Fwd: [Food-news] Bolivia Passes Land Reform Bill

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> *Editor's Note:* This week the Bolivian senate under

> President Evo

> Morales passed a controversial land reform bill

> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6194310.stm>

> where, even after two

> previous periods of land reform, 90% of productive

> land is owned by 50

> 000 people

>

<http://www.economist.com/research/backgrounders/displaystory.cfm?story_id=79458\

21>.

>

> Morales is promising to re-distribute 20m hectares

> of land, focusing

> especially on lowland areas dominated by industrial

> agriculture. Access

> to land can help alleviate rural poverty and food

> insecurity. Though it

> does not necessarily increase income, it can improve

> nutrition and act

> as a stabilizer during economic downturns. Access to

> land is also linked

> with higher rates of school enrollment and

> empowering women through land

> claims can lead to greater overall household

> well-being.

>

>

> Click here

>

<http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/j0415t/j0415t06.htm#bm06>

> for a FAO paper on land reform for poverty

> alleviation and food

> security. The World Bank's approach to land reform

> can be found here

>

>

<http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64193027 & piPK=6418793\

7 & theSitePK=523679 & menuPK=64187510 & searchMenuPK=64187283 & theSitePK=523679 & entity\

ID=000094946_0307250400474 & searchMenuPK=64187283 & theSitePK=523679>

> and a critique of it here

>

>

<http://viacampesina.org/main_en/images/stories/pdf/Global_Campain_WB_policies_f\

actsheet.en.pdf>.

> Visit Via Campesina to view their Declaration for

> New Agrarian Reform

>

>

<http://www.viacampesina.org/main_en/index.php?option=com_content & task=view & id=1\

80 & Itemid=27>.

>

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