The Weekly Times has compiled a list of more than 900 properties, and their owners, who range from family farms to domestic and international corporate and investment institutions. The result? The big are getting bigger.
The African Development Bank is nevertheless accelerating a push for projects such as the failed 80,000 hectare Bukanga Lonzo project in the DRC, for which it provided about $1 million to finance a feasibility study.
Hubert Fabri, un associé de Vincent Bolloré dans la multinationale luxembourgeoise Socfin, est accusé de corruption par la justice belge. Le procès s'est ouvert le 22 mai, une semaine avant l'Assemblée générale du groupe.
The president of the republic is said to have intervened to cancel the plan aimed at opening up farmland concessions to foreign investors.
Les ZES facilitent l'accès au foncier pour l'agrobusiness. La dernière en date concerne le Mali, le Burkina Faso et la Côte d'Ivoire.
Around 486 local families who have been embroiled in land disputes with Koh Kong Sugar Industry and Koh Kong Plantation have requested intervention from Cambodia Ministry of Land Management.
- Phnom Penh Post
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21 May 2018
No Brasil, o Mato Grosso e o Matopiba são as regiões preferenciais de grandes aquisições, de acordo com Márcio Perin, coordenador da área de Terras da consultoria Informa Economics IEG/FNP, referência na análise dos preços e transações de terra no país.
Aspiring politician Gameal Joyce says he does not understand why 4,000 acres of land in Antigua and Barbuda are required for the proposed agricultural development project with China.
La mesure permettant le transfert de la concession des terrains agricoles aux investisseurs nationaux et étrangers a été carrément abrogé dans la nouvelle mouture du projet de la loi de finances complémentaire (LFC 2018) examinée et approuvée, mercredi dernier, par le Conseil du gouvernement.
Tanzania claims to have abundant unused land to attract investors. But as tensions over resources grow, farmers, pastoralists and experts beg to differ.
- African Arguments
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18 May 2018
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor could see Chinese produce grown in Pakistan exported to Chinese markets, with little benefit whatsoever to Pakistan’s economy.
Le Syndicat des inspecteurs du domaine et de la propriété foncière à Madagascar tire la sonnette d’alarme sur le péril encouru si la loi sur les ZES vient à être promulguée car le texte laissent entrevoir un risque d'accaparement des terres.
Propriedade de fundo bilionário da universidade americana explora terras no cerrado com longo histórico de expulsões, fraudes e mortes
Na região conhecida como Matopiba, empresas de agronegócio compram terras com títulos duvidosos e entram em conflito com comunidades do cerrado; no Piauí, os relatos são de expulsões de famílias, incêndios de casas e contaminação dos rios
El presente estudio tiene como objetivo analizar los principales alcances del proceso de extranjerización de la tierra y sus consecuencias negativas.