Honduras: Sangre sobre la tierra
    Recrudece la represión al campesinado hondureño cometida por empresas y con el apoyo del Estado. Entrevista con Yoni Rivas, dirigente del MUCA
    • Radio Mundo Real
    • 22 May 2013
    The anatomy of a Mozambique land deal
    A multi-million dollar “ethical” plantation development in northwestern Mozambique - the initiative of a clutch of Scandinavian faith-based organizations - has faced alleged acts of sabotage by the very people it was designed to assist, illustrating the divisions between foreign benefactors and local communities.
    • IRIN
    • 22 May 2013
    Are Indian companies “land grabbing” in Africa?
    The Hindu's Addis Ababa correspondent Aman Sethi has recently written about Indian companies’ involvement in Ethiopia and Mali, and on 19 May he took part in a Q&A session on Facebook on the issue of so-called Indian land grabs in African countries.
    • Global Voices
    • 22 May 2013
    MVP Group eyes Davao farm
    Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd’s agribusiness unit PT Indofood is eyeing 30,000 hectares of land in Davao Oriental, Philippines, for palm oil production.
    • PhilStar
    • 22 May 2013
    La France et le Royaume-Uni mobilisés pour la transparence en faveur du développement
    La France et le Royaume-Uni soutiennent les travaux du CSA sur les investissements responsables dans l’agriculture (« RAI »), notamment afin de combattre l’accaparement des terres dans les pays en développement
    • APO
    • 22 May 2013
    Colombia: acaparamiento en la a Altillanura colombiana
    Informe sobre acumulación de tierras con antecedentes de baldíos apropiados por grandes inversionistas nacionales y lavado de activos
    • PDA
    • 22 May 2013
    Bancos y fondos de jubilación europeos provocan acaparamiento de tierras en Uganda
    Según un nuevo estudio, bancos y los fondos de jubilación europeos están financiando a la gigante de palma aceitera Wilmar International, que está implicada en el acaparamiento de tierras en Uganda.
    • ATI
    • 21 May 2013
    Lebanese farmland firm to invest up to $800m in Sudan
    Lebanese farmland investor GLB Invest plans to invest up to $800 million in Sudan to produce animal feed to be sold to Saudi Arabia, its president said on Tuesday.
    • Reuters
    • 21 May 2013
    European banks and penion funds fuel land-grabs in Uganda
    European banks and pension funds continue to finance one of the largest and most destructive palm oil giants Wilmar International, according to new research released today by Friends of the Earth Europe.
    • FOE
    • 21 May 2013
    Animated guide to land grabs
    Animation from Oxfam showing how families are being unfairly evicted from their land and left with no way to grow food or earn a living as a result of big land deals in poor countries.
    • Oxfam
    • 21 May 2013
    Interview with FGV coordinator Cleber Guarany about the ProSavana Project in Mozambique.
    Translation of an interview given by the coordinator of the consulting firm responsible for developing the ProSavana master plan and coordinating private sector investment.
    • Terraviva
    • 21 May 2013
    Saudi investor to delay Sudan farm project over dollar curbs
    A Saudi firm will hold off its planned project in Sudan to produce wheat and other basic food items until the government eases a ban to repatriate profits.
    • Reuters
    • 20 May 2013
    Stallion Group to invest in rice production in Edo
    A private initiative, Stallion Group, has indicated its readiness to invest in rice production in Edo State, just as the state government assured it of a conducive environment.
    • This Day
    • 20 May 2013
    Arabs invest little in agriculture
    Agricultural investment firm GLB presented its Sudan alfafa production project, which produces feed for animals in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, to participants at the agriculture investment conference in Sudan.
    • ANBA
    • 20 May 2013
    The changing face of land disputes in Liberia
    The Liberia Land Commission is making significant headway, say land experts, but non-conflict related land disputes are increasing, most of them as a result of weak land laws.
    • IRIN
    • 20 May 2013
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