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PGGM commits to Black River Food Fund 2
- 03 February 2015
Dutch Pension fund PGGM has committed between €50m and €100m to a Cargill owned private equity fund that invests in farmland and crop production.
INQUIETS DE LEUR SORT : Les travailleurs de Senhuile envisagent de tenir un sit-in et une marche (audio)
- La Signare
- 02 February 2015
Les travailleurs de Senhuile déplorent « les difficiles conditions de travail des employés » et prévoient de tenir un sit-in à la base et une marche pour exiger une meilleure condition de travail.
Alteres à l'Union européenne et autres organismes sur Senhuile : "Sos Ndiael" est né pour sauver l'Environnement
- Ndar Buzz
- 02 February 2015
Ce 2 février, Journée Internationale des Zones Humides, une campagne dénommée "SOS-NDIAEL" est lancée par le Réseau Nord pour la Protection Environnement Mondial.
Grogne des travailleurs de Senhuile: la direction parle de "départs négociés" et non de "licenciements".
- Ndar Info
- 02 February 2015
Après la sortie médiatique du secrétaire général de la Confédération démocratique des syndicats libres du Sénégal (Cdsl) Ibhima SARR, qui accusait SENHUILE de vouloir réduire injustement ses employés, la direction de cette Société s’explique.
Locals cry foul as foreign firm grab land for rice cultivation
- LandJustice4wa
- 30 January 2015
Jokplenu, an old community in the Volta Region of Ghana, owns lands on which Brazil Agro Business Group has taken over for a large scale rice farm.
Foreigners to gain back rights to own Georgian land
- Georgia Today
- 30 January 2015
A year after prohibiting foreigners from purchasing lands, Georgian officials have now announced that rights to own agricultural lands might return to foreigners under certain conditions.
South Africa: Land ownership by foreign nationals will be prohibited
- ANC
- 30 January 2015
ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe says there will also be compulsory declaration of land holdings by the propertied class
Who’s winning the struggle for land in Cambodia?
- Oxfam America
- 29 January 2015
Changes and sudden loss of lands for indigenous people have far-reaching implications besides livelihood, income, and food. Despite pressure on indigenous communities, people are finding ways to defend their rights.
Americans biggest buyers of New Zealand land since 2010
- NZ City
- 29 January 2015
Americans were the biggest buyers of New Zealand land in the past five years, although buyers from China topped the list in 2014.
Farmland board rules against investment group
- Western Producer
- 29 January 2015
Saskatchewan’s Farm Land Security Board has issued its second decision on a case that could transform the way land is bought and sold in the province. 
Embattled flower farm Karuturi
- KTN Kenya
- 28 January 2015
Receiver managers of embattled flower farm Karuturi are disputing claims the farm and its assets have been put up for sale.
Is ‘land policy’ the solution to land grab in Africa?
- Oakland Institue
- 28 January 2015
Debate over large scale land investments in Africa is shifting from the disastrous impact of land grabs to the need for African governments to deal with citizens’ outrage by developing a ‘land policy’.