Africa's agricultural sector offers a great opportunity for international investors, an official with the OECD said Tuesday, but risks remain over controversial issues such as "land grabbing."
Australia's federal government has set up a working group to assist with the development of a Commonwealth register of foreign owned agricultural land.
Desde la Alianza Biodiversidad condenamos el golpe que ha recibido el rechazo de todo el pueblo paraguayo y denunciamos a las grandes corporaciones del agronegocio con Monsanto y Cargill a la cabeza como responsables, junto a los grandes terratenientes locales y los políticos cómplices, de este golpe.
What can affected communities do when the World Bank Group has facilitated land grabs? For a better understanding of the practical steps that people can take, Righting Food interviewed Natalie Bridgeman Fields, the founder and Executive Director of Accountability Counsel
A Dakar, on estime que 60 % des surfaces accaparées au Sénégal (environ 400 000 ha) sont le fait de nationaux.
Macquarie Group Limited looks to be moving in on more agricultural investments with the launch of a new fund to target dairy farms in Australia.
Tanzania is planning to involve the Chinese government in its agriculture revolution strategy as well as establish value-adding small industries to boost agricultural products by local producers
The Vegpro Group will use IFC’s investment towards developing a 1,070 ha farm in Ghana, to boost the company’s vegetable production and meet increasing demand from existing clients in Europe.
La tête de liste nationale du mouvement citoyen Bes Du Niak, Serigne Mansour Sy Djamil, veut lutter contre l’accaparement des terres dans le Walo (nord du Sénégal), s'il est député au soir du premier juillet prochain.
Circle of Blue have put together an interactive map of land grabs by country and by sector.
African NGOs were not satisfied with the Rio +20 Summit. They were particularly disappointed that the land grabbing, which is the acquisition of arable land sometimes through dubious methods, was not discussed enough.
"El modelo capitalista sigue acaparando las tierras de los diferentes pueblos del mundo siendo este modelo el responsable del incremento del hambre y la destrucción de los territorios"
Le forum des peuples a connu une ambiance particulière le 19 juin de 11h à 13h30 à l’occasion de la session de partage sur l’accaparement des terres organisée par ENDA PRONAT
African nations like Zambia, Ethiopia and Mozambique invited Indian investors to invest in various sectors, especially in agriculture, saying this has the potential to provide food to both Africa and India.
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