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First batch of Laos rice exported to China
- PNA
- 11 December 2015
Laos says it will expand agricultural plantation areas and set up plantation regions to boost exports to China.
How can governments and investors be held to account for land deals in Africa?
- PLAAS
- 11 December 2015
This is the question addressed by researchers and activists at a recent IDRC Workshop on Large-scale Land Acquisitions (LSLAs) and Accountability in Africa, in Dakar, Senegal on 24-25 November 2015.
Egypt, Sudan agree to remove obstacles facing development projects
- Egypt Independent
- 11 December 2015
The Egyptian-Sudanese Integration Company is implementing the Blue Nile State's Ad-Damazin project on an area of about 100,000 acres and a meat project in White Nile State.
Inner Mongolia investors fancy Houston properties
- China Daily
- 10 December 2015
US real estate company Property Connections of Bay City says it has sold over $100 million worth of farmland in Texas in the last two years to Chinese buyers.
Commercialisation of land in Namibia’s communal land areas: A critical look at potential irrigation projects in Kavango East and Zambezi regions
- PLAAS
- 10 December 2015
The Namibian government has received proposals from multinational agribusiness to develop large-scale agricultural irrigation projects but only a few of have materialised or have been operationalised.
Colombia: ¿El campo para los inversionistas o para el campesinado?
- Viva
- 10 December 2015
Esta iniciativa busca entregar bienes baldíos a grandes empresarios y permitir acumulaciones por encima de la Unidad Agrícola Familiar (UAF) en las denominadas Zonas de Interés de Desarrollo Rural y Económico (ZIDRE)
HLH acquires interest in Cambodian land; Select Group launches Cambodian JV
- Deal Street Asia
- 10 December 2015
Two Singaporean agriculture and property group, HLH and Select Group has acquired a 30 per cent interest in two plots of lands in Cambodia through its subsidiary.
#NoLandNoLife | Peasant, indigenous groups file cases to mark Human Rights Day
- PAN AP
- 10 December 2015
To mark the International Human Rights Day today, peasant and indigenous groups are filing cases to seek justice for victims of human rights violations related to land conflicts.
Spéculation foncière : le forum des peuples exige du gouvernement l’expropriation sans indemnisation des grands propriétaires fonciers
- Malijet
- 09 December 2015
La 11è édition du Forum des peuples tenue les 5 et 6 décembre derniers à Siby, Mali a pris fin par une déclaration finale marquée par des recommandations fortes.
Tchad: les paysans en lutte
- DW
- 09 December 2015
La lutte contre l'accaparement des surfaces agricoles par les pouvoirs publics ou les multinationales reste vivace, au Tchad. Rencontre avec une figure du mouvement pour les droits fonciers, Djeralar Miankeol.
Rapid expansion of large scale land deals in Sierra Leone: The contentions amidst weak land tenure systems
- Standard Times
- 09 December 2015
Land grabbing is a direct acquisition of land shaped by failures of democracy, and economic governance.
Japanese firms hope to expand investment in Ha Nam, Thai Binh
- VNA
- 09 December 2015
Leaders of Ha Nam provincial government agree to allocate 50 hectares of land in Hung Cong commune, Binh Luc district to Japanese company Seibu Nousan for the cultivation of Japonica rice for export to Japan.