Climate change its causing flooding and droughts that damage agricultural land in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The "rice bowl" of Asia produces 57 percent of rice production for the country - including 80 percent of its exports. ROBYN WILSON met the farmers facing ruin.
… in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The "rice bowl" of Asia produces 57 percent of rice production for the country - including 80 … for its coconut groves, fruit orchards and rice paddy fields, B ế n Tre is an area with …
Rural communities all over India are battling against a land grab of epic proportions. And one of the biggest causes of land grabs is for airports to support India's domestic aviation boom. Rose Bridger reports from Kerala, where four new 'green field' airports are meeting stiff local resistance.
… and paddy fields where farmers cultivate rice and other crops. Plans for a proposed … The 200 hectare site yielded 526 tonnes of rice last season. Farmers also cultivate many … PHOTO: An airport in Anakkara would pave over rice fields. Photo: saveanakkara.com Plans for …
Ten villages and surrounding farmland have already been wiped from the map for a 50 sq.km airport and surrounding 'aeropolis' or airport city in West Java, Indonesia, writes Rose Bridger. And while investors are offered an 'attractive incentives plan', villagers are subject to fierce state repression and brutality. Now only a single village remains standing, but residents continue to resist eviction and demand an end to the project.
… to enforce the land measurement rushed onto rice fields firing teargas. Crops and several … hectares for Kertajati Airport and Aerocity. Rice and many other crops are cultivated on … of their land. One way in which land prices are being manipulated, which indicates …
Rural coffee farmers across southern Laos are sharing sustainable agricultural practices to protect both their land and health from chemical farming methods, reports ROBYN WILSON
… farmers: Chon’s parents previously harvested rice near the Cambodian border, while … buyers who are willing to pay them a higher price for their product.” He and Cana are … farmers to cut out chemical use is down to price. " The market requires organic goods and …
Communities facing around Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport are facing huge land grabs for a vast airport city that will line the pockets of powerful officials, politicians and developers, but leave them with nothing, writes Rose Bridger. Now, faced with official abuse and police brutality, they are fighting back with street protests and art projects.
… want to relocate. On 9th June 2010 villagers' rice fields were bulldozed by the government …