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.
March 29, 2012 — Landesa CEO, Tim Hanstad, presented to the Skoll World ...
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.
Thousands of tribal families are living for generations in Odisha on lands for which they do not have recognized legal title.
In the hamlet of Kharibandh in Ganjam, a coastal district in Odisha, 13 households of the Sabar tribal community each received title to 400 square metres (0.1 acres) of government land two years ago.