Middle East company adds spice to Australian grain
    In four years, Hassad Foods has accumulated 255,000 hectares of agricultural land with the aim of producing 165,000 tonnes of grain and 100,000 lambs annually.
    • ABC
    • 09 December 2013
    Featherstone: G8 land deal to boost land rights in Ethiopia
    Governments of Ethiopia, UK, US and Germany sign land country partnership to work together to improve rural land governance for economic growth and to protect the land rights of local citizens in Ethiopia.
    • DFID
    • 09 December 2013
    Saudi investors leave Ethiopia
    A Saudi agricultural investor warns about the failure of Saudi agricultural investments in Ethiopia and the liquidation of businesses due to the conditions set by the Saudi Agricultural Development Fund
    • Al-monitor
    • 09 December 2013
    RRDC’s rejoinder: Wilmar International announces policy to protect forests and communities.
    NGO working extensively in the forest region of Cross River State of Nigeria, expresses doubts about Wilmar International's new policy to protect forests and communities.
    • RRDC
    • 09 December 2013
    Land grabbing and human rights in Colombia
    The debate over land grabbing in Colombia by European multinational companies has crossed borders and has aroused the interest of the European Parliament.
    • Telebraille
    • 09 December 2013
    Acaparamiento de tierras y DH en Colombia
    En una carta publicada recientemente, critican la ley de víctimas y restitución de tierras, 25 eurodiputados expresaron su preocupación por la acumulación de tierras y el intento del gobierno por modificar la ley, favoreciendo las grandes empresas.
    • Youtube
    • 09 December 2013
    Marginados de Camerún quieren hacerse oír
    Camerún también sufre el problema del acaparamiento de tierras. Cientos de miles de hectáreas han sido arrebatadas a comunidades.
    • IPS
    • 09 December 2013
    Chinese agricultural firm looking to invest in Champassak
    A large Chinese investor is looking to secure a concession for 10,000 hectares of land on the Bolaven plateau in Champassak province, Laos PDR, for rice, small crops and cattle raising, according to provincial officials.
    • Vientiane Times
    • 07 December 2013
    Terres volées : des villageois nigérians veulent reprendre leurs terres à Wilmar
    Wilmar, la plus grande société mondiale d’huile de palme, installe actuellement une gigantesque plantation sur des terrains forestiers qui ont été offerts de façon illégale à l’ancien président du Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo. La communauté locale veut récupérer ces terres.
    • GRAIN
    • 07 December 2013
    Ethiopia OKs 361 Saudi investment projects
    Ethiopian ambassador Mohammad Kabeera said his country has approved more than 361 investment projects to Saudi Arabia mainly in the agricultural sector.
    • Arab News
    • 07 December 2013
    L’accaparement des terres au Sénégal
    Selon Mariam Sow, « L’accaparement des terres concerne 1/3 des surfaces cultivables du Sénégal ! » Emission sur RFI.
    • RFI
    • 07 December 2013
    Stolen land: Nigerian villagers want their land back from Wilmar
    Wilmar, the world's largest palm oil processor, is building a massive plantation on forest lands illegally gifted to Nigeria's former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. The local community wants these lands back.
    • GRAIN
    • 07 December 2013
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