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Africa’s land-grab disaster in waiting
- The Star
- 12 September 2012
Investments in industrial scale agriculture must balanced by equitable flow of benefits to smallholder farmers
Accaparement des terres: La nouvelle bataille de la société civile au sud-ouest
- La Nouvelle Expression
- 12 September 2012
Les menaces de trouble à l’ordre public ne sont pas voilées dans le film « Les palmiers de la colère ».
Sentencia semilla para cambiar la política de tierras
- Arco Iris
- 12 September 2012
En lugar de seguir proponiendo y aprobando normas inconstitucionales como han sido los tres artículos tumbados del Plan Nacional de Desarrollo, el gobierno colombiano debería ayudar a que crecieran las semillas que ha sembrado la Corte: el respeto a la diversidad étnica y cultural y a la vía campesina del desarrollo rural.
Malian farmers want their land back
- IPS
- 12 September 2012
A group of smallholder farmers in Mali have turned to the courts to try to recover land they say they have lost to big private investors. The legal action comes as foreign investors are losing interest in Mali due to political instability and an armed rebellion in the north.
Unnamed backer bankrolls Maori fight against Chinese purchase of New Zealand dairy farms
- Xinhua
- 11 September 2012
A Chinese company's controversial bid to buy 16 New Zealand dairy farms has stalled again after a mystery backer agreed to finance another legal appeal against the purchase.
Desenvolvimento Pro-Savana: Injectam-se fundos para agro-negócios em Nacala
- Moçambique para todos
- 11 September 2012
Um Fundo para a Iniciativa de Desenvolvimento Pro-Savana constituído por um montante inicial de 750 mil dólares americanos, será estabelecido amanhã em Nampula, Moçambique.
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°82
- Le Hub Rural
- 11 September 2012
Le dernier bulletin d'information du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de sortir.
Accaparement illicite des terres: Des ONG camerounaises rentrent dans la bataille
- Journal du Cameroun
- 11 September 2012
Les responsables du Centre pour l’environnement et le Développement associés à ceux du Réseau de Lutte contre la Faim au Cameroun, ont décidé qu’il était désormais temps de se mettre définitivement en travers du chemin de l’entreprise SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon, filiale camerounaise de la firme américaine Herackles Farm.
Exclusive: EU to limit use of crop-based biofuels - draft law
- Reuters
- 11 September 2012
The European Union will impose a limit on the use of crop-based biofuels over fears they are less climate-friendly than initially thought and compete with food production, draft EU legislation seen by Reuters showed.
Bionexx-Madagascar : Expulsion de milliers de familles des terres qu'elles ont mises en valeur pendant des decennies
- Collectif TANY
- 11 September 2012
Début août 2012, un conflit foncier a repris sur le domaine Faharetana dans le district d’Arivonimamo région Itasy (centre de Madagascar), exploité par la société Bionexx pour la culture d’artemisia annua destinée à l’industrie pharmaceutique européenne.
Sri Lanka’s Touchwood acquires land in Cambodia to set up an agricultural project
- News360.lk
- 10 September 2012
Sri Lanka’s Touchwood Investments PLC has acquired 11,138 hectares of land in Cambodia to set up an agricultural project to plant rubber and other crops.
Nation rich in land draws workers from one rich in people
- New York Times
- 10 September 2012
When a Chinese investor bought a farm outside this village a few years back, he was pleased enough to name it Golden Land. The soil was rich, the sunshine and rain bountiful. The land, deep in rural Russia, was also largely devoid of people. No more.