Ethiopian Indigenous people demand accountability from World Bank for contributing to grave human rights abuses
    Anuak indigenous people from Ethiopia’s Gambella region submitted a complaint today to the World Bank Inspection Panel implicating the Bank in grave human rights abuses perpetrated by the Ethiopian Government.
    • IDI
    • 24 September 2012
    Farmland suddenly attractive to investors, says Callan
    Though farmland investing has been around for more than 20 years and Callan has covered the asset class for more than 12 years, it was only within the last 2 years that Shen saw an explosion in client interest.
    • Business Wire
    • 24 September 2012
    Béziers: Ils marchent pour la sauvegarde des terres agricoles
    Le Collectif des paysans sans terre d'ici et d'ailleurs dénonce "l'accaparement des terres par l'urbanisme, la disparition des surfaces agricoles et le recul de l'alimentation locale".
    • Midi Libre
    • 24 September 2012
    Land grab in Sinoe County: Equatorial Palm Oil Company accused by locals
    A group calling itself the Greater Tarsue Community of Butaw, Sinoe County, Liberia has strongly protested what they refer to as illegal land grab by Equatorial Palm Oil Company.
    • FrontPageAfrica
    • 24 September 2012
    Agricultores de Malí pelean por sus tierras
    BAMAKO, sep (IPS) - En medio de la gran inestabilidad política de Malí, un grupo de pequeños agricultores recurren a la justicia para recuperar sus tierras pues, según dicen, fueron adquiridas por grandes inversores privados.
    • IPS
    • 24 September 2012
    China targets dairy industry
    China’s giant sovereign wealth fund is looking to make its first significant investment in the Australian dairy industry, as it tries to lock up food ­supplies for its growing middle class.
    • AFR
    • 24 September 2012
    Qandil: Egypt-Qatar cooperation for boosting agricultural investments
    Egypt's Prime Minister received Sheikh Nasser bin Mohamed Al Hageri, the head of the Qatari Hassad Foodstuff Company who is currently visiting Egypt to explore agricultural investments.
    • SIS
    • 23 September 2012
    Uncertain futures
    A new report by the Liberian NGO Sustainable Development Institute presents testimonies of people affected by Sime Darby operations in western Liberia and highlights the fears of others where the company plans to expand in the coming years.
    • SDI
    • 23 September 2012
    Obang speaks about the land, water and resource-grabbing and Its impact on food security in Africa
    One of the greatest threats Africa has ever faced is the impact from this new phenomenon of land-grabbing
    • AllAfrica
    • 21 September 2012
    The great Cambodian giveaway
    Cambodia is in the grips of a prolonged land grabbing crisis, a slow-motion calamity that has seen over 2.1 million hectares of land – roughly the total area of Wales – transferred mostly from subsistence farmers into the hands of industrial agriculture firms.
    • Trust.org
    • 21 September 2012
    Investissements étrangers dans les terres agricoles en Afrique
    Un projet de 'code de conduite international' pour encadrer les Investissements directs étrangers dans les terres agricoles en Afrique est en circulation auprès des parties prenantes et d’institutions panafricaines, a indiqué jeudi à la PANA à Paris une source proche du dossier.
    • PANA
    • 21 September 2012
    Land grabbing in reverse
    Small farmers are relocating their fields just to earn compensation from the commercial farmer...
    • 20 September 2012
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