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US farmers scramble to buy Brazil's farmland
- Al Jazeera
- 29 September 2012
Foreigners are buying up prime agricultural land, but proposed legislation could curtail the booming trade.
Sunny Verghese, les pieds sur terre
- Jeune Afrique
- 28 September 2012
Olam est l'un des sept leaders du marché alimentaire mondial. Mais il se distingue par son intérêt pour l'amont de la filière, un secteur rémunérateur, selon Sunny Verghese.
Cumprindo promessas para com os pequenos agricultores africanos
- IPS
- 28 September 2012
A Olam International, uma transnacional Indiana do agronegócio, e está a desenvolver um sistema gigantesco de fomento agrícola nos 850 mil hectares de terra que lhe foram concedidos por 20 anos, num local não muito longe do porto da Beira, em Moçambique.
Ukraine may dole out huge tracts of unused farmland
- Kyiv Post
- 28 September 2012
Public-private partnership program envisions letting investors farm up to 4 million hectares of currently unused government land for up to 50 years in large-scale 400,000-hectare projects.
Ethiopia to lease out land to investors despite land grab concerns
- The Africa Report
- 28 September 2012
Ethiopia announced on Friday plans to lease 100,000 hectares of land both to local and foreign investors, despite recent reports that foreign investors were grabbing large chunks of land.
Delivering promises to Africa’s smallholder farmers
- IPS
- 28 September 2012
Olam International, an India-based multinational agribusiness company, is developing an outgrower scheme on a giant 20-year, 850,000 hectare concession it has secured not far from the port of Beira, Mozambique.
Cambodia: Three MoUs on investment in mineral and agricultural fields signed
- AKP
- 27 September 2012
Three MoUs on investment in mineral exploration and sugar cane plantation in Cambodia were signed last weekend in China’s Guangxi province at the Forum on Potential Investment and Business Opportunities in Cambodia.
Land rush leaves Liberia’s farmers in the dust
- Globe and Mail
- 27 September 2012
The Liberian government has leased nearly 6 per cent of Liberia’s total land mass to palm-oil companies. More than a million people live on those lands, and 150,000 will be affected in the first five years of the plantations.
Large scale land acquisitions in Africa: Current and recent debates
- Centre LSD
- 27 September 2012
We are witnessing a second scramble for Africa and other poor countries by rich nations and agribusinesses to acquire land for agricultural and biofuel purposes.
People before profit: New video on global forced evictions
- Witness
- 27 September 2012
Today in the lead up to World Habitat Day on October 1st Witness are proud to announce a new video People Before Profit – bringing communities across the world together to tell the global story of forced evictions.
Gestion des terres et domaines en République du Bénin : Députés et Osc échangent
- Nouvelle Tribune
- 27 September 2012
Les organisations de la société civile partagent avec les députés leurs inquiétudes à propos du code foncier et domanial en République du Bénin, un document tant attendu pour mettre fin aux conflits fonciers et à l’accaparement massif des terres
Struggle against landgrabbing in Mali
- Via Campesina
- 26 September 2012
Video by La Via Campesina