Lutte contre les accaparements de terre : deux regards d’Afrique de l’Ouest
    Dans les allées du Forum social mondial, Clara Jamart d'Oxfam France a rencontré Ibrahima Coulibaly, président de la Coordination nationale des organisations paysannes du Mali, et Diery Gaye, paysan, membre du Conseil d’administration du Conseil national de concertation et de coopération des ruraux du Sénégal.
    • Oxfam
    • 04 April 2013
    Tax haven expose: Some bizmen say identity mistaken, others nothing
    The 612 Indians on the list of those who have invested in tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands include two MPs, a former royal, top industrialists and the CEO of Karuturi Global.
    • FirstPost
    • 04 April 2013
    Qatar's Hassad buys stake in Indian rice firm
    Hassad Food Co, the agricultural investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, has bought a majority stake in an Indian basmati rice company for more than $100m, it was reported on Wednesday.
    • Arabian Business
    • 03 April 2013
    CRE groups back proposal to grant FIRPTA exemptions to foreign pension investors
    The Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act was first passed in 1980 by Congress to limit foreign control over US farmland. Obama now wants things changed.
    • Costar Group
    • 03 April 2013
    Valladolid: Acaparamiento de tierras e impacto sobre las mujeres
    El acaparamiento de tierras que se está registrando en todo el mundo ha empezado a atraer la atención internacional, y no tanto porque se trate de un fenómeno nuevo, sino por las dimensiones y ritmo con que se está produciendo.
    • Ecologistas en Acción
    • 03 April 2013
    Centroamérica: Lo que provoca el acaparamiento de tierras
    La Vía Campesina Centroamericana en todos sus debates ha expresado que el acaparamiento de tierras está dirigido por grandes inversores, dueños de plantaciones, empresas madereras, hidroeléctricas y mineras.
    • Movimientos
    • 03 April 2013
    Marc Ona Essangui faces possible prison time
    The charge was filed after Ona allegedly spoke out against possible government corruption involving Soleman Liban, a senior advisor to Gabonese President Ali Bongo, and Olam Gabon, a foreign agricultural company that operates in Gabon.
    • Goldman Prize
    • 03 April 2013
    Arab world urged to close food supply gap
    In an effort to help tackle food security, officials yesterday agreed to double the capital of the Arab Authority for Agriculture Investment and Development, a multilateral lender aimed at promoting investment in agriculture.
    • The National
    • 03 April 2013
    Armenia: Do Iran’s sheep pose a threat to national security?
    A pending agreement for Iran to graze sheep inside Armenia has sparked a furor among Armenian environmentalists and nationalists over whether or not the prospective deal poses a threat to the country’s national security.
    • EurAsia Review
    • 03 April 2013
    Asian palm-oil planters head to West Africa
    Suitable land for palm-oil cultivation is running out in top producers Malaysia and Indonesia, which now account for about 85 percent of the global output. Wilmar is among several companies searching for land in West and Central Africa.
    • Bloomberg
    • 03 April 2013
    La leyes de tierras amenazan la seguridad alimentaria de África
    Esta entrada ha sido escrita por Carolina García, de la campaña @AfricaSeMueve (Solidaridad Internacional - Habitáfrica - IPADE). El caso de Senegal muestra en directo los riesgos de una liberalización de la tierra que desproteja los derechos de las comunidades rurales vulnerables.
    • El País
    • 02 April 2013
    Reunión por la Ley de Tierras, de protección del suelo argentino
    Para proteger la producción local. Santa Fe propuso que el límite de las mil hectáreas a titulares extranjeros se extienda a todo el territorio.
    • Página 12
    • 02 April 2013
    African governments blamed for land grab by investors
    Some African states have been accused of complicity in the problem of land grab by investors. Cecile Leuba of Peuples Solidaire and Action Aid France says this is having a serious effect on the local people who lose their land.
    • GBC
    • 01 April 2013
    Gabon: la population forestière menacée par l'accaparement de leurs terres
    L'annonce en 2012 du gouvernement de faire de ce pays le principal producteur d'huile de palme d'Afrique provoque déjà un conflit entre les promoteurs de ces grandes plantations et les populations forestieres.
    • RFI
    • 31 Mar 2013
    Chinese businessmen slow to exploit potential for farming in Africa
    The Chinese government has long encouraged businesses to invest in agriculture abroad, and Xi Jinping's first foreign trip as president in the past week involved visits to three African countries.
    • SCMP
    • 31 Mar 2013
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