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EU to probe sugar disputes
- Phnom Penh Post
- 09 December 2014
Cambodia has taken a “crucial step towards justice” by launching a reparations program for thousands of villagers who were forcibly evicted to make way for industrial sugar plantations.
Cargill may invest $1b in Indonesia over 3 to 4 years with poultry focus
- Reuters
- 09 December 2014
Cargill met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and other senior government officials on Monday to discuss future investment in Indonesia's oil palm sector.
Sudan allocates 100,000 acres to Egyptian farmers
- Radio Dabanga
- 09 December 2014
The Sudanese Minister of Investment, Dr Mustafa Osman Ismail, told reporters in Khartoum on Sunday that farmlands have been reserved for interested Egyptian farmers at a rate of 10 acres (4 ha) each.
The draft land use policy: putting big business first
- Mizzima
- 09 December 2014
The draft National Land Use Policy has created widespread discontent in Myanmar. It is only positive for those who may seek to acquire land for business purposes and have security in their investments.
‘There is no voice of real farmers’
- Mizzima
- 09 December 2014
"We are in the middle of a land-grabbing storm.” Draft land use policy dismays farmers and ethnic minority groups
Palm oil and extreme violence in Honduras: The inexorable rise and dubious reform of Grupo Dinant
- TruthOut
- 08 December 2014
A lucrative agro-industrial crop like palm oil, in a context of entrenched corruption and an authoritarian regime, lends itself to land grabbing and agrarian violence.
Hawke lobbied for China in Ord
- West Australian
- 08 December 2014
Former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke lobbied Colin Barnett to allow a Chinese company to buy a large package of land in the Ord River.
Pakistan invites energy, farm investments
- Gulf Times
- 08 December 2014
Pakistan, which is currently in negotiations with Qatar for liquefied natural gas supplies, has opened its farm sector to investments from Qatar, which has placed utmost priority on food security.
Fighting the injustice of landgrabs in Africa
- NCR
- 08 December 2014
Imperialism today is no longer conducted by nation-states but, instead, by multi-national corporations but the essence of the saga is unchanged: A poor continent is being raped by powerful, wealthy Westerners.
Le Soudan affecte plus de 40.000 hectares de terres agricoles à l'Egypte
- APA
- 08 December 2014
Le Soudan a accepté d’allouer près de 40.568 hectares de terres arables à l’Egypte pour que ce dernier pays puisse y faire des investissements dans l’agriculture, a confirmé lundi un officiel gouvernemental soudanais
Clean Sugar Campaign public statement: Commencement of Cambodian 'blood sugar' reparations process a crucial step towards justice
- Clean Sugar Campaign
- 07 December 2014
Commencement of a joint EU-Cambodia process to assess displacement claims pertaining to sugarcane plantations in Cambodia pivotal step towards justice for thousands of Cambodian suffered at the hands of sugar industry.
ITB: Bread and Soil: the scramble for land
- BBC
- 06 December 2014
Vast global land transactions take place as nations scramble to ensure they can eat. But are these deals always fair? And what happens when yield countries change their mind?