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Struggling Black Earth flags potatoes, cost cuts
- Agrimoney
- 21 February 2014
The Russian farm operator unveiled a loss of $18.1m for 2013, compared with earnings of $7.49m in 2012 – the only profitable year in the company's nine year history.
African Land Limited claiming victory but High Court judgement says otherwise
- Daily Mirror
- 21 February 2014
African Land Limited sold itself on the back of a promise that its rice farms in Sierra Leone could turn “a tidy profit of 15% a year”.
Colapso alimentario a la vista
- La Jornada
- 21 February 2014
El sufrimiento que para los habitantes locales han representado los últimos estertores de la división de Karaturi en Kenia no hace más que evidenciar que los supuestos "beneficios de las inversiones extranjeras", como se repite en el catecismo neoliberal, son una dramática mentira.
Tanzanian tea: a new frontier for big business
- WDM
- 21 February 2014
In return for corporate investment and aid, African states are reforming policies to make it easier for corporations to operate in their farming sectors.
Liberia: Sinoe complains GVL to Roundtable On Sustainable Palm Oil
- 21 February 2014
Citizens of Sinoe County have filed a complaint to the RSPO, an overall body of Palm Oil Worldwide, to stop Golden Veroleum Liberia's (GVL) ongoing operations of land clearing in their towns and villages.
Sénégal : l’agrobusiness à quel prix ?
- RFI
- 20 February 2014
Le gouvernement veut favoriser l’installation d’investisseurs étrangers qui se consacrent à la production agricole destinée essentiellement à l’exportation. Reportage
Un grupo de mujeres hace historia en Guinea Bissau al convertirse en propietarias de la tierra
- El Diario
- 20 February 2014
El proyecto tiene un hilo conductor que le une con otras acciones de las ONG implicadas, que es evitar el acaparamiento de tierras en Guinea Bissau.
Acaparamiento de tierra con acento español
- El País
- 20 February 2014
La empresa Agrogeba desplaza a unos 600 campesinos de sus arrozales en Guinea Bissau sin darles ninguna compensación
Proyecto de Ley de Baldíos o "Ley Urrutia" en Colombia
- Oxfam Internacional
- 18 February 2014
El evento pretendió ofrecer argumentos, análisis e interpretaciones del proyecto de Ley de Baldíos , por parte de las organizaciones de base, organizaciones nacionales y organizaciones de cooperación internacional
Ghana hopes G8 New Alliance will end long history of food insecurity
- Guardian
- 18 February 2014
Critics of the initiative, however, fear the commercialisation of agriculture will not benefit small-scale farmers
Tanzania: 'large-scale farming turns small farmers into mere labourers'
- Guardian
- 18 February 2014
Critics of New Alliance say private investment and improvements in rural infrastructure will not liberate people from poverty
G8 New Alliance condemned as new wave of colonialism in Africa
- Guardian
- 18 February 2014
Pledges by African governments will make it easier for companies to do business through the easing of export controls and tax laws, and through governments ringfencing huge chunks of land for investment.
Monitoring corporate behavior: Greening or merely greenwash?
- Yale 360
- 18 February 2014
Companies with bad environmental records are increasingly turning to a little-known nonprofit called TFT to make sure they meet commitments to improve their practices. It remains to be seen if this is just a PR move.
Wall Street banks eye American farmland, threaten future of US agriculture
- Oakland Institute
- 18 February 2014
The wolves of Wall Street are eyeing millions of acres of US farmland that will soon come up for sale, according to a new study from the Oakland Institute
La Contraloría le puso la lupa al Incoder por adjudicación de baldíos
- Radio Santa Fe
- 18 February 2014
A partir de denuncias presentadas por Congresistas del Polo Democrático Alternativo, Wilson Arias, Iván Cepeda y Jorge Robledo, la Contraloría General de la República envió un informe al Incoder, entidad encargada de administrar las tierras en Colombia, sobre acumulación irregular de baldíos en la Altillanura.