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2 Norwegians say company guards harassed them in Oil Palm Plantation
- MindaNews
- 13 October 2011
Harassment and threats abound in areas where land grabbing is taking place.
Sierra Leone arrests 39 in oil palm land lease dispute
- Reuters
- 12 October 2011
Sierra Leone authorities have arrested 39 protesters in the south of the West African nation, following tensions between the local population and a unit of Socfin, owned by France's Bolloré Group
Dakar closer to Rome
- Radio Mundo Real
- 12 October 2011
Tens of ambassadors of the countries participating in the Committee on World Food Security listened to the appeal read by Mamadou Ba, of the National Council of Concetration and Cooperation of the Senegalese rural population.
Karuturi to outsource Ethiopian land to Indian farmers
- Business Standard
- 12 October 2011
Karuturi Global is looking at outsourcing 20,000 hectares of farm land in the African nation to Indian farmers on a revenue-sharing basis.
Land grab by foreigners denies African farmers of livelihoods – Oxfam
- Daily Times
- 12 October 2011
Millions of hectares of farmland are being sold or leased to foreigners to the detriment of farmers
Conflict in Pujehun over land
- Awoko
- 12 October 2011
Socfin Agricultural Company is embroiled in serious land lease agreement tussle that has the tendency to ignite conflict between foreign investors and locals.
Massively underpriced post-Soviet agriculture market promises huge returns
- Agriculture 2.0
- 12 October 2011
NCH has been able—by direct purchase or lease—to acquire, aggregate and operationalize roughly 700,000 hectares of prime farmland in Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern European countries at a fraction of their actual value.
Farmers' networks urge government action against land grabbing
- IPS
- 11 October 2011
Civil society organisations and global farmers' networks are gathered in Rome this week to ask governments to stop the "disastrous practice of land grabbing", ahead of next week's Committee on World Food Security.
The new East India Cos
- Outlook India
- 11 October 2011
Obtaining millions of hectares for farming in Africa, Indian firms are playing predator.
Early warning: Growing tension in Malen Chiefdom
- Green Scenery
- 11 October 2011
Thirty peaceful protesters were arrested in Sahn Malen, Sierra Leone for blocking access to oil palm plantations owned by Socfin, which they accuse of grabbing their lands.
China interest in Argentina land irks locals
- Al Jazeera
- 11 October 2011
Farmers worried about damage that comes with the excessive use of chemicals in large-scale agriculture.
Understanding the Ethiopian land grab phenomenon
- Ethiopian Review
- 11 October 2011
New book explains the reasons behind the land grab phenomenon and why so many Ethiopians are not only alarmed but also adamantly opposed to it.