RICE LANDS: STILL UNDER SIEGE

, by Asian Peasant Coalition

This is an updated version of the first booklet "Rice lands: Fields of Agony and Fields of Hope". It describes the grabbing of rice lands all over Asia by corporations and governments and the destruction this wreaks on poor rice farming communities. Land is becoming more and more a critical issue as the right to land and productive resources is fundamental to genuine agrarian reform and food sovereignty. This booklet drives home the fact that the right to land is tantamount to the right to life for small farmers and communities. Read more...