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World Bank under attack for aiding land grabs in Uganda
- The Independent
- 06 May 2012
BIDCO project wreaks environmental havoc, hunger, and human rights abuse in Kalangala
AgroGeneration vise les trois continents
- Le Figaro
- 04 May 2012
Après l'Ukraine et l'Argentine, la filiale agricole de Charles Beigbeder ira en Afrique.
Santiago del Estero, Argentina: Una empresa china compró extensos campos al norte de la provincia
- El Liberal
- 04 May 2012
Hay varios grupos de empresarios chinos interesados en la provincia. Chongqing Grain, la que compró, también presentó proyectos en Córdoba.
Standard Chartered relativise l’ampleur de l’ «accaparement des terres» africaines par la Chine
- EcoFin
- 04 May 2012
L’ampleur des investissements chinois dans les terres agricoles en Afrique avec pour objectif de contribuer à nourrir les quelque 1,3 milliard de Chinois, serait «exagérée», souligne une récente étude de la banque Standard Chartered.
Hedge-fund millionaire Diggle targets $150 million for farm fund
- Bloomberg
- 03 May 2012
Vulpes Investment Management, the Singapore company set up by hedge-fund manager Stephen Diggle, plans to raise as much as $150 million to invest in farms in Africa and Eastern Europe.
Sierra Leone: Popular resistance and corporate landgrabbing in Sierra Leone
- Pambazuka
- 03 May 2012
A new report from the Oakland Institute examines a controversial land investment deal in Sierra Leone. Pambazuka News caught up with its Policy Director to find out why the report has attracted so much attention.
“Las empresas que roban nuestras tierras cultivan café y fruta en ellas”
- Diagonal Periódico
- 03 May 2012
Janet Mary Akiteng denuncia el acaparamiento de tierras de campesinos de Uganda
Pakistan offers mega projects
- Khaleej Times
- 03 May 2012
“We are offering investment opportunities in agriculture farming, livestock, grain-storage project as well as in infrastructure development projects,” says chairman of the Sindh Board of Investment
Hassad wraps up purchase
- The Land
- 03 May 2012
With the purchase of nearly 15,000ha of land in Jerramungup last month, the Qatar-based Hassad Food Company now owns 250,000ha of farmland in Austalia
Acaparamiento del planeta. Boletín Nº 177 del WRM
- Movimiento Mundial por los Bosques
- 03 May 2012
¡No al acaparamiento del planeta! ¡La lucha de las comunidades campesinas, indígenas y tradicionales, es la lucha por la soberanía alimentaria, la reforma agraria y la agricultura campesina, por el acceso a tierras, agua y aire!
Human rights violations and deteriorating security threaten indigenous peoples in Ethiopia
- ASO
- 03 May 2012
The attack on the Saudi Star Company has served as a pretext for a hunting down of innocent civilians and a campaign of murder, torture, harassment and intimidation in the remote corners of the country, warns Anywaa Survival.
Study on private equity in agribusiness in Southern Africa
- USAID
- 03 May 2012
The overall objective of this report is to identify potential interventions to enhance the capacity of newly created private equity funds in agriculture and/or agribusiness in Africa, especially the stimulation of technical assistance to agricultural value chains.
Land rights and the World Bank Group: Setting the record straight
- FOE
- 03 May 2012
Responding to concerns raised by Friends of the Earth International and others about the impacts of land grabbing, The World Bank claims that land lease deals in developing countries can reduce hunger and poverty, and build sustainable agriculture. The facts tell otherwise.
The facts about ZTE in DR Congo
- Rural Modernity
- 03 May 2012
With publication of the Land Matrix, the inaccurate claims of a 2.8 million ha land deal by China's ZTE in Congo are alive again. Here's a look at the facts.
Swedish aid investment resulted in land-grabbing
- Sveriges Radio
- 02 May 2012
Swedfund, the Swedish development investment company, has invested tens of millions in a company that will produce ethanol in Sierra Leone, but the local people affected by water shortages and hunger when the company took over their land. Now the inhabitants urge Sweden for help.