Why Tenure Reform Is Key to Curbing Land Degradation By Máximo Torero Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.

Why Tenure Reform Is Key to Curbing Land Degradation By Máximo Torero Máximo Torero is chief economist of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome ROME, Feb 25 2026 (IPS) - Farmland has long been one of the most important sources of security across generations. Writing about China nearly a century ago, Pearl S. Buck noted in The Good Earth, “If you will hold your land, you can live.” That holds true today. When farmers own land, they invest in it. When they don’t, they extract what they can today without thinking of tomorrow. https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/02/why-tenure-reform-is-key-to-curbing-land-degradation/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Will_Palestine_Preside_Over_the_Next_UN_General_Assembly_Nothing_Compares_to_Human_Lives_Lost_Reflec Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.