As Madagascar elections near, its future is up in the air, and the question of land mining and land grabs by foreign multinationals remains a key issue for Malagasy citizens. The root cause of ...

South Korea has just leased half of all the arable land in Madagascar according to the Financial Times. This has stirred quite a debate in the Malagasy blogosphere about land sovereignty and economic ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Through its Titre Vert or Green Title initiative, the Malagasy government is opening up a path to land ownership for its most vulnerable citizens ...

Madagascar is an island nation located off the southeastern coast of Africa, in the Indian Ocean. It is the fourth largest island in the world and is known for its unique wildlife, biodiversity, and ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. The number of land grabs for food and agriculture continues to grow, with most of the deals ...

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - A deal for South Korea's Daewoo Logistics to lease over 1 million hectares of Madagascar to grow food crops is off, the island's new leader said on Wednesday. Andry Rajoelina ...

In Madagascar, obtaining a land title was so time-consuming and costly that it was frequently out of reach for people in rural areas. Combined with population growth and increasing demand for land, ...

The arid south of Madagascar, from the calcareous plateau of Mahafaly to the Greater south of the Antandroy district, is caught in a vicious circle of “poverty-environmental degradation-poverty” that ...

WASHINGTON, March 1 st, 2019 – The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a $52 million International Development Association (IDA)* grant to Madagascar in support of the agriculture rural ...