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African leaders must help continent, not sell it off
- The New Age
- 10 July 2015
The struggle for Africa’s independence from its colonial rulers has always been centred on land and the natural resources beneath.
Power and impunity of transnational corporations stifles people's voices
- Via Campesina
- 10 July 2015
La Via Campesina denounces the International Land Coalition for calling for mitigating the negative effects of landgrabbing, rather than insisting that landgrabbing be stopped.
100,000-cow-power dairy farm in China to feed Russian market
- China Daily
- 09 July 2015
A 100,000-cow dairy farm is being constructed in Northeast China to supply the Russian market with milk and cheese, in what can be construed as agricultural geopolitics.
The Global land grab: Giving with one hand and taking everything with the other
- New Matilda
- 09 July 2015
Even the World Bank admits that the vast bulk of foreign investment in Africa doesn’t help the continent’s people, with aid and agricultural support often a smokescreen for multinationals looting nations’ wealth.
Namibia plans to ban foreigners from owning agricultural land
- Bloomberg
- 09 July 2015
The Namibian government plans to pass a new land law that will ban foreigners from owning agricultural land, the country’s cabinet said.
China, Africa and food security
- IPD
- 09 July 2015
The fact that China does not now depend on Africa in any meaningful way for food does not mean this will continue to be the case.
Private equity firm Fanisi buys stake in Tanzanian agro-processor
- Reuters
- 09 July 2015
Kenya-based private equity house Fanisi Capital said on Thursday it had bought a stake in a Tanzanian agro-processing company for $6 million, expanding its footprint in the region.
Infrastructural violence and the monopoly system in Indonesia’s oil palm plantation zone
- MSH-M
- 09 July 2015
Tania Murray Li of the University of Toronto explains how the devastating expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia shows what can be expected from the current expansion of the plantation model elsewhere around the world.
China, Africa and food security
- International Policy Digest
- 09 July 2015
If Africa remains a food deficit region, exporting significant quantities of food to China grown on Chinese-financed investment projects will raise serious questions.
SABL issue explained in new fact sheet for communities
- Act Now
- 08 July 2015
Even though the Commission of Inquiry into the land grab has found the SABL process was flawed, land grabbing continues. Many communities are still not aware of what SABL is and how customary land is being stolen.
Palm oil giant Wilmar resorts to dirty tricks
- FPP
- 08 July 2015
World’s largest palm oil trading company, Wilmar International Ltd., under scrutiny as communities accuse its suppliers of harassment, deception and rights abuses.
Land rights and investment treaties: exploring the interface
- IIED
- 08 July 2015
Investment treaties can have far-reaching implications for land reform, for public action to address “land grabbing” and more generally for land governance frameworks