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The great Ethiopian land-grab: feudalism, leninism, neo-liberalism ... plus ça change
- openDemocracy
- 31 December 2011
Land has been the play-thing of centralising authoritarians throughout Ethiopia's recent history.
Accaparements de terres rurales : les « terres mal acquises » débattues à léo
- L'Evenement
- 30 December 2011
Au Burkina, les pouvoirs publics sont fortement interpellés pour que non seulement les lois soient appliquées (là où elles existent), mais aussi que les terres mal acquises soient retirées.
Channel4News - agriculture revolution or land grab?
- Ethiotube
- 29 December 2011
Channel4News Jonathan Rugman has special report from Ethiopia on the revolution in agricultural production - but small tenant farmers say they now have less food to eat than before the changes began.
Miro Forestry lease agreement with the Yoni Chiefdom, Sierra Leone
- Miro Forestry
- 29 December 2011
Fifty year lease agreement for 20,980 ha signed between Miro Forestry (SL) Limited and representatives of the Yoni Chiefdom, Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone in December 2011.
Changing land laws, policies to suit needs of locals, investors
- Guardian
- 29 December 2011
As more and more fertile lands and rivers are in the hands of few investors, some villagers in southern Africa have started experiencing food shortages, a situation which was not there before.
Between 'land grabs' and agricultural investment: land rent contracts with foreign investors and Ethiopia's normative setting in focus
- Mizan Law Review
- 29 December 2011
The article suggests the need to render the government a custodian (and not owner) of land in conformity with the FDRE Constitution
Hedge-fund millionaire Diggle bets on farms, life sciences
- Bloomberg
- 28 December 2011
Stephen Diggle plans to open his personal portfolio of farmlands in the US, Uruguay and New Zealand to investors and to pour money into Africa and eastern Europe as global food prices soar.
Argentina: ¿Qué problemas soluciona la Ley de Tierras?
- Contacto Político
- 28 December 2011
¿Soluciona la Ley de Tierras las problemáticas de la tierra en nuestro país? ¿Evitará el uso monopólico del principal recurso nacional? ¿Frenará los violentos desalojos impulsados por empresarios agropecuarios?
Global land grabbing and trajectories of agrarian change: A preliminary analysis
- FoodFirst
- 28 December 2011
Article details the diversity of outcomes and arrangements falling under the blanket term ‘land grab,’ examining transfers of ownership and control of land and the implications of political processes as reflected in land policy
'Elevated concern' over Polish farmland reforms
- Agrimoney
- 28 December 2011
Law that will accelerate the sale of state farmland seen as move to give domestic farmers a head start before restrictions are removed on foreign investment as part of Poland's entry into the European Union.
Saudi company leases Ethiopian land for rice export
- PRI
- 27 December 2011
A Saudi Arabian company has leased tens of thousands of acres in western Ethiopia to grow rice for export. The Ethiopian government says it will help provide food security for its citizens, but some who live in the region, say they’re not seeing any benefits.
"Corsa alla terra"
- Il Fatto Alimentare
- 27 December 2011
Agricoltura e cibo nell'era della nuova scarsità. Il nuovo libro di Paolo De Castro.
La ruée vers la terre
- Transcontinentales
- 27 December 2011
Numero 10/11 de 'Transcontinentales' sur les logiques transnationales d'appropriation foncière.
Local investors see potential in Africa
- Tuoi Tre News
- 26 December 2011
Vietnam's Long Van 28 Company is planning to seek funding from the Government to invest in some 200,000 hectares of rice in Sierra Leone.
ICD, Saudi National Prawn Company tie up for $1bn aquaculture opportunities
- Arab News
- 26 December 2011
An MOU targeting $1 billion in aquaculture investments in Mauritania was signed between the National Prawn Company of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector, with Saudi-based Al Rajhi also involved.