In 20 years, 425 poor landless tenant farmers in the villages of Telangana State, India, transformed 1400 acres
of infertile and idle wasteland into cultivable land using dryland farming. Realising the potential of the improved
land, the absentee landlords tried to reclaim the land by threatening the tenants with eviction. Following a
considerable struggle with the landlords, the farmers’ collective, with the support of SDDPA, successfully
negotiated the registration of land in the name of 395 families. The security of tenure for the farmers has
prevented the loss of livelihoods, enhancing agricultural and environmental sustainability in the area.
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NCW research on applying Sansadhini Oct 2008
National Commission for Women supported SAFP to know what resource base women have in three pockets in Delhi and what they aspire for. The study revealed that women aspire for resource rights but would not ask from their families. The government thus must come forward with opportunities to create gender equality from outside the family resources.
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