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The land rush doesn't have to end in a poor deal for Africans
- Guardian
- 17 April 2014
There are countless examples of governments handing it over at bargain prices to foreign investors, ranging from hedge funds to biofuel producers.
Tanzania: Complex land rights feed 'grabbing' complaints in Tanzania
- Reuters
- 17 April 2014
The world's quest for crops to produce biofuels has triggered a wave of controversial land acquisitions in Tanzania as foreign companies jostle for land that villagers and indigenous people claim as theirs.
モザンビークの現状に関する国際声明
- 17 April 2014
本声明の署名団体は、現在のモザンビークの農村部で起きている大規模な人々の強制退去と拡大する暴力について懸念を表明し、モザンビーク小農の権利を尊重し擁護するよう、モザンビーク政府と国際社会に対し要求します。
Nepal: Ban on foreign capital in primary farming urged
- Kantipur
- 16 April 2014
A technical committee formed by the Ministry of Agricultural Development to give final shape to Nepal's Agriculture Development Strategy has recommended barring foreign investment and land ownership in primary farm production.
Zones d’ombre autour du projet Senhuile-Senéthanol (enquête)
- Financial Afrik
- 16 April 2014
Malgré la résistance des populations locales, l’entreprise Senhuile poursuit son projet de plantation agro-industrielle de 20 000 hectares, dans le nord-ouest du Sénégal. De nombreuses questions restent en suspens, notamment autour du montage organisationnel et financier de la société.
Ban on foreign capital in primary farming urged
- eKantipur
- 16 April 2014
A technical committee formed by Nepal's Ministry of Agricultural Development has recommended barring foreign investment and land ownership in primary farm production.
Oro government leads in the fight against illegal land grabbing
- Act Now!
- 16 April 2014
While PNG's Prime Minister sits on his hands refusing to cancel unlawful SABL leases, the Oro Provincial government is standing with its people against the Malaysian led land grab.
Argentina: La “extranjerización” de las tierras catamarqueñas
- El Ancasti
- 16 April 2014
El dato llamativo es que Catamarca está entre las provincias que se encuentran por encima del promedio, con un 12,08%, siendo la tercera entre las que tiene mayor porcentaje de tierra en manos extranjeras luego de Misiones y Corrientes.
Peasant leader, family arrested in Hacienda Looc; PH’s haciendero President mocks UN’s 2014 International Year of Family Farming – KMP
- APC
- 16 April 2014
Peasant group described as a mockery of UN-declared International Year of Family Farming the illegal arrest of peasant leader and his family in Hacienda Looc.
Saudi firm moves toward 100% use of imported animal feeds
- Arab News
- 15 April 2014
Almarai has recently received the first shipment of feed estimated at 39 thousand tons coming from farms owned by the company in Argentina.
Global Witness: 'Environmentalist murders escalating worldwide'
- DW
- 15 April 2014
"The key drivers are the expansion of industrial logging trade, land grabs by agribusiness and mining projects."
Cola giants back Voluntary Guidelines on Land Tenure
- EIN
- 15 April 2014
Both the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo have vowed to increase their participation in the Committee on World Food Security.
Farmers hit land-use conversion in Nasugbu, Batangas, to avoid CARP
- Business Mirror
- 15 April 2014
Farmers express alarm over alleged massive land-use conversion, which targets productive agricultural lands supposed to be covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.
Senegal farmers, pastoralists complain of “land-grabbing”
- APA
- 14 April 2014
Over nine thousand farmers and pastoralist in St. Louis in the north of Senegal are facing possible evictions from their land as multi-national agro-industries scramble for agricultural land in the region.
Del Iberá a Harvard: Campesino lucha por su tierra en los Estados Unidos
- Corrientes Hoy
- 14 April 2014
La extranjerización de los Esteros del Iberá y su impacto en el medio ambiente y la vida de sus pobladores es un tema recurrente.