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Un registre des transactions agricoles pourrait voir le jour
À quelques jours du début des audiences sur l’accaparement des terres agricoles, les partis politiques se seraient entendus pour confier à la Commission de protection du territoire agricole du Québec le mandat de créer un registre des transactions.

Ugandan farmers take on palm oil giants over land grab claims
Farmers evicted to make way for project backed by UN's IFAD say they have received little compensation. They're taking the industrial palm oil producers to court.

Stop #landrights fraud!
Civil society rejects the World Bank’s sham Conference on Land and Poverty and denounces the Bank’s role in global land grabs.

Accaparement des terres agricoles: «il faudra une volonté politique», plaide l'UPA
Si le président de l'Union des producteurs agricoles est heureux que la Commission de l'agriculture tienne enfin des audiences sur l'accaparement des terres agricoles par les fonds d'investissement, il craint le manque de volonté politique pour faire changer les choses.

Nova aliança do G8 atinge e usurpa terra e água de 50 mil pessoas em Moçambique
ADECRU revelam que no âmbito da Nova Aliança do G8 foram efectivados negócios de terra com 5 empresas em Moçambique, numa área total de 33.300 hecatres.

Ukraine crisis seen softening political ground for foreign farm land sales
The crisis in Ukraine looks set to trigger major changes in its vast agricultural sector with state-owned farm land and small family plots likely to go up for sale despite concerns over the impact on local farmers.

From Africa's Palms
People & Power investigates the environmental consequences of palm oil plantations in equatorial Africa.

Green Fuel accused of grabbing villagers’ land
Zimbabwe's Parliament has ordered Arda board chairman Basil Nyabadza to clarify the status of the land at the centre of an ownership wrangle between Green Fuel and the Chisumbanje community.

Qatar's Hassad Food eyes Brazilian sugar, poultry assets
"We are not closing the book on farmlands, but for the time being we are focusing on other layers of the chain," says vice president for business development at Hassad Food.

Inquiets de leur sort : les travailleurs de Senhuile demandent l’arbitrage du président Sall !
Le directeur général de Senhuile, Massimo Castellussi, pourrait être interpellé dans les tout prochains jours, par les autorités compétentes du pays, informe une source en provenance de la présidence.

06 Mar 2015Left Foot Forward

Is aid money benefiting small farmers in Africa – or big agribusiness companies?

Africa is seeing a new wave of colonialism as multinational corporations, aided by rich governments and financial institutions, vie to increase their control of land, seeds, water and other resources.

05 Mar 2015Dominion Farms

(Not) Doing business in Nigeria

Calvin Burgess, chairman of Dominion Farms, has issued a letter denying their involvement in a 30,000 hectare landgrab in Nigeria's Taraba State.

04 Mar 2015Agence Ecofin

Olam vante le potentiel de production d’huile de palme de l’Afrique

«Les transactions foncières menées par les gouvernements comptent parmi les facteurs qui rendent la culture de l’huile de palme particulièrement attractive » affirme Sunny Verghese, le PDG d'Olam

27 Feb 2015	Sé quién ganará en Ucrania	El Periódico
27 Feb 2015	Paraguay: Aparecen firma panameña y extrañas coincidencias en el caso Chino Cue	ABC
27 Feb 2015	New Mexico Investment Council makes first major agriculture move	IP & Real Estate
27 Feb 2015	From Africa's Palms	Al Jazeera
27 Feb 2015	Mali: Tension à Tangara, dans l’Office du Niger : Des opérateurs économiques et des espagnols en seraient la cause	Nouvel Horizon
26 Feb 2015	En Australie, un contrôle accru pour les investissements étrangers dans l'agriculture	AFP
26 Feb 2015	Foreign investors hit paydirt	Western Producer
26 Feb 2015	US firm eyes Aussie crops	The Land
26 Feb 2015	Green Fuel accused of grabbing villagers’ land	News Day
26 Feb 2015	Canada: Is it time to relax land ownership restrictions?	Western Producer
25 Feb 2015	Arab businessmen reaffirm the success of agricultural investment projects in Khartoum State	Albashir
25 Feb 2015	Qatar's Hassad Food eyes Brazilian sugar, poultry assets	Reuters
25 Feb 2015	Pangea achète d'autres terres agricoles au Kamouraska	Radio Canada
25 Feb 2015	Modibo Keïta, PDG de GDCM : Ou la mafia qui fait des ravages à l’Office du Niger	L'Informateur
24 Feb 2015	La main-mise des multinationales sur l’agriculture ukrainienne	IPS
24 Feb 2015	Tunisia wants agribusiness partnerships with Brazil	ANBA
24 Feb 2015	World Bank dam and foreign land-grab force out Ethiopian tribes	Digital Journal
23 Feb 2015	Inquiets de leur sort : les travailleurs de Senhuile demandent l’arbitrage du président Sall !	Africa9
23 Feb 2015	ONG GRAIN insiste nas acusações à AgroMoz por usurpação de terras em Moçambique	OJE
23 Feb 2015	Dealing in Africa with land issues in a human rights perspective	FIAN

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