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Dominion Farms accapare des terres au Nigeria
Des agriculteurs de l'État de Taraba refusent de céder leurs terres à un énorme projet de riziculture soutenu par le G8

Press release on Bamba Village shooting incident
In wake of shooting and arrests, ALLAT calls for a moratorium on large scale land acquisitions in Sierra Leone.

Canadian province eyes tougher rules on investor farm buys
Saskatchewan is likely to tighten what are already some of North America's strictest rules for purchasing farmland as the Western Canadian province looks to fend off big money managers.

Ndiaël : Marche des populations contre Senhuile
Vidéo de la marche des populations contre Senhuile du 21 janvier 2015

Remise en cause des lois foncières et semencières en Afrique
Le lobby qui cherche à industrialiser la production alimentaire en Afrique modifie aussi la législation semencière et foncière pour qu'elle serve les intérêts de l'industrie agroalimentaire.

Leaked report says World Bank violated own rules in Ethiopia
Internal watchdog finds link between World Bank financing and Ethiopian government's mass resettlement of indigenous group

Tanzania: Ministry ordered to recover 3,000ha at Saadani Park
Parliamentary committee orders Ministry of Lands to recover 3,000 hectares of land the latter had sold to a Swedish company - EcoEnergy Ltd in Bagamoyo District, Coast Region.

Itochu, CP in deal to take $10.4 billion stake in Citic
A Japanese trading conglomerate and the holding company of Thailand’s richest person acquire a fifth of Citic Ltd., in one of the biggest foreign investments in a Chinese state-owned company.

Karuturi under the spotlight
Director of agricultural investment at Ethiopia's Ministry of Agriculture says Karuturi is on the verge of collapsing in Ethiopia and that the company "has gone bankrupt following internal management crisis”

Chinese rent over 6 thousand hectares of farmland in Tajikistan
China’s Xinyang Inhai company has rented 6,300 hectares of farmland in the Dangara and Yovon districts of the Khatlon province for cultivation of cotton and cereals.

29 Jan 2015NZ City

Americans biggest buyers of New Zealand land since 2010

Americans were the biggest buyers of New Zealand land in the past five years, although buyers from China topped the list in 2014.

28 Jan 2015KTN Kenya

Embattled flower farm Karuturi

Receiver managers of embattled flower farm Karuturi are disputing claims the farm and its assets have been put up for sale.

28 Jan 2015The Ecologist

Nigerian farmers face destitution from 300 sq.km land grab backed by UK aid

Development secretary Justine Greening is facing questions over UK involvement in a massive land-grab in Nigeria that is evicting local farmers from 300 square kilometres of fertile farmland.

22 Jan 2015	Rwanda: Canadian firm acquires licence, to grow stevia plant on 1,000 hectares	New Times
22 Jan 2015	Investment fund pours cash into cleaner, greener fish farming	NPR
22 Jan 2015	US: Fight foreign ownership of Wisconsin farmland (Part 2)	Agri-View
22 Jan 2015	Remise en cause des lois foncières et semencières en Afrique	AFSA/GRAIN
22 Jan 2015	Africa's land and seed laws under attack	AFSA/GRAIN
22 Jan 2015	O ataque às leis fundiárias e das sementes da África	AFSA/GRAIN
21 Jan 2015	Crise foncière dans le Ndiael : les populations disent "non à Senhuile"	Ndar Info
21 Jan 2015	Dégâts collateraux des engins de Senhuile-Senéthanol : Des squelettes de morts de 37 villages déterrés	Direct Info
21 Jan 2015	Private firms control 1.8 mln hectares of economic land concessions in Cambodia: officials	Xinhua
20 Jan 2015	Leaked report says World Bank violated own rules in Ethiopia	ICIJ
20 Jan 2015	That boiling tension in Sahn-Malen	New Citizen
20 Jan 2015	Tanzania: Ministry ordered to recover 3,000ha at Saadani Park	Guardian (Tanzania)
20 Jan 2015	Edo’s goal to become Nigeria's food basket	This Day
20 Jan 2015	Licensed to grab: How international investment rules undermine agrarian justice	TNI
20 Jan 2015	Conflits fonciers au Burkina Faso : vivement le « sur sceau » salvateur de l’Etat !	LeFaso.net
20 Jan 2015	Huile de palme "durable" : un outil de greenwashing pour berner le consommateur	Nouvel Observateur
20 Jan 2015	Itochu, CP in deal to take $10.4 billion stake in Citic	WSJ
19 Jan 2015	Former Swiss banker sells 600 ha of land in Romania	Romania Insider
17 Jan 2015	Karuturi under the spotlight	The Reporter
17 Jan 2015	Belgian, Zimbabwean shot in land protest in Sierra Leone	Reuters

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Farmers in Nigeria's Taraba State refuse to give up their lands for massive rice plantation project backed by the G8. Email Dominion Farms and ask them to listen to the demands of the local community.

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