Association for Land Reform and Development

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Association for Land Reform and Development
Formation1991
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Website[1]

Association for Land Reform and Development (Bengali: অ্যাসোসিয়েশন ফর ল্যান্ড রিফর্ম এ্যান্ড ডেভেলপমেন্ট) is a Bangladeshi non-profit organisation dedicated to land reform.[1][2]

History[edit]

NGO Coordinition Council for Land Reforms Programme was created in 1987 by Association for Social Advancement, Caritas Internationalis, Comilla Proshika, Gono Unnayan Prochesta, Manab Unnayan Kendra, Nijera Kori, Oxfam, Proshika, and RDRS Bangladesh. The organisation aimed to coordinate land reforms and settlements in cooperation with the government of Bangladesh.[3]

NGO Coordinition Council for Land Reforms Programme was changed into an independent organization called the Association for Land Reform and Development in 1991. It has 273 associate organisation in Bangladesh. It is a member of International Land Coalition, based in Rome, and Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, based in Manila.[3][4] It organizes seminars on land reforms in Bangladesh.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "River Grabbing: Protector became perpetrator". The Daily Star. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ^ "The tyranny of the forest department in Madhupur". New Age. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b Huda, Shamsul. "Association for Land Reform and Development". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Civil society organizations". fao.org. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Let landless farmers use khas land". The Daily Star. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2020.