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Chinese flooded with land offers
Chinese flooded with land offers
Companies linked to China's biggest agricultural conglomerate are being flooded with offers to buy or lease "hundreds of thousands" of hectares of land in Australia's Wheatbelt in the early stages of their bid to create an independent grain supply chain from the port of Albany.
Chinese flooded with land offers
Chinese flooded with land offers
Companies linked to China's biggest agricultural conglomerate are being flooded with offers to buy or lease "hundreds of thousands" of hectares of land in Australia's Wheatbelt in the early stages of their bid to create an independent grain supply chain from the port of Albany.
In Sierra Leone, agric minister on strategic approach to large scale investment
In Sierra Leone, agric minister on strategic approach to large scale investment
“Many more [foreign farmland investors] have expressed interest to come and we are working on modalities to accommodate them,” Sierra Leone's Minister of Agriculture Dr. Sam Sesay said.
Corridors pour la croissance agricole en Afrique et la Nouvelle Alliance pour la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition: Qui en bénéficie, qui perd?
Corridors pour la croissance agricole en Afrique et la Nouvelle Alliance pour la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition: Qui en bénéficie, qui perd?
Ce rapport d'Econexus examine comment les gouvernements, les institutions financières internationales et les sociétés mondiales collaborent dans de nouveaux projets en Afrique pour réorganiser terres et des eaux et de créer une infrastructure industrielle sur des millions d’hectares
Sup with the devil
Sup with the devil
Mozambican smallholders thought they could do a deal with agribusiness. Hazel Healy reports on how transnational OLAM treated its so-called partners.
El gran acaparamiento de tierras del G8
El gran acaparamiento de tierras del G8
Lo que es impactante es la forma descarada en que la Nueva Alianza pretende abrir las tierras cultivables africanas a una oleada sin precedentes de inversión a escala industrial.
Llamamiento de Yakarta - VI Conferencia de la Vía Campesina Egidio Brunetto
Llamamiento de Yakarta - VI Conferencia de la Vía Campesina Egidio Brunetto
"Hoy más que nunca, otro mundo es urgente y necesario.uestro mundo a través de la sobrexplotación y desposesión de los pueblos y la apropiación de los bienes naturales está produciendo la actual crisis climática y profundas desigualdades que amenazan a la humanidad en su conjunto y a la vida misma".
Land grab guidelines provide little aid to farmers
Land grab guidelines provide little aid to farmers
The UN passed a series of voluntary guidelines to prevent land grabbing and protect small-scale farmer's rights a year ago. But so far the rules haven't had much impact on foreign investors buying up land.
Link search for justice to AU policy standards
Link search for justice to AU policy standards
Today, Fahamu Networks for Social Justice is hosting a national conference of social movements and other actors in Kenya to review the implementation process of the National Land Policy.
Les populations de Nginth avertissent « Pour faire quitter le projet dans le Ndiaèl, nous sommes prêts à mourir »
Les populations de Nginth avertissent « Pour faire quitter le projet dans le Ndiaèl, nous sommes prêts à mourir »
Le bras de fer entre les populations de la communauté Rurale de Ngnith et les responsables du projet Sen Huile/ Sen Ethanol est toujours d’actualité. Les populations invitent l’Etat à faire quitter ce projet dans la zone, avant qu' n y ait mort d’homme.
African Union voices guarded support of foreign investment in agriculture
African Union voices guarded support of foreign investment in agriculture
The AU supports the acquisition of African farmland by foreign investors subject to the appropriate checks and controls being in place
19 Jun 2013Grupo Semillas
Colombia: ¡el embajador Carlos Urrutia debe renunciar!
El bufete del embajador en Estados Unidos, ayudó a acaparar irregularmente tierras en Colombia a la compañía norteamericana CARGILL. Ya se alinderó contra la Nación en posibles reclamaciones ante tribunales internacionales.
18 Jun 2013AP
Mo. moves to lift ban on foreign farm ownership
Weeks before a Chinese conglomerate agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. in the largest such takeover of a US business, Missouri lawmakers quietly approved legislation removing a ban on foreign ownership of agricultural land.
18 Jun 2013WMC
Tunisie: L'APIA s'oppose à l'attribution des terres agricoles à des étrangers
L'Agence de Promotion des Investissements Agricoles et la commission chargée de l'élaboration du nouveau code d'investissement de la Tunisie ont convenu d'y interdire l'octroi de terres agricoles aux étrangers.
19 Jun 2013 Colombia: ¡el embajador Carlos Urrutia debe renunciar! Grupo Semillas
19 Jun 2013 African agricultural growth corridors and the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition: Who benefits, who loses? Econexus
19 Jun 2013 Chinese flooded with land offers West Australian
18 Jun 2013 Mo. moves to lift ban on foreign farm ownership AP
18 Jun 2013 In Sierra Leone, agric minister on strategic approach to large scale investment Awareness Times
18 Jun 2013 Tunisie: L'APIA s'oppose à l'attribution des terres agricoles à des étrangers WMC
18 Jun 2013 Corridors pour la croissance agricole en Afrique et la Nouvelle Alliance pour la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition: Qui en bénéficie, qui perd? Land Portal
18 Jun 2013 Accaparement des terres : entre bénéfices techniques et agriculteurs africains spoliés Economie Matin
18 Jun 2013 Sup with the devil New Internationalist
18 Jun 2013 El gran acaparamiento de tierras del G8 Rebelión
18 Jun 2013 Acaparamiento de tierras: cómo cambia el mapa del mundo El Diario
18 Jun 2013 Land rights, not land grabs, can help Africa feed itself CNN
16 Jun 2013 Pension funds flock to ‘real assets’ Financial Times
16 Jun 2013 Les Chinois investissent dans les prairies canadiennes pour nourrir l'Asie AFP
16 Jun 2013 Frenos incipientes al acaparamiento de tierras IPS
14 Jun 2013 Top target regions for foreign farmland investment (since the year 2000) Land Commodities
13 Jun 2013 Deux Ong camerounaises demandent aux USA d’initier une enquête sur les pratiques d’Herakles Farms Investir au Cameroun
13 Jun 2013 Llamamiento de Yakarta - VI Conferencia de la Vía Campesina Egidio Brunetto Biodiversidad en América Latina y el Caribe
13 Jun 2013 Land grab guidelines provide little aid to farmers DW
13 Jun 2013 Former head of Hancock farmland investment business launching new firm Farmaland Intelligencer
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25 Jun 2013 - Brussels
From land grabbing to land reform: ECVC conference on land issues in Europe



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