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.
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.
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.
- Global Times
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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.”
- The Irrawaddy
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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.
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.
- awasMIFEE
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21 January 2014
In order to meet the increasing flow of investment in the horticulture sector, the government has identified five corridors consisting of 50,000 hectares of land.
Oil palm cultivation has wrecked habitats in South-East Asia. We must avoid a rerun if the crop takes off in its native Africa
- New Scientist
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20 January 2014
Communities face a “double whammy” in which High Carbon Stock areas restrict locals from cultivating the land while companies establish plantations outside of the zone where people are already farming.
- Eco-Business
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20 January 2014
Millions of hectares of land in Africa, Asia and Latin America find their way into the hands of large-scale foreign investors each year. The victims of "land grabbing" are local villagers and farmers.
- Deutsche Welle
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20 January 2014
Una de las propuestas que presentó el Centro Democrático en Colombia es la restricción de la propiedad de la tierra a las empresas extranjeras, aunque no definió el límite de apropiación.
- El Tiempo
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20 January 2014
La cuestión clave para algunos recién llegados al mundo de los negocios de Birmania parece ser el acceso a la tierra.
La clarification de la question foncière constitue un préalable pour la signature d’une convention de financement de la Banque mondiale sur le développement de l’agrobusiness au Sénégal
Les grandes exploitations agricoles de ex-RDA héritées du communisme attisent la convoitise d'investisseurs et les prix flambent dans cette partie de l'Allemagne où la grogne monte contre le "landgrabbing".
Zambia has granted 250 hectares of land to Bangladeshi investors who will invest more than US$1 million in the development of agriculture in Mwansabombwe District in Luapula Province.
- Times of Zambia
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19 January 2014