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The eye of the farmer fattens the beast Joseph Hanlon

The eye of the farmer fattens the beast

Can smallholders be more productive than agribusiness? It looks that way in Zimbabwe, which has broken up its big farms, and where growers have nearly matched production of their white predecessors, in fewer than ten years. Joseph Hanlon reports.

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Land Grabs - Hotspots

Land Grabs - Hotspots

Some of the world’s biggest and most controversial land deals.

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‘Don’t mess’: the proud owner of a certificate that recognizes the land rights of the Chicoco community in Cuamba, Niassa. Gun Lindberg, Swedish Co-operative Centre (SCC)

Securing the global commons

The land rush started back in 2008. It has not gone unnoticed – or unchallenged.

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Villagers gather in Cazizi where the company Chikweti Forests has encroached on their lands.
 Hazel Healy

Cazizi village holds its ground

Forestry companies want to carve up Mozambique’s northern highlands. Peasant farmers and their allies are working to hold them accountable. Hazel Healy investigates.

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Small-scale farmers like this rice-grower,  account for 23 per cent of Mozambique’s GDP. Hazel Healy

Invest in small farmers

With proceeds from hydrocarbons set to roll in, Mozambique has a unique opportunity to reverse the fortunes of its smallholders. Land activist Diamantino Nhampossa makes the case.

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Land Grabs - The Facts

Big land deals are forcing people from their homes and damaging livelihoods.

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‘They'll have to kill us first’. The land of villagers in Kitica, Cabo Delgado province, is under threat from a local landgrabber. They pose with machete, hoe and a coil of homegrown tobacco, the trappings of home – and self defence. Photo: Hazel Healy

The smallholders’ last stand

A visit to Mozambique dispels any notion that big business is going to ‘feed Africa’. Hazel Healy reports on a land rush in full swing.

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Rob Newman Interview

Rob Newman Interview

Comedian, author and activist Rob Newman talks to K Biswas about the corporate welfare state, WH Auden and austerity, and offers an intriguing solution to Greece’s economic woes.

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Coming back from the brink? C.Gomersall / WILDLIFE / Still Pictures

Coming back from the brink?

India’s vultures nearly went extinct. Graeme Green on the efforts to save them.

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The eye of the farmer fattens the beast

Can smallholders be more productive than agribusiness? It looks that way in Zimbabwe, which has broken up its big farms, and where growers have nearly matched production of their white predecessors, in fewer than ten years. Joseph Hanlon reports.

Joseph Hanlon May, 2013 462 Buy
Land Grabs - Hotspots

Some of the world’s biggest and most controversial land deals.

Amy Hall May, 2013 462 Buy
Securing the global commons

The land rush started back in 2008. It has not gone unnoticed – or unchallenged.

Hazel Healy May, 2013 462 Buy
Cazizi village holds its ground

Forestry companies want to carve up Mozambique’s northern highlands. Peasant farmers and their allies are working to hold them accountable. Hazel Healy investigates.

Hazel Healy May, 2013 462 Buy
Invest in small farmers

With proceeds from hydrocarbons set to roll in, Mozambique has a unique opportunity to reverse the fortunes of its smallholders. Land activist Diamantino Nhampossa makes the case.

Hazel Healy May, 2013 462 Buy
Land Grabs - The Facts

Big land deals are forcing people from their homes and damaging livelihoods.

New Internationalist Editorial May, 2013 462 Buy
The smallholders’ last stand

A visit to Mozambique dispels any notion that big business is going to ‘feed Africa’. Hazel Healy reports on a land rush in full swing.

Hazel Healy May, 2013 462 Buy
Reasons to be cheerful

New Internationalist Editorial May, 2013 462 Buy
Bouncier babies

New Internationalist Editorial May, 2013 462 Buy
Forests first

New Internationalist Editorial May, 2013 462 Buy
Scratchy Lines - Europe

by Simon Kneebone

Simon Kneebone May, 2013 462 Buy
Activist victory - Britain

Ewa Jasiewicz May, 2013 462 Buy
Rob Newman Interview

Comedian, author and activist Rob Newman talks to K Biswas about the corporate welfare state, WH Auden and austerity, and offers an intriguing solution to Greece’s economic woes.

K Biswas May, 2013 462 Buy
Life after Chávez

David Ransom May, 2013 462 Buy
Coming back from the brink?

India’s vultures nearly went extinct. Graeme Green on the efforts to save them.

Graeme Green May, 2013 462 Buy