La magnitud de este fenómeno de apropiación de tierras agrícolas por parte de las financieras tiene importantes consecuencias tanto para las comunidades rurales como para los sistemas alimentarios.
Villagers in Chipinge, Manicaland province have dragged ethanol producer, Green Fuel to court to stop it from occupying their communal land and interfering with their farming activities
BrasilAgro, which is 40% owned by Argentina's Cresud, continues to clear land on its Chaparral farm in Correntina, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
Greenpeace Africa, in partnership with Nsang Dilong, Freddy Kristel and Alene Menget, is launching a campaign against land grabbing using videos, an online and offline petition in Cameroon.
- Greenpeace
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13 December 2018
Les vidéos et les sketches humoristiques constituent un moyen utilisé par les acteurs tels que Nsang Dilong, Freddy Kristel et AleneMenget pour présenter le grave problème de l'accaparement des terres d'une manière compréhensible pour tous les Camerounais.
On peut se poser la question de savoir s’il y a pas de grands groupes agro-alimentaires et financiers derrière l'achat des terres en France
According to a new report by Knight Frank Research, the allure of African agriculture remains strong, attracting private, institutional and sovereign capital from around the world.
- Knight Frank
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11 December 2018
Hungarian legislator Erik Bánki claims his farmland purchases in Romania were financed from loans from foreign and Hungarian companies but he does not remember the names of these companies.
Turkish investors have been cooperating with Kuwaiti businesspeople to invest some $100 million in greenhouses on a 100 hectare area in the Karaali region to export agricultural products to Gulf countries.
- Daily Sabah
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11 December 2018
Los nexos entre el delito, la corrupción y quienes están involucrados en negocios que acaparan tierras agrícolas son reales.
Making a bet on climate change, the university’s $39 billion endowment has been snapping up farmland and the related water rights
Au mépris d’une décision de justice datant de l’époque coloniale, l’entreprise français occupe et exploite de vastes parcelles de terrains appartenant à quatre communautés du Moungo, informe Camer.be
- Camer.be
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10 December 2018
Aurélio Pavinato, CEO of SLC Agrícola SA, says the potential to expand soybean, grains and sugarcane plantations on 43 million hectares in the Cerrado region will "demand heavy investments".
The SOCFIN land acquisition in Malen Chiefdom reads like a collusion between the government and the investor—an alliance of the powerful and wealthy—to strip a community of their most valuable resource.
- Standard Times
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06 December 2018
New report shines a spotlight on the ongoing resistance to land grabs and provides recommendations calling for immediate action, not only by the PNG government but also various UN bodies and national governments.
- War on Want
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06 December 2018