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Bulgaria: €5 million loan to Elana Agrocredit to support modernisation of the sector
- The Balkans
- 19 April 2014
The EBRD is providing a €5 million to loan to Elana Agrocredit AD to co-finance the development of Bulgaria’s agricultural land market.
La moitié des terres en Europe est contrôlée par 3% de gros propriétaires
- Basta !
- 18 April 2014
Les phénomènes de concentration et d’accaparement des terres ne concernent pas que l’Afrique ou l’Asie. Les gros propriétaires terriens sont aussi très actifs au sein de l’Union européenne.
Saudi minister against 'land grabbing'
- ANSAmed
- 18 April 2014
Saudi Arabia condemns land grabbing and has no such enterprise, Saudi Agriculture Minister Fahd Bin Abdulrahman Bin Sulaiman Balghunaim has told ANSAmed.
Accaparement des terres et globalisation : la FDS tire la sonnette d’alarme
- Journal du Mali
- 18 April 2014
L’accaparement des terres, la globalisation et le leadership féminin étaient au centre d’un débat entre les journalistes et les membres de la fondation pour le développement au Sahel (FDS)
Agro-alimentaire : la révolution sera bien élevée
- Jeune Afrique
- 17 April 2014
Pour plus de viande et plus de produits laitiers en Afrique, les "experts" prôntent un modèle à deux vitesses : encourager l'élevage intensif des investisseurs et soutenir l'élevage extensif des plus pauvres.
Astarta upbeat on Ukraine despite 'near-term' woes
- Agrimoney
- 17 April 2014
One of the Ukraine's largest farmland owners says "ongoing changes" in Ukraine - which last month signed a political association with the European Union – would "lead to the fundamental transformation of the country".
'Incredibly high' NZ land prices divert Aquila to Australia
- Agrimoney
- 17 April 2014
The "incredibly high" prices of New Zealand dairy farms have prompted Aquila Capital to switch its investment drive to Australia.
Brazilian development ccoperation in Agriculture
- CIFOR
- 17 April 2014
A CIFOR scoping study on ProSavana in Mozambique, with implications for forests
Dubai’s emir to discuss partnerships in Brazil
- ANBA
- 17 April 2014
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is also travelling to Mexico, Argentina and Chile. The agenda includes negotiations for strategic partnerships, agriculture in Africa and mutual investment.
The land rush doesn't have to end in a poor deal for Africans
- Guardian
- 17 April 2014
There are countless examples of governments handing it over at bargain prices to foreign investors, ranging from hedge funds to biofuel producers.
Tanzania: Complex land rights feed 'grabbing' complaints in Tanzania
- Reuters
- 17 April 2014
The world's quest for crops to produce biofuels has triggered a wave of controversial land acquisitions in Tanzania as foreign companies jostle for land that villagers and indigenous people claim as theirs.
モザンビークの現状に関する国際声明
- 17 April 2014
本声明の署名団体は、現在のモザンビークの農村部で起きている大規模な人々の強制退去と拡大する暴力について懸念を表明し、モザンビーク小農の権利を尊重し擁護するよう、モザンビーク政府と国際社会に対し要求します。