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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.
Large-scale land acquisitions and social conflict in Africa
- TNI
- 03 September 2013
As foreign governments and corporations lease and purchase large tracts of land across the globe, in Africa, such ‘land grabs’ have allegedly provided the grievance behind protests, riots, coups, and other conflict from Mali to Madagascar.
Biofuel project funded by UK ‘leaves Africans without food’
- The Independent
- 03 September 2013
DfID accused of assisting land grab in Sierra Leone by providing aid for European energy business
How climate change politics are ruining African agriculture
- Policymic
- 02 September 2013
It is wondrous how the threat of climate change, a clear sign of the excesses and limitations of advanced economies, could ever become a driver of grand visions of progress in the developing world.
Would-be Crafar farm buyers lose court bid
- Stuff
- 02 September 2013
The High Court in Auckland has formalised a wide-ranging asset freeze against the unsuccessful bidders for the Crafar farms, Jack Chen and May Wang.
Starvation and poverty in Indonesia
- FPP
- 02 September 2013
Civil society organisations appeal for suspension of MIFEE project in Papua pending redress for local communities
First global donor working group on land
- Donor Platform
- 01 September 2013
On the margins of the annual World Bank land and poverty conference in April a donor roundtable agreed to establish a first global donor working group on land, which was launched recently. Video interview with the first chair of the group, from DFID.
PCFS calls rai guideline a decoy to legitimize WB’s RAI agenda
- PCFS
- 31 August 2013
The People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty recently released its critique on the responsible agricultural investment guideline calling it essentially the same as the World Bank's Principle on Responsible Agricultural Investment.
SA farmland 'outperforms stocks, bonds'
- Financial Mail
- 30 August 2013
The returns on investments in South African farmland consistently outstrip those of local and international equities, bonds and real estate, says Futuregrowth Asset Management, the venture capital arm of Old Mutual.
Minimum land use period to be 15 years in Ukraine - Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry
- Ukrinform
- 30 August 2013
The right to purchase agricultural land belongs to citizens of Ukraine, the state, the Land Bank, and territorial communities, according to a new draft law "On Agricultural Land Turnover".
Rudd channels Bob Katter in debate over foreign land
- Whitsunday Times
- 29 August 2013
Australia's PM says he favours a joint venture approach to farmland investment, comprising equity from farmers, perhaps through co-operatives, with domestic or some external investment.