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Sierra Leone: Lease between Aristeus Palm Oil Limited and the Chiefdom Council of Sorogbema (Pujehun District)
- 31 December 2012
Lesse between Aristeus Palm Oil Limited and the Chiefdom Council of Sorogbema (Pujehun District), for 47,567 ha.
International guidelines: solutions to problems underlying large-scale land deals?
- aGter
- 31 December 2012
This article calls into question the depth and effectiveness of a regulatory approach arguing that problems underlying large-scale land deals are so deep constituting socio-institutional problems of power asymmetry, exclusion and invisiblization, than just investment externalities or regulatory challenges.
The race for land
- Forum Syd
- 31 December 2012
This report from Afrika Grupperna, Forum Syd and Swedish Cooperative Centre examines different drivers behind the recent escalation of land deals as well as common arguments legitimating land grabbing, looking at case studies from Cambodia and Mozambique.
Land grabbing in Latin America
- CJDS
- 31 December 2012
Special issue of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies contains 8 articles covering country experiences with land grabbing in Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Guatemala and Mexico.
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.