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Of commercial farming: beneath 'land grab' politics
- The Reporter
- 09 September 2013
In Ethiopia, some 43 firms have acquired agricultural land but scores of these have already left the sector, while 16 of them are currently under probation.
Colombian congressman Wilson Arias the target of death threats for denouncing land grabs
- Caracol Radio
- 08 September 2013
Arias said that he has been named as responsible for the eventual loss of farmland by the sugar mills, and for that reason become the subject of an extermination plan.
Firm wants Karuturi Flowers wound up
- The Star
- 07 September 2013
A manufacturer of a cartons and polythene bags has applied to the High Court in Kenya to wind up cash-strapped Indian flower firm, Karuturi.
US security panel clears a Chinese takeover of Smithfield Foods
- New York Times
- 06 September 2013
Smithfield Foods won national security clearance on Friday for its proposed $4.7 billion sale to a Chinese meat processor, overcoming one of the biggest obstacles to a takeover.
Thousands displaced by Guatemala's land grabs
- Al Jazeera
- 06 September 2013
Hundreds of families remain displaced despite government promises to give land to thousands of people evicted two and a half years ago to make way for sugar and palm oil plantations.
USAID, Gregory Myers on large scale land acquisitions
- DEVEX
- 05 September 2013
Gregory Myers, division chief of the US Agency for International Development’s land tenure and property rights division, argues that, done right, large-scale land acquisitions can boost development.
Chinese entrepreneurs plan new wave of settlers
- Western Producer
- 05 September 2013
Two Chinese-Canadian entrepreneurs that have been investing in farmland in Manitoba say they will establish an agricultural fund for Chinese investors who want to own a piece of Canada’s agriculture industry.
Colombian workers and farmers take on global neoliberalism
- IUF
- 05 September 2013
Undermining food security is a joint venture of Colombian and foreign investors, says IUF.
Natural persons will not own more than 100 hectares of unincorporated land
- nineoclock.ro
- 05 September 2013
Changes to the law in Romania will prevent individuals from owning more than 100 hectares of unincorporated farmland and will oblige them to show proof of agricultural knowledge and experience.
Billionaires at play in the fields of the poor (part 5): Chinnakannan Sivasankaran
- Joan Baxter
- 05 September 2013
Joan Baxter profiles Indian national Chinnakannan Sivasankaran and his quest to make his Siva Group into the largest player in the production of palm oil by leasing land and establishing oil palm plantations from Papua New Guinea to Sierra Leone to South America.
Madagascar: to eat or to be eaten
- EJOLT
- 05 September 2013
In less than ten years, agricultural land granted by the Government of Madagascar, often unilaterally and completely opaque, has run up to hundreds of thousands of hectares.
Land Policy Initiative to validate Dalberg study on implementation of the AU declaration on land
- UNECA
- 04 September 2013
The Land Policy Initiative will host a workshop on 30 September to evaluate recommendations arising from a study by Dalberg Global Development Advisors, which has developed a high level strategy and business plan; as well as an M&E framework to guide the implementation of the African Union declaration on land.