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Peru: Olmos irrigation project sparks development debate
- SciDevNet
- 11 December 2014
A tunnel through the Andes will carry water to irrigate the dry Olmos region. But large land plots are being auctioned, favouring big firms over local farmers.
Argentina: Communities protest foreign land grabs in Iberá
- Cultural Survival
- 11 December 2014
Organizations representing local farmers, Indigenous communities, and environmentalists gathered in Corrientes to demand an end to the land-grabbing by foreign investors in the province.
Africa ‘must rethink approach to agriculture investment’
- WSJ
- 11 December 2014
For Africa’s agriculture to realize its full potential the continent’s governments need to rethink their approach to encouraging investment, Morocco’s Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch says.
Algeria starts maize production, seeks foreign investors
- Reuters
- 11 December 2014
Algeria started its first commercial maize production this year and will soon approve applications from foreign investors to boost output and reduce reliance on imports, the head of the country's farmers' union said.
European Union agrees to investigate Cambodian sugar industry
- Guardian
- 10 December 2014
Booming industry faces allegations of human rights abuses such as land grabs, forced displacement and child labour.
Foreign companies buying Africa's fertile land
- World Bulletin
- 10 December 2014
According to the Association of Researchers in Middle East and Africa(ORDAF), political events and terror news are deliberately kept in the headlines to hide African land grabs by Western countries.
Human Rights Day: “No land, No life”, Land grabbing is a human rights violation
- PANAP
- 10 December 2014
Groups from Asia and Africa issue statement to mark International Human Rights Day.
Colonizing - and selling - the Ord: an Australian tale with a message
- PLECserv
- 10 December 2014
So much for the Ord as a ‘food bowl’. So much too for a new partnership with indigenous people. As in transactions with land-grabbers in poorer lands, the valued partnership now is with big money.
EU to probe sugar disputes
- Phnom Penh Post
- 09 December 2014
Cambodia has taken a “crucial step towards justice” by launching a reparations program for thousands of villagers who were forcibly evicted to make way for industrial sugar plantations.
Cargill may invest $1b in Indonesia over 3 to 4 years with poultry focus
- Reuters
- 09 December 2014
Cargill met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and other senior government officials on Monday to discuss future investment in Indonesia's oil palm sector.
Sudan allocates 100,000 acres to Egyptian farmers
- Radio Dabanga
- 09 December 2014
The Sudanese Minister of Investment, Dr Mustafa Osman Ismail, told reporters in Khartoum on Sunday that farmlands have been reserved for interested Egyptian farmers at a rate of 10 acres (4 ha) each.
The draft land use policy: putting big business first
- Mizzima
- 09 December 2014
The draft National Land Use Policy has created widespread discontent in Myanmar. It is only positive for those who may seek to acquire land for business purposes and have security in their investments.