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Comment Cevital veut snober la BA
- Africa Intelligence
- 23 January 2014
La compagnie Cevital multiplie les projets internationaux mais se heurte aux règles draconiennes de la Banque d'Algérie, qui interdisent les transferts de capitaux à l'étranger.
Cabinet to take decision on FDI in farm land
- The Hindu
- 23 January 2014
The Indian government has formed a Cabinet committee to examine the possibility of opening up agricultural land to Foreign Direct Investment, following a proposal to let foreign realtors buy agricultural land.
Palm oil company plan to slow deforestation 'another land-grab'
- The Ecologist
- 23 January 2014
A palm oil company's 'forest conservation' programme in Indonesia has ended up being a second land grab, writes Marcus Colchester - seizing resources from local communities' control.
Leftist rebels say responsible for attack on Japanese firm in S. Philippines
- Xinhua
- 23 January 2014
NPA launched the actions against the Sumitomo subsidiary because of its land grabbing and the destructive operations of its pineapple and banana plantations.
Stop selling off African land - invest in farmers instead
- Guardian
- 23 January 2014
Land deals between African governments and foreign investors threaten farmers' way of life, while investing in farming would increase productivity and wealth, says Ruth Hall
Japan’s new agriculture policy brings great opportunities to Vietnam
- VietNamNet
- 23 January 2014
SSI, a Vietnames securities company, has joined forces with LR Group to set up a $150 million fund to invest in agriculture.
Storebrand pulls out from the palm oil industry
- Regneskogfondet
- 23 January 2014
Storebrand, the largest private pension fund in the Nordic region, is divesting its shares in eleven of the twelve palm oil companies in which it is invested.
Washington veut combler son retard sur le marché africain
- RFI
- 23 January 2014
Selon Paul Obambi, président de la chambre de commerce de Brazzaville, « Les terres fertiles que nous avons en Afrique sont encore disponibles. Il faudrait bien que nous puissions attirer un peu plus les investisseurs américains. »
ANZ under fire for loans to controversial Cambodian sugar plantation
- Canberra Times
- 23 January 2014
ANZ is financing a Cambodian sugar plantation that has involved child labour, military-backed land grabs, forced evictions and food shortages.
L'Autriche proteste contre l' "expropriation" de ses agriculteurs en Hongrie
- Le Monde
- 22 January 2014
Une loi hongroise stipule que les contrats d'usufruit de terres agricoles conclus entre 1994 et 2001 seront annulés le 1er mai 2014. Plusieurs centaines d'agriculteurs autrichiens, allemands, italiens et néerlandais seraient concernés, pour plus de 200 000 hectares.
Lao farmers confront police over land grab
- RFA
- 22 January 2014
A citizen video shows a rare confrontation between authorities and villagers in Bokeo Province, Northern Laos, where villagers gathered to block construction workers from digging up their rice fields for a Chinese investor.
Farming it out
- Global Times
- 22 January 2014
Chinese entrepreneurs are going global ahead of officials. Countries with developed agriculture such as the US, Australia, Chile and Argentina have become their prime destinations.
Govt not recognizing scale of land-grabs in Burma: lawmakers
- The Irrawaddy
- 22 January 2014
“We’ve found that they [the government] does not want to give back land to the people because they know the land has a lot of value and will be good to sell in the future.”
Quand l’agrobusiness veut cultiver l’esprit de solidarité...
- Enquête+
- 22 January 2014
Instruit par les scandales liés à l’accaparement des terres arables, l’État sénégalais veut promouvoir une sorte de partenariat public-privé entre différents modes d’exploitations pour l’émergence d’une agriculture moderne et durable.
Communion of Churches in Indonesia calls for MIFEE to be stopped!
- awasMIFEE
- 21 January 2014
The Communion of Churches in Indonesia has asked the Indonesian Government to call a halt to the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate project, because it will mean the indigenous Marind people’s local wisdom will be lost.