Manulife AM steps up sales effort in Japan
    The fund house aims to capitalise on Japanese pension plans' growing interest in new investment types, including Asian fixed income and certain alternatives like farmland
    • Asian Investor
    • 20 December 2012
    Bénin : Djidja
    Ce document est le résultat d’une étude réalisée au Bénin, et plus particulièrement dans dans la commune de Djidja, par Synergie Paysanne en partenariat avec le CCFD-Terre Solidaire.
    • CCFD
    • 20 December 2012
    « Les Dessous de la mondialisation : Terre à prendre en Ethiopie »
    Documentaire sur Public Sénat
    • Nouvel Observateur
    • 20 December 2012
    Land grab by MNCs in Africa cause for concern: Experts
    The controversy regarding India’s permission to allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail and growing “land grab” in Africa by multinational corporations are being closely watched globally by agriculture experts, researchers and donors.
    • The Hindu
    • 19 December 2012
    Colombia: Unidad en la lucha por el territorio y la reforma agraria integral
    "Las normas limitarán la inversión extranjera en tierras en el país evitando el acaparamiento y los procesos legislativos que no respetan los derechos a la consulta y el consentimiento previos."
    • CRIC
    • 19 December 2012
    Canadian pension fund likes NZ forest growing conditions, access to Asian markets
    Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board is looking to capitalise on favourable growing conditions and access to Asian markets having taken a 30 percent stake in the central North Island's Kaingaroa forestry estate.
    • Business Desk
    • 19 December 2012
    Moving beyond misconceptions: A critical review of Korean investment in Cambodia 2012
    “Moving beyond misconceptions: Korean investment in Cambodia” is a series of three reports. It comprises a critical review of Korean investment in Cambodia as well as two extensive investment case studies, one in mining (Kenertec) and the other in agri-business (MH Ethanol).
    • Heinrich Böll Foundation
    • 19 December 2012
    Colombie, accaparement des terres et contrôles étrangers
    En Colombie, la politique d’appropriation étrangère a pu compter sur le soutien des gouvernements toujours complaisants avec ce type d’investissement.
    • Press Gauche
    • 18 December 2012
    Mali: le combat des paysans contre l’accaparement des terres
    Au Mali, de plus en plus de paysans se disent victimes d’accaparement des terres. Découvrez les témoignages de Yaya Konaré, paysan chassé de son champ, Massa Koné, militant qui défend les victimes d’accaparement, et du colonel Moussa Sinko Coulibaly, le nouveau ministre malien de l'Administration territoriale.
    • RFI
    • 17 December 2012
    Commission will report over 300 land grabs to Myanmar MPs
    A government commission formed to identify farmland ownership disputes will bring over 300 cases of land grabs to the attention of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw before the next session begins.
    • Myanmar Times
    • 17 December 2012
    Uruguay: MPP ataca a Aguerre por concentración de la tierra
    Mientras aumenta la concentración y extranjerización de la tierra y el gobierno muestra distintas opiniones sobre qué hacer al respecto, cada día de los últimos diez años tres establecimientos rurales tuvieron que optar por dejar el negocio.
    • El País
    • 16 December 2012
    Moçambique: Governo defende transferência de tecnologias no Baixo Limpopo
    O governante falava na capital provincial da Gaza durante a cerimónia de assinatura de memorandos de entendimento entre as empresas RBL e Wanbao, formalizando a concessão de cerca de 20 mil hectares de terra arável no Baixo Limpopo à companhia da China, que deverá explorar durante meio século.
    • Diario de Moçambique
    • 15 December 2012
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