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Paraguay: Advierten que Santa Lucía es un plan para liberar a Favero
- E'a
- 14 April 2014
“Ese sería el motivo real disfrazado de un plan de recuperación de tierras del estado detentados en forma ilegal por sojeros brasileños”, dicen
Des villages piétinés par l'agrobusiness
- Courant d'Idées
- 13 April 2014
Il y a moins de deux ans, le bétail de cet éleveur sénégalais trouvait là des pâturages à perte de vue. Mais l'entreprise Senhuile l'a envoyé paître ailleurs, défrichant, creusant, clôturant tout autour du village.
Camponeses moçambicanos voltam a acusar Prosavana
- RFI Portugués
- 13 April 2014
A União Nacional dos Camponeses, UNAC exige do governo moçambicano uma resposta à carta enviada, solitando a paralisação da implementação do projecto "Prosavana".
Is the World Bank enabling agribusiness land grabs?
- Al Jazeera
- 12 April 2014
The policies of the World Bank are encouraging land grabs in the developing world, writes Anuradha Mittal.
Rules for foreign investment in farmland 'won't change' despite free trade talks with China
- ABC
- 12 April 2014
Trade Minister Andrew Robb has assured his Coalition colleagues there will be no changes to foreign investment rules on farmland as part of a trade deal with China.
Grogne autour du projet Sen Huile : le collectif de Ndiael dénonce une « nouvelle forme de colonisation ».
- Ndarinfo
- 10 April 2014
Le Projet Sen Huile provoque d’intenses turpitudes dans le Ndiael où les populations s’offusquent que les bouleversements environnementaux occasionnés par le démarrage des travaux.
Willful blindness at the World Bank
- Oakland Institute
- 10 April 2014
As the spring meetings of the World Bank get under way, 180 organizations demand that the World Bank end its Doing Business rankings and its support of the rampant theft of land and resources from some of the world’s poorest people.
L'aveuglement volontaire de la Banque Mondiale
- Oakland Institute
- 10 April 2014
Alors que les réunions de printemps de la Banque Mondiale vont s’ouvrir, 180 groupes demandent que la Banque mette fin à ses classements Doing Business et à ses activités soutenant l’accaparement des terres et des ressources naturelles.
Ogun launches 10 hectares cassava pilot farm
- Business Day
- 09 April 2014
The pilot farm, which will serve as a prelude to a bigger 4,000 hectares cassava farm by Flour Mills of Nigeria and other investors, is supported by the USAID.
Egypt eyes more Gulf investment on back of agricultural deal
- World News
- 09 April 2014
Egypt plans to lease 25,200 hectares of agricultural land this year to a firm affiliated with an Arab investment body, its agriculture minister said,
Argentina: Los chinos ya se quedan con el 10% de los embarques de granos
- Clarín
- 09 April 2014
La firma Cofco compró Nidera y Noble y ahora ocupa el segundo lugar entre exportadoras.Superaron a Bunge y Dreyfus y están solos detrás de Cargill.
Al Dahra Intl Investment gets nod to acquire 51% of Serbia's Rudnap Agrar
- SeeNews
- 09 April 2014
Serbia's anti-trust regulator said it has cleared plans by UAE-based Al Dahra International Investment to take over from Serbia's Rudnap Group a 51% stake in Belgrade-based agriculture company Rudnap Agrar.
Mauritanie: "l’Etat ne brade les terres agricoles" (Président)
- Alakhbar
- 08 April 2014
Le président mauritanien a démenti avoir bradé les terres agricoles de la Vallée dans le Sud du pays à des étrangers.
Cameroon: Upheaval in Nguti as impoverished communities urge banishment of Herakles Farms
- All Voices
- 08 April 2014
A demonstration the likes of which had never been seen before in that locality was witnessed in Babensi 2 village April 4 when more than 300 people staged a protest march against the American agro-industrial company.
La reforma al campo, cuentos chinos
- La Jornada
- 08 April 2014
Un rumor recorre el mundo rural mexicano: en ejidos y comunidades se anticipa el inminente desembarco de inversionistas chinos en actividades agropecuarias