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Global Witness celebrates agreement on EU investor due diligence
- Global Witness
- 07 Mar 2019
European investors will now need to disclose the steps they have taken to address the adverse impact of their investment decisions, such as land grabbing
Defamatory vs defamation
- GRAIN
- 06 Mar 2019
Over the past few years, civil society groups have been drawn into a serious of legal actions to defend the rights of people to talk about what they see and experience as land grabbing and other abuses committed not only by multinational corporations in the agribusiness arena, but government authorities and local elites as well.
After local outcry, a Harvard-owned vineyard project faces environmental review
- Harvard Crimson
- 06 Mar 2019
Despite Cuyama Valley being one of the most severely overdrawn basins in California, Harvard recently proposed a plan to build three large reservoirs in the area for its vineyard, much to the chagrin of neighboring residents and farmers.
Global land grab gathers pace
- Trócaire
- 06 Mar 2019
Trócaire launches Lent campaign with new report 'Making a Killing' on global land grab
Chinese banana plantations in Lao district leave locals with little land to farm
- Radio Free Asia
- 05 Mar 2019
Concessions of land made by the government of Laos to Chinese banana farms are leaving villagers in one northern district without enough land of their own to feed their families, RFA sources say
Letter to Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone
- ESCR-Net
- 04 Mar 2019
ESCR-Net has written to President Bio about the human rights violations against members of the Malen Affected Landowners and Users Association in connection with industrial scale palm oil operations by Société Financière des caoutchoucs (Socfin Group).
Law and political economy of the global resource squeeze: can action rise to the challenge?
- IIED
- 04 Mar 2019
Today, certain legal arrangements are facilitating unsustainable resource extraction and shifting resource control in favour of commercial interests.
Rwanda, Israel firm ink $66M to develop Gabiro Agribusiness Hub
- KT Press
- 04 Mar 2019
The Rwanda Development Board signs agreement with Israeli firm Netafim to develop irrigation for 5,600 ha agricultural project in Eastern Province.
Kenya: Survey ordered to settle Del Monte land dispute
- Daily Nation
- 04 Mar 2019
Fruit processor Del Monte will have its land in Murang’a and Kiambu counties surveyed in in order to address the historical injustices committed against the area residents.
Kenya: Survey ordered to settle Del Monte land dispute
- Nation
- 04 Mar 2019
US fruit processor Del Monte will have its 8,900 ha of farmland surveyed in order to address historical injustices committed against the area residents.
DFID: Responsible agricultural investment right for Sierra Leone
- Condord Times
- 04 Mar 2019
“We need to work with affected communities to negotiate mutually beneficial land deals that genuinely offer win wins for communities, individual farmers and investors," says representative of UK’s Department for International Development.
Saudis are in town for SA agriculture
- Ag. Economics Today
- 04 Mar 2019
A Saudi delegation met with South Africa’s Minister of Agriculture and "expressed a desire to lease land in South Africa to produce a wide range of agricultural commodities provided they can sign a lease of 99 years or more.”