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The World Bank’s long war on peasants
- Telesur
- 17 April 2015
It is difficult to overstate the degree to which the IMF and World Bank’s neoliberal economic policies contribute to extreme vulnerability for farmers and peasants.
Ivory Coast seeks to woo agricultural investors with reform, tax breaks
- Reuters
- 16 April 2015
Agriculture Minister Sangafowa Coulibaly says his government will make it easier to get land and speed up the process for investors wanting to get involved in arable farming.
Govt to revive food estate project in Papua
- Jakarta Post
- 16 April 2015
The Indonesian government is considering reviving the stalled “food estate” program of the prior administration by involving private and state-owned companies.
Criticism of GAR and Wilmar African oil palm projects highlight global ‘no-deforestation' challenges
- Mongabay
- 16 April 2015
Those keen to see an end to years of environmental destruction and see genuine change in the behavior of major palm oil producers and suppliers feel there is still a lot to be mistrusting of.
Evicted & abandoned: How the World Bank broke its promise to protect the poor
- ICIJ
- 16 April 2015
ICIJ and The Huffington Post estimate that 3.4 million people have been physically or economically displaced by World Bank-backed projects since 2004.
#NoLandNoLife regional confab on land reform
- PAN AP
- 16 April 2015
The Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), in cooperation with PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) and other organizations, will hold a two-day conference on land reform from 18-19 April in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Foreign investment fears misplaced, forum told
- The Australian
- 15 April 2015
Australia's National Farmers’ Federation has criticised the Abbott government’s reduced threshold for foreign farm purchases.
Canada pension fund manager cries foul over Saskatchewan farm review
- Reuters
- 14 April 2015
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it is concerned about the Saskatchewan government's decision to temporarily ban certain institutional investors from buying farmland in the province.
Canada: Foreign firms grabbing prime B.C. farmland for carbon credits
- Globe & Mail
- 14 April 2015
Lana Popham, agriculture critic for the NDP, said she is working on a private member’s bill to that will limit the amount of farmland foreigners can own in the Province of Britsh Columbia.
Ethiopians talk of violent intimidation as their land is earmarked for foreign investors
- Guardian
- 14 April 2015
New report gives damning indictment of the government’s mandatory resettlement policy carried out in a political climate of torture, oppression and silencing.
PNG: Compulsory purchase used to seize land and replace flawed SABL lease
- PNGexposed
- 13 April 2015
Companies with SABL leases are nervous that their unlawfully acquired rights could be extinguished and are looking for ways to protect their positions. Once again, it could be the Department of Lands that comes to their assistance.
Australia's largest private land owner to sell cattle business
- Reuters
- 10 April 2015
The announcement of the sale - which is expected to attract significant foreign interest - comes a month after the government said it would clamp down on foreign ownership of agricultural land.