myanmar can lay the foundation for sustained economic progress by providing legal rights to land for its citizens - especially its millions of smallholder farmers.
Maasai Elders Vow to Protect and Support Rights of Women and Girls
JUNE 12, 2012 -- Dozens Maasai elders in the Kenyan highlands – who serve as symbols and enforcers of their community’s conservative cultural traditions -- have vowed to uphold an entirely new tradition: equal rights for women and girls.