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Policy Briefs
Green Manure Crops in Africa: A Report from the Field
Policy Brief | Roland Bunch | Mar 21, 2016
In this personal letter, Roland shares his recent work with the successful farmer-to-farmer spread of cover crops in seven African countries.
Agro-Colonialism in the Congo: Europe and US bankroll a new round of colonialism in the DRC
Policy Brief | GRAIN and RIAO-RDC | Jun 2, 2015
A 100-year old land conflict in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo is about to boil over thanks to US and European-funded land grabbing.
Land & Resource Grabs in the United States: Five sites of struggle and potential transformation
Policy Brief | Tanya M. Kerssen and Zoe Brent | Oct 16, 2014
Land & Sovereignty Brief No. 7 This issue describes five areas of land and resource grabbing in the US, which also embody key sites of resistance.
Food Insecurity of Restaurant Workers
Policy Brief | Food Chain Workers Alliance, Food First and Restaurant Opportunities Center | Jul 24, 2014
The Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA), the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY) and the Restaurant Opportunities Center of…
Land Conflicts and the Criminalization of Peasant Movements in Paraguay
Policy Brief | FIAN International and La Vía Campesina | Jun 18, 2014
Land & Sovereignty Brief No. 6. On June 15, 2012, seventeen people were killed in the rural district of Curuguaty, Paraguay.
Farmland Meets Finance: Is Land the New Economic Bubble?
Policy Brief | Madeleine Fairbairn | May 27, 2014
Land & Sovereignty Brief No. 5 This report identifies broad trends in farmland investing with the potential to affect countries in the Global North and Global South.
Land Conflicts in Argentina: From resistance to systemic transformation
Policy Brief | Zoe Brent | Dec 1, 2013
Land & Sovereignty Brief No. 4 After Argentina's 2001 crisis, the country leaned heavily on mining and large-scale agribusiness to reinvigorate its ailing economy.
The Great Soy Expansion: Brazilian land grabs in Eastern Bolivia
Policy Brief | Miguel Urioste F. de C. | Sep 1, 2013
Land & Sovereignty Brief No. 3 Foreigners now control more than one million hectares of prime agricultural and ranching lands in Bolivia, primarily in the eastern lowlands.
Governing the Global Land Grab: Competing political tendencies
Policy Brief | Chunyu Wang, Jennifer Franco and Saturnino M. Borras | Jun 1, 2013
Land & Sovereignty Brief No. 2 Understanding the context of global land grabs.
“Sons and Daughters of the Earth”: Indigenous communities and land grabs in Guatemala
Policy Brief | Alberto Alonso-Fradejas | Apr 1, 2013
Land & Sovereignty Brief No. 1 In the last ten years, the expansion of sugarcane and oil palm has increasingly encroached on the lands of Maya Q'eqchi' people.
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