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Urgent protest and request submitted to JICA’s President Mr Shinichi Kitaoka
- Africa Japan Forum et al.
- 24 January 2017
Concerning JICA’s attempt to suppress Mozambican peasant leaders and CSO representative visiting Japan
Khartoum provides Saudi investors new guarantees
- Asharq Al-Awsat
- 24 January 2017
There are 196 Saudis investing in the agricultural sector in Sudan and they basically focus on wheat, corn and feed.
Gabon: The battle over palm oil
- African Business Magazine
- 24 January 2017
The controversy surrounding palm oil cultivation involving agricultural trading company Olam International has intensified over the last two months.
Protesto urgente e pedido encaminhado ao presidente da JICA Sr. Shinichi Kitaoka
- 24 January 2017
No que diz respeito à tentativa da JICA de suprimir a visita dos líderes camponeses moçambicanos e representantes de Organizações da Sociedade Civil ao Japão.
POSCO Daewoo launches agribusiness in Myanmar
- Korea Times
- 22 January 2017
According to a POSCO Daewoo official, Sunday, Korea's largest trading affiliate under POSCO group has secured construction and investment approval from the Myanmar government to build a rice processing complex (RPC) in Twante.
La crisi finanziaria e il land grabbing in Africa: il caso del Senegal
- Greenreport
- 20 January 2017
Era il 23 giugno 2016 quando l’amministrazione comunale di Diokoul Diawrigne nella regione di Kebemer, 150 chilometri a nord da Dakar, emanava una delibera che prevede l’attribuzione di 1000 ettari di terreni agricoli all’impresa indiana Senegindia.
France: les députés ont approuvé une proposition de loi contre l'accaparement des terres agricoles
- AFP
- 20 January 2017
Les députés ont approuvé une proposition de loi visant à "lutter contre l'accaparement des terres agricoles" par de grandes sociétés.
Massa Kone, porte-parole de la CMAT : «Nous demandons au Président Français, l’arrêt de l’extension des frontières européennes…»
- L'Express de Bamako
- 20 January 2017
Nous demandons aux Chef d'Etat de stopper immédiatement tout accaparement de terres et de respecter et appliquer les droits fonciers collectifs coutumiers des communautés
Colombian human rights leader assassinated
- Telesur
- 20 January 2017
Afro-Colombian human rights activist Emilsen Manyoma, an outspoken critic of the displacement of local communities by international agribusiness interests, is the latest victim in a wave of attacks against human rights defenders.
Does the end of high food prices mark the end of the global land rush?
- Reuters
- 18 January 2017
FAO expert says it would be wrong to conclude that investors’ interest in agriculture has vanished and developing countries and donors should do more to ensure responsible investment and confront domestic “land grabbers".
Accaparement des terres agricoles: une réalité française?
- France Culture
- 18 January 2017
Les sols français sont-il réellement victimes d'accaparement?
Watch: Cambodia’s Kuoy in land conflict with Chinese company
- Radio Free Asia
- 17 January 2017
The China-backed sugar plantation is clearing land and forest, jeopardizing the survival of the indigenous Kuoy in Cambodia.