The Global Hunger Index report, which ranks the ten hungriest countries in the world, categorises India under the ‘serious concern’ category. This is deeply troubling. While India is making significant strides in building mega infrastructure projects such as airports, highways, and renewable energy installations, a key point to bear in mind is that all of these projects are land-intensive and are pushing local communities away from their land and livelihoods.

Access to land is crucial in addressing hunger. With the impacts of climate change already making life difficult for many, traditional knowledge and livelihoods are under threat. Across the country, land tenure is about more than cultivation. A range of agro-pastoral livelihoods has coexisted for thousands of years, and this diversit

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