Report provided as part of the agreement between JICA and Majol for the development of a stakeholder engagement plan and toolkit for the ProSAVANA Programme
Oakland Institute founder Anuradha Mittal profiles the heroic, dangerous work of Global South land rights activists like Nasako Besingi and Pastor Omot Agwa, who face violence and terror charges from hostile governments.
- This is Hell!
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21 November 2015
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has disclosed that private sector investments in the country’s agric sector has reached about N760 billion in the last two years.
- New Telegraph
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20 November 2015
Consultant on ProSavana from MAJOL hired by JICA explains the motivation behind JICA's contract with MAJOL
- mozambiquekaihatsu
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19 November 2015
The Treasurer said the size and location of the properties means selling them to a foreign buyer would be "contrary to the national interest", and the deal cannot go ahead.
Global Witness says Cambodia’s ongoing land crisis is part of a larger global trend, one driven by economics and resource shortages.
Class dynamics behind a land grab ahead of its time - Mbarali, Tanzania
- African Political Economy
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19 November 2015
Company appears to be desperately using the courts, physical assaults and intimidation to attack citizens exercising rights guaranteed in their constitution and under international law.
- Greenpeace
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18 November 2015
An American investment giant that manages multi-billion-dollar pension funds in the United States, Canada, and Sweden faces allegations that it has circumvented Brazilian laws on foreign acquisition of farmland
A U.S. investment firm that manages U.S., Canadian and Swedish pension funds came under pressure on Tuesday to give locations of its land investments in Brazil as coalition of campaign groups voiced concerns about the impact on local farmers.
The American financial group and its partners amassed vast new holdings of farmland despite a move by Brazil’s government in 2010 to effectively ban such large-scale deals by foreigners.
- NY Times
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17 November 2015
Land plots for cultivation are now in hot demand by investors, who can make profits now and protect their assets in the long term.
- VietNamNet
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16 November 2015