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farmlandgrab.org WEEKLY 03 Feb 2016
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Dismiss charges against 14 protesters of abuse by SOCFIN in Sierra Leone! Sign the petition now!
 
 
Call for mobilisation: West African caravan for land, water and seeds
 
TIAA-CREF | 03 Feb 2016
TIAA-CREF Asset Management to create global real assets division

The new division will include the firm’s global real estate, agriculture, timber, infrastructure and energy teams, as well as its subsidiaries, such as the Westchester Group Investment Management and GreenWood Resources.

Astana Times | 02 Feb 2016
New law allows foreign agricultural businesses to lease Kazakh land for 25 years

Kazakh authorities recently amended farm sector legislation allowing the country to prolong land leases for foreign investors from 10 to 25 years.

REDD Monitor | 29 Jan 2016
Land grabbing: “Big, big problem”

Kurt Langbein, director of a documentary film, “Land Grabbing“ visits the scenes of land grabs and talks to farmers, local communities and to the investors behind the schemes. The injustice of this destructive “development” model could not be clearer.

Phnom Penh Post | 29 Jan 2016
'Agro investors must be flexible'

Jef Boedt, general manager of Socfin Cambodia, explains the company’s investment in Cambodia and operating challenges linked to land rights.

| 25 Jan 2016
Statement of solidarity with UNAC representatives in response to threats and attacks committed by JICA-hired MAJOL consultancy firm representative

support letter by members of the international “No! to ProSAVANA” campaign and of the “International Network of those Affected by Vale” to UNAC (União Nacional de Camponeses) in response to the threats and attempted physical attacks they suffered on 11 January 2016.

USDA FAS | 22 Jan 2016
Poland: State ag land sales to be suspended

Polish Ministry of Agriculture proposes new legislation suspending for 5 years sales of the state owned agricultural land. The proposed legislation aims to strengthen the protection of agricultural land in Poland from speculative purchases by domestic and foreign buyers

Global Meat | 22 Jan 2016
Largest halal beef farm to be built in Kazakhstan

Dubai-based company AMK Metal Fzco is to construct a livestock farm for 20,000 head of cattle and a meat processing plant for the production of 5,000 tonnes of high-quality beef in Kazakhstan.

Business in Cameroon | 27 Dec 2015
Cameroon: Socapalm will invest FCfa 38.2 billion for the expansion of its farms

Leader in the palm oil production in Cameroon, Socapalm operates more than 78,500 hectares of palm grove in the Littoral and Southern regions.

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Appel à la mobilisation pour la Caravane ouest-africaine pour la terre, l’eau et les semences
 
Journal de Montréal | 03 fev 2016
L’achat de terres par des Chinois suspendu

Le groupe d’investisseurs chinois intéressés à acheter des terres agricoles au Témiscamingue et ainsi exporter de la luzerne déshydratée en Chine suspend son projet en raison de réactions négatives dans le quartier chinois à Montréal.

Journal de Montréal | 27 jan 2016
Pourquoi des Chinois achètent-ils nos terres?

Des investisseurs d’origine chinoise veulent acheter des terres agricoles à 700 kilomètres au nord de Montréal afin d’exporter de la luzerne séchée par bateau en Chine.

La France Agriculture | 14 dec 2015
'Les grandes plantations peuvent contribuer au développement agricole durable'

« On ne prend pas la terre des villageois. On nous la propose ou on la demande », s’est défendu la société Socfin lors du colloque de Farm et Pluriagri à Paris le 14.12.2015.

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Diario del Sur | 02 feb 2016
Colombia: Las Zidres vulneran el campo y los campesinos

La nueva Ley permite concentrar aún más la tierra en Colombia a favor de magnates nacionales y extranjeros en uno de los países con mayor concentración de la tierra en el mundo.

Colombia Informa | 01 feb 2016
Colombia: Anuncian demanda a Ley Zidres por inconstitucional

Con la sanción presidencial de la ley que regula las Zonas de Interés para el Desarrollo Rural, Económico y Social -Zidres-, el rechazo de organizaciones campesinas, defensoras de derechos y legisladores no se hizo esperar.

Revista Mexicana de Sociología | 29 ene 2016
Agroextractivismo y acaparamiento de tierras en América Latina: una lectura desde la ecología política

En este artículo se discute cómo el agroextractivismo pone en juego diversos mecanismos discursivos y prácticos para desterritorializar a los campesinos, en muchas ocasiones sin necesidad de expulsarlos de sus tierras.

Contagio radio | 28 ene 2016
Colombia: ZIDRES legalizan el acaparamiento de tierras en Casanare

Frente al acto de sanción protocolario del proyecto de Ley de ZIDRES anunciado por el presidente Juan Manuel Santos, que se llevará a cabo este viernes en el municipio de Orocué, campesinos de la ‘Asociación por la Defensa de Casanare’, denuncian los impactos ambientales y sociales que esta ley traerá para sus territorios.

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MST | 29 Jan 2016
Bancada ruralista: legalizar para rentabilizar a terra

Muitos fundos de investimentos multimercados entraram no negócio de terras. George Soros, por exemplo, conta com 270 mil hectares.

Brasil Noticia | 29 Jan 2016
El Tejar deixa parceiros em Mato Grosso sob risco de calote

Fundada em 1987 por um grupo de famílias de agricultores da região de Saladillo, na Argentina, incluindo os Alvarado, Pallette, Pueyrredón e Kasdorf, a empresa El Tejar (O Telhar no Brasil) em pouco tempo se tornou o primeiro grande pool de produtores com terras arrendadas naquele país.

CPT Nacional | 13 Jan 2016
Ativistas da União Nacional de Camponeses de Moçambique sofrem tentativa de agressão durante reunião do projeto ProSavana

Tentativa de espancamento e agressão física aos ativistas Jeremias Vunjanhe e Vicente Adriano, da União Nacional de Camponeses (UNAC) foi protagonizada no dia 11 de Janeiro de 2016 por um dos consultores integrante da equipe da MAJOL Consultoria e Serviços.

Mozambique Kaihatsu | 18 Dec 2015
Comentários ao Plano Director Versão Draft Zero, Março de 2015 No contexto da campanha não ao ProSAVANA

O ProSAVANA apresenta-se sob o plano de um novo modelo de agricultura competitiva virada para o mercado, sem exclusão e marginalização dos produtores familiares, o que é aceitável.

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