People’s Manual on the Guidelines on Governance of Land, Fisheries and Forests

People’s Manual on the Guidelines on Governance of Land, Fisheries and Forests

The International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) has published a people’s manual that aims to make it easier to understand the Tenure Guidelines and provides a practical approach to people …

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Study on Land Grabbing for European Parliament

Study on Land Grabbing for European Parliament

Upon request by the European Parliament, partners of the Hands on the Land Campaign jointly drafted the study ‘Land grabbing and human rights: the involvement of European corporate and financial entities …

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Factsheet: Why do we need a Declaration on the Rights of Peasants?

Factsheet: Why do we need a Declaration on the Rights of Peasants?

Peasants and others working in rural areas represent the largest group of people in the world suffering from hunger and malnutrition. These people have faced political and economic discriminations for …

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New Hands on the Land Publication on Bioeconomy

New Hands on the Land Publication on Bioeconomy

A new report by TNI traces the emergence and the current trajectory of the bioeconomy and highlights how corporate interests have managed to capture and dominate its development and growth.

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Right to Food and Nutrition Watch launched in Rome

Right to Food and Nutrition Watch launched in Rome

The Watch 2015 was launched at FAO Headquarters, unveiling key findings around nutrition and the impact of business operations on food policies.

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Investing for Development?

Investing for Development?

The new CONCORD and Hands on the Land publication ‘Investing for Development?’ examines the impacts of the EU’s investment regime on food security, the Right to Food and …

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Investing in Agricultural Alternatives

Investing in Agricultural Alternatives

The publication ‘Policy Shift’ identifies ten key policy changes that are required to support just alternative agriculture investments. The approach integrates human rights into the core of decision-making and is …

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Land concentration, land grabbing and people’s struggles in Europe

Land concentration, land grabbing and people’s struggles in Europe

Land issues are rarely considered to be a problem for Europeans, or cause for people’s struggles in Europe today, as it is elsewhere in the world – at least in the …

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