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Nigeria palm oil land grab exposes need for human rights treaty
- Friends of the Earth
- 08 July 2015
A new report from Friends of the Earth: “If Wilmar fails to improve its operations, the company had better pack and go.”
Feronia : Les institutions et banques internationales financent la pauvrété
- Le Nouveau Courrier
- 08 July 2015
Les fonds des institutions financières de développement (IFD) qui devaient servir à réduire la pauvreté et les inégalités viennent plutôt les amplifier.
Africa's land rush: rural livelihoods and agrarian change
- PLAAS
- 08 July 2015
Case studies in this book reveal how today's land grabs may resonate with, even resurrect, forms of large-scale production associated with the colonial and early independence eras of Africa.
Saudi Arabia to invest record $10bn in Russia
- World Bulletin
- 07 July 2015
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Russian Direct Investment Fund together are going to invest $10 billion into Russian projects, including agriculture.
La «bombe» foncière risque de détonner au Sénégal
- Sud Quotidien
- 07 July 2015
Les appétits fonciers en cours pourraient plonger le Sénégal dans l’insécurité alimentaire, la pauvreté, mais surtout la violence. Sud Quotidien fait le point de la situation.
Soukeurou kor : Des populations du Ndiael rejettent l’opération de charme de Senhuile.
- Ndar Actu
- 06 July 2015
Des chefs de villages de Gnith et Ronkh ont refusé de prendre les dons offerts par le projet Sénégalo-Italien en cette période de Ramadan
Middle East to London: Success stories of agricultural investments
- Zawya
- 06 July 2015
Exacerbated by the pursuit for higher profits, capital preservation and food security, the oil rich region has over the years witnessed increasing demand for agricultural investments
SENHUILE – Licenciements en cascades et guerre des associés
- Ligne Directe
- 06 July 2015
Au rythme où les licenciements se suivent et succèdent, c’est pratiquement tout le personnel non administratif de la société d’agrobusiness Senhuile Sa qui risque de se retrouver dans la rue.
Desde 1991 Rusia cedió a China más tierras que en 150 años anteriores
- Sputnik News
- 06 July 2015
Novaya Gazeta critica a las autoridades por la intención de arrendar a Pekín más de 300.000 hectáreas de tierras agrícolas en Transbaikalia por un plazo de 49 años.
Foreign investors on hunt for Aussie farms
- Sunday Night
- 05 July 2015
China is on the hunt for new food sources to feed its one and a half billion people and its central government has ordered $3 trillion be spent securing food and farmland overseas.
The economics of ELCs
- Phnom Penh Post
- 05 July 2015
Economic land concessions (ELC) in Cambodia have a profound and negative impact upon rural households located near the plantations. Despite moratoriums on land grabbing, companies operating ELCs continue dominate and run much of Cambodia’s arable land.
Land grabbing “italiano” in Senegal? il nebuloso caso Senhuile
- Green Report
- 03 July 2015
Il giornale senegalese EnQuête si occupa nuovamente delle attività della Senhuile, una società controllata dall’italiana Tampieri