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Au Sénégal, Senhuile SA relance le débat sur l’accaparement des terres
Frederic Mousseau de l’Institut Oakland, l’une des ONG qui proteste contre le projet Senhuile SA, rappelle que « tous les pays n’ont pas des cadastres, tels qu’on les connait dans les pays occidentaux ».

Senegal : 37 villages say “no” to the implementation of Senhuile Senethanol and threaten to march with cattles
As they prepare a protest march, the populations questioned President Macky Sall on the Senhuile agribusiness project that is grabbing and destroying their land.

Governos de Moçambique, Brasil e Japão Lançam última Ofensiva contra Resistência das OSC e Movimentos Sociais ao Prosavana
ADECRU exige ao Governo de Moçambique que inicie uma ampla discussão democrática, franca e inclusiva com as Comunidades do Corredor de Nacala em resposta as suas demandas soberanas

La moitié des terres en Europe est contrôlée par 3% de gros propriétaires
Les phénomènes de concentration et d’accaparement des terres ne concernent pas que l’Afrique ou l’Asie. Les gros propriétaires terriens sont aussi très actifs au sein de l’Union européenne.

Dubai’s emir to discuss partnerships in Brazil
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is also travelling to Mexico, Argentina and Chile. The agenda includes negotiations for strategic partnerships, agriculture in Africa and mutual investment.

Nepal: Ban on foreign capital in primary farming urged
A technical committee formed by the Ministry of Agricultural Development to give final shape to Nepal's Agriculture Development Strategy has recommended barring foreign investment and land ownership in primary farm production.

Zones d’ombre autour du projet Senhuile-Senéthanol (enquête)
Malgré la résistance des populations locales, l’entreprise Senhuile poursuit son projet de plantation agro-industrielle de 20 000 hectares, dans le nord-ouest du Sénégal. De nombreuses questions restent en suspens, notamment autour du montage organisationnel et financier de la société.

Ban on foreign capital in primary farming urged
A technical committee formed by Nepal's Ministry of Agricultural Development has recommended barring foreign investment and land ownership in primary farm production.

Saudi firm moves toward 100% use of imported animal feeds 
Almarai has recently received the first shipment of feed estimated at 39 thousand tons coming from farms owned by the company in Argentina.

Del Iberá a Harvard: Campesino lucha por su tierra en los Estados Unidos
La extranjerización de los Esteros del Iberá y su impacto en el medio ambiente y la vida de sus pobladores es un tema recurrente.

23 Apr 2014Interfax

EBRD issues $40 mln to NEPF fund to support grain farms in Ukraine

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has issued up to $40 million to New Europe Property Fund L.P. managed by NCH Capital Inc. to improve the efficiency of its agricultural projects in Ukraine.

23 Apr 2014Reuters

Palm oil industry struggles to build trust in rights pledges

In Indonesia alone, there are some 4,000 land conflicts between palm oil companies and local people, which can take years to be resolved in court.

23 Apr 2014Phnom Penh Post

IFC investigates over ‘land-grabbing link’

The International Finance Corporation has launched an internal investigation into a complaint lodged against the institution for investing in a Vietnamese rubber firm accused of land grabbing.

18 Apr 2014	Accaparement des terres et globalisation : la FDS tire la sonnette d’alarme	Journal du Mali
17 Apr 2014	Agro-alimentaire : la révolution sera bien élevée	Jeune Afrique
17 Apr 2014	Astarta upbeat on Ukraine despite 'near-term' woes	Agrimoney
17 Apr 2014	'Incredibly high' NZ land prices divert Aquila to Australia	Agrimoney
17 Apr 2014	Brazilian development ccoperation in Agriculture	CIFOR
17 Apr 2014	Dubai’s emir to discuss partnerships in Brazil	ANBA
17 Apr 2014	The land rush doesn't have to end in a poor deal for Africans	Guardian
17 Apr 2014	Tanzania: Complex land rights feed 'grabbing' complaints in Tanzania	Reuters
16 Apr 2014	Nepal: Ban on foreign capital in primary farming urged	Kantipur
16 Apr 2014	Zones d’ombre autour du projet Senhuile-Senéthanol (enquête)	Financial Afrik
16 Apr 2014	Ban on foreign capital in primary farming urged	eKantipur
16 Apr 2014	Oro government leads in the fight against illegal land grabbing	Act Now!
16 Apr 2014	Bitter sweet: how small Cambodian farmers are paying the price for the West’s sugar policies	The National
16 Apr 2014	Argentina: La “extranjerización” de las tierras catamarqueñas	El Ancasti
16 Apr 2014	Peasant leader, family arrested in Hacienda Looc; PH’s haciendero President mocks UN’s 2014 International Year of Family Farming – KMP	APC
15 Apr 2014	Saudi firm moves toward 100% use of imported animal feeds	Arab News
15 Apr 2014	Global Witness: 'Environmentalist murders escalating worldwide'	DW
15 Apr 2014	Cola giants back Voluntary Guidelines on Land Tenure	EIN
15 Apr 2014	Farmers hit land-use conversion in Nasugbu, Batangas, to avoid CARP	Business Mirror
14 Apr 2014	Senegal farmers, pastoralists complain of “land-grabbing”	APA