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The struggle for land, DTE special edition newsletter
- DTE
- 31 December 2012
Special Dec 2012 edition of Down To Earth (Indonesia) on land grabbing
New agency likely to administer land for agricultural investment
- Addis Fortune
- 30 December 2012
The Ministry of Agriculture is working on a draft bill for the formation of an autonomous federal agency, which would administer land available for agricultural investment in Ethiopia.
India inc involved in land grab abroad too, says international non-profit
- Down to Earth
- 29 December 2012
According to the data presented by international non-profit Rights and Resource Initiative, Indian companies have acquired 63,000 sq km land, an area almost twice the size of Kerala, in Africa, South America and Southeast Asia.
Tanzania takes major step towards curbing land 'grabs'
- The Guardian
- 28 December 2012
Tanzania has set a ceiling for investors wanting to buy its agricultural land, a move welcomed by land rights campaigners
ACT refutes US website claims on land grabbing
- Northern Star
- 27 December 2012
“Land grabbing in Tanzania doesn't exist,” insists the executive director of the Tanzania Horticultural Association Ms Jacquiline Mkindi
Mozambique: "Pro-Savana" will not deprive farmers of land
- AIM
- 26 December 2012
The Mozambican government has insisted that no farmer will lose land as a result of the “Pro-Savana” agricultural development programme in the north of the country.
Farmland in demand
- LA Times
- 26 December 2012
Investors snap up California acreage, pushing prices to record highs, as global appetites for almonds and pistachios increase.
Institutions seek long-term value in responsible farmland investing
- Institutional Investor
- 24 December 2012
Retirement fund and financial services firm TIAA-CREF is helping to meet the growing institutional demand for sustainably managed farmland, which can deliver stable returns above inflation.
Hungary bans foreign farmland ownership
- UPI
- 21 December 2012
Hungary this week moved to ban foreign ownership of agricultural land under its new constitution amid fears over the future of family farming in the country.
The Report: Algeria 2011
- Oxford Business Group
- 21 December 2012
Making credit easier to obtain for many farmers and possibly opening up agriculture to foreign investment are two of the latest moves designed to develop the sector in Algeria
The impact of MIFEE presence at Bian River and Maro River, West Papua
- Tabloidjubi.com
- 21 December 2012
Report from Indigenous Peoples Organization of Bian Enim
Fighting to save Africa's richest rainforest
- IPS
- 20 December 2012
Nasako Besingi, director of environmental NGO Struggle to Economize the Future, says protests against a controversial palm oil plantation in the Korup National Park, southwest Cameroon will continue despite arrests and intimidation.