The work of Landesa, one of the GAAP grantees, was recently highlighted in a New York Times article that explores landlessness and land reform in India.
The article quotes Tim Hanstad, the president and chief executive of Landesa, who says, " The conventional wisdom had been that in order to provide meaningful benefits you’d need a full-size farm...But when families had a small fraction of an acre they are often able to use that as a big bump up and foundation for a path out of poverty.” As part of the GAAP portfolio, the Landesa project focuses on micro-land ownership in Odisha and West Bengal, and prioritizes gender issues in land allocation and inheritance.
For the full New York Times article, click here. For more information on the Landesa GAAP project, click here.