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Large-scale land acquisitions, displacement and resettlement in Zambia
- PLAAS
- 04 November 2015
Zambia is currently experiencing a rise in land-based investments by local and foreign investors.
Land governance in Malawi: Lessons from large-scale acquisitions
- PLAAS
- 04 November 2015
Over the past decade, rural Malawians have witnessed a surge in large-scale land acquisitions for commercial agriculture that threaten their access, control and ownership of customary land.
Un défenseur de l’environnement lourdement condamné au Cameroun !!!
- CED
- 04 November 2015
Nasako Besingi de l’ONG SEFE a été condamné ce jour par le tribunal de Mundemba. Il faisait l’objet d’une série de plaintes pour diffamation introduites par la société SGSOC, une filière de la société américaine Herakles Farms
An environmentalist heavily sentenced in Cameroon!!!
- CED
- 04 November 2015
Nasako Besingi of the NGO Struggle to Economize our Future Environment (SEFE) was sentenced today for defamation by the SGSOC Company, a subsidiary of Herakles Farms of the US.
Corporations replace peasants as the "vanguard" of China's new food security agenda
- GRAIN
- 03 November 2015
Over the past couple of decades, China has embraced trade agreements that oblige it to import foods and implemented policies that favour the development of larger farms and massive agribusiness and food corporations.
Safeguarding land tenure rights in the context of agricultural investment
- FAO
- 03 November 2015
A technical guide on safeguarding land tenure rights in line with the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security.
Africa’s land rush: Rural livelihoods and agrarian change – a new book
- The Zimbabwean
- 02 November 2015
As with previous moments of enclosure and commercialisation, Africa’s recent land rush is already sparking resistance and counter-movements.
Al Dahra Agriculture hosts Food and Feed Safety Symposium in Beijing
- WAM
- 02 November 2015
Al Dahra Agriculture a subsidiary of Al Dahra Holding and a prominent multinational feed and food agribusiness player headquartered in Abu Dhabi has held its first Feed and Food Symposium in Beijing China.
Kuwaitis urged to invest in Morocco's agricultural sector
- KUNA
- 02 November 2015
A senior official at the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has urged Kuwaiti private sector and businessmen to direct investments to the agricultural sector in the Kingdom, offering cultivated land, long-term rent contracts and tax exemptions.
Westchester Group on the hunt for more farms
- The Australian
- 02 November 2015
Global agricultural investor the Westchester Group, owned by pension fund manager TIAA-CREF, is on the hunt to buy farms in New Zealand, after focusing its investment attention for the past 25 years on agriculture in the US, Australia and Brazil.
African countries seek India's cooperation in defence, agri
- Economic Times
- 31 October 2015
Madagascar Foreign Minister Beatrice Jeanine Atallah conveyed to Swaraj that 85 per cent of its land is arable and India can help the country in a big way in developing its agriculture sector.
First rice product from Sino-Singapore Jilin Food Zone to enter Singapore
- Xinhua
- 30 October 2015
SSJFZ is a unique platform which integrates multiple Singapore elements with local application across its entire "farm to table" process.