Advocacy success in Karnataka opens access to rural housing scheme
In an important breakthrough for the rural homeless in Karnataka, the state government has changed eligibility norms for access to national and state housing support schemes for families with small pieces of agricultural plots.
New Issue Brief: Land Rights and Food Security
April 6, 2012 -- This new issue brief establishes the link between improved land rights, particularly for women, and subsequent benefits in improved household food security and nutrition.When farmers, especially women, have more control over assets like land, they are better equipped to grow and purchase nutritious food for their families.
Land rights takes center stage at the Skoll World Forum
March 29, 2012 — Landesa CEO, Tim Hanstad, presented to the Skoll World ...
Odisha, India’s newest landowners
March 16, 2012 -- Ninety eight tribal families living for generations in Odisha on land for which they did not have recognized claims recently received ownership titles and with it a way out of a life without assets that has kept them trapped in poverty.
After 65 years of insecurity and struggle, tribal families get right to their land
Thousands of tribal families are living for generations in Odisha on lands for which they do not have recognized legal title.