World Bank officials say they will further support the county in the development of staple crop processing zones, while a US company indicates interest in 25,000 ha rice project in Rima irrigation scheme, Sokoto.
While Africa may have celebrated the demise of colonialism, it seems the continent is sliding back to those days, as investors continue to push murky land deals.
- African Report
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23 April 2012
A l’approche de la campagne agricole, les paysans de Sanamadougou et Saou ont commencé ce jour 23 Avril 2012 les préparatifs, à leur grande surprise, quatre de leurs responsables dont le Chef du Village ont été arrêtés et amenés à la Brigade de gendarmerie de Markala.
- CNOP, UACDDDD, CAD, LJDH, AOPP
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23 April 2012
La Banca mondiale sta svolgendo un ruolo centrale nell'accaparrameto globale di terre, dicono i movimenti contadini ed i loro alleati internazionali.
- CRBM, FIAN, Focus, FOE, GRAIN, La Via Campesina, TNI
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23 April 2012
Responding to strong demand, asset management firm Land Commodities has plans to launch its first retail farmland fund. The company says it receives around 10 to 20 enquiries from private investors each week.
- Alternative Outlook
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23 April 2012
The decision to approve the sale of NZ dairy farms to a Chinese company has prompted an "Aotearoa is Not for Sale" hikoi, which starts at dawn tomorrow with prayers at Cape Reinga.
Released on the eve of a World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, a new report reveals widespread violations of people’s rights and environmental destruction from a land grab initially funded by the World Bank in Uganda.
Nous nous joignons aux mouvements des paysans dans la lutte contre l’accaparement des terres et pour contrer les tentatives de la Banque mondiale et de ses alliés de présenter l’expropriation des terres des paysans comme une opération responsable.
- CRBM, FIAN, Focus, FOE, GRAIN, La Via Campesina, TNI
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23 April 2012
John Muyiisha et les communautés de Kalangala, en Ouganda, ont perdu leurs terres. Un jour, la compagnie kenyane BIDCO est venu et leur a dit que la terre ne leur appartenait plus.
The World Bank is playing a leading role in a global land grab, says farmers' movement and its international allies.
- CRBM, FIAN, Focus, FOE, GRAIN, La Via Campesina, TNI
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23 April 2012
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The estimate used by the Prime Minister John Key that less than 1 percent of New Zealand farmland is foreign-owned is far below the mark according to an analysis of Overseas Investment Office decisions carried out by CTU Economist, Bill Rosenberg.
