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Law suspending sale of agriculture land to foreigners to be challenged
- Civil Georgia
- 20 July 2013
A new law suspending sale of agriculture land to foreigners till end of 2014 in Georgia will be challenged by Transparency International.
Georgia bans selling farm land to foreigners
- Eurasianet
- 19 July 2013
In what seems like a drastic reversal of policy, Georgia on July 19 placed a ban on selling agricultural land to foreign nationals.
Are US and UK 'turning a blind eye' as Ethiopia uproots natives?
- CSM
- 19 July 2013
California think tank issues double-barreled report alleging Washington, London are willfully ignoring gross violations.
La sécurisation foncière de l'Afrique sub-saharienne
- RFI
- 19 July 2013
La Banque mondiale vient de publier un rapport chiffrant à 4,5 milliards de dollars l'effort financier qui doit être fait pour accélérer le processus de sécurisation foncière en Afrique sub-saharienne.
Blumberg grain executes letter of intent to expand its agricultural investments to Nigeria with $250 million commitment
- Miami Herald
- 18 July 2013
Miami-based company's investment deal includes the acquisition of farmland and establishment of private farms. Similar deal signed the previous week with Ghana.
Indonesia's palm oil industry rife with human-rights abuses
- Bloomberg
- 18 July 2013
Among the estimated 3.7 million workers in the industry are thousands of child laborers and workers who face dangerous and abusive conditions. Debt bondage is common, and traffickers who prey on victims face few, if any, sanctions from business or government officials.
The global land rush: Markets, rights, and the politics of food
- SSRN
- 18 July 2013
Frameworks that emphasize procedural safeguards to protect land users’ rights are ineffective at contesting the power dynamics at play in land transactions.
Chinese market for beef soaring; companies after overseas farms and processors
- MercoPress
- 17 July 2013
Chinese meat firms are looking abroad to scout for potential acquisition targets among beef farmers and processors.
Sugar groups suspends Tate & Lyle over Cambodia land-grabbing
- Clean Sugar Campaign
- 17 July 2013
Yesterday the board of Bonsucro, a responsible sugar initiative, announced its decision to suspend Tate & Lyle Sugars (TLS) over complaints that the UK sugar giant buys from a plantation in Koh Kong, Cambodia, on land stolen from local villagers.
Fingerprints of international aid on forced relocation, repression, and human rights abuse in Ethiopia
- Oakland Institute
- 17 July 2013
Two new reports from the Oakland Institute show how Western development assistance is supporting forced evictions and massive violations of human rights in Ethiopia.
Land 'grab' realities, perceptions vary markedly - researcher
- Reuters
- 17 July 2013
Land “grabbing” in Africa has become a polarizing issue, says Lorenzo Cotula, a senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), in his new book, The Great African Land Grab?
In race to develop Myanmar, government grabs farmland for factories
- PBS
- 17 July 2013
Myanmar's government has entered into a major development agreement with a consortium of Japanese companies to build tech, food and textile factories. But to make room, some farmers are being evicted and losing their livelihood.