http://www.oneworld.net/article/archive/20 en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - OneWorld.net/English/Topics/Development/Land Profits before people: Africa's liquidation sale http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85954 The fervour with which foreign commercial interests are forcing their agricultural 'solutions' on the African continent represents nothing more than an established endeavour to protect profits and access to resources, writes Joan Baxter. Mugabe and the White African http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163859/1/20 A former South African army captain who moved to Rhodesia in 1974 and is now one of Zimbabwe’s last white farmers, Michael Campbell is not the obvious choice as the sympathetic subject of a documentary. Land reform under Zuma http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85702 How will the new South African president address the long failure of post-apartheid land reforms? His first move is to establish new ministerial responsibilities. IRIN News In Other Rooms, Other Wonders http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85027 William Dalrymple's book review draws interesting parallels between post-independence land reform in India and Pakistan and the contrasting path of modern literature in the two countries. Financial Times Carbon Trading Blasted by Indigenous Groups http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160386/1/20 UNITED NATIONS, May 5 (OneWorld) - The United Nations is facing scathing criticism from the world's indigenous communities for its attempts to promote carbon trading as a tool to address climate change concerns. Coping at land’s end http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160308/1/20 Environmental activist Sunita Narain offers a glimpse of what the future holds for coastal towns and villages as sea waters rise at a high rate. Climate change, rising salinity in waters and intense winds are eroding and depressing land at the same time in the Sunderbans, leaving people with no ways to survival. Two villages in eastern India gobbled up by sea http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160270/1/20 Villages in Orissa on the eastern coast of India are sinking into the sea. In last four months many families have been forced to flee as rising waters have submerged their homes and farmlands. Despite assurances from government, the displaced families are yet to be resettled. Death of a poet-farmer http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160062/1/20 Shreekrishna Kalamb, a poet-farmer in Vidarbha region of western India, ended his life on March 24. His death and those of 250 others, who have committed suicide since January, are symbolic of an agrarian crisis that the country is reeling under for past many years. Women’s right to land and housing http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160006/1/20 Women’s contribution to the economy and society remains largely unrecognised, underpaid and unpaid in most cases. The need for women to secure land and property is even more critical now, writes Dr Vibhuti Patel of SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, India. Food Crisis Set to Get Worse - Experts http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159936/1/20 NEW YORK, Apr 19 (OneWorld) - The current food crisis causing hunger and starvation for millions of people across the world is not going to end as long as those who dominate the international grain markets remain unwilling to change their behavior, according to experts specializing in international trade and environmental economics. Tremendous potential for agriculture in Afghanistan http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159907/1/20 With its fertile land and abundant rivers, a long-term investment in agricultural infrastructure from donors can make Afghanistan self-sufficient in food, says a UN official. Up to 70% of Afghans are suffering from acute food insecurity due to poverty, drought and years of conflict. Congo Villagers Use Satellites to Save Forests http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/159555/1/20 Hundreds of Cogolese villagers - mostly hunter-gatherers or subsistence farmers - will use high-tech GPS (Global Positioning System) devices to produce digital maps to prove their existence to the government and to loggers. Protracted struggle forces ADB to pull out of Phulbari http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159553/1/20 Asian Development Bank withdrawing from controversial Phulbari coal mining project in Bangladesh is being seen as a major victory for human rights movement. Drawing inspiration from this success, national and international civil society groups are now urging other financial institutions to pull the rug from under the British mining company. Proud landowners http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159414/1/20 Thanks to the support of the DMK federation of Dalit land rights and Action Aid, the women of Kattiupaiyur, Tamil Nadu, India have reclaimed what once belonged to the oppressed community. Eight years of struggle have made them proud owners of land that they now dream of passing on to their daughters. UN says biofuels hurting Asia's poorest http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159233/1/20 Biofuels are increasingly coming under the scanner for the dangers that they pose for food supplies. No doubt that the biofuel sector has enormous potential to lower oil prices but there is also a need to set the priorities right in order to maintain a balance between food and energy securities.