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farmlandgrab.org WEEKLY 06 Apr 2016
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Green Scenery in Sierra Leone have initiated a petition calling on the President of the Republic to release Shiaka Sama and five other MALOA land rights activists from prison immediately. Three are out so far. Please support the effort!
 
Via Campesina | 06 Apr 2016
La Via Campesina organizes the International Conference of Agrarian Reform in Brazil

The struggles for land, water, and territory are central to the struggle for Food Sovereignty.

GNA | 06 Apr 2016
Large scale land acquisition to be modernized

Stakeholders in land administration, on Wednesday discussed details of a project that aims at ensuring socially responsible land-based investments.

China Daily | 05 Apr 2016
Chinese fertilizer company to set up Australian operation

Chinese fertilizer producer Hubei Xinyangfeng has secured its first allotment of farmland outside of China, after it purchased a farm in southern New South Wales, Australia.

Reuters | 05 Apr 2016
Glencore in talks to sell stake in agri business to CPPIB - WSJ

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is in advanced talks to buy a stake in Miner and commodity trader Glencore Plc's agricultural business, which has farming operations covering 270,000ha in Argentina, Australia, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Ukraine.

ActNow! | 04 Apr 2016
Government to endorse unlawful SABL land grab

The government is to ignore the SABL Commission of Inquiry and endorse the SABL land grab by converting the unlawful leases into registered land and issuing new leases to companies.

Daily Nation | 04 Apr 2016
Karuturi to be auctioned over toxic debts, workers fate unknown

Kenya’s biggest flower firm is set to go under the auctioneers’ hammer, as owners of the Indian multinational failed to defend the winding up petition filed in court by creditors.

PANAP | 02 Apr 2016
Land and food, not bullets: Stop the violence against Asian farmers

We denounce these repressive acts in the strongest terms and call upon the authorities to immediately hold to account all those responsible behind the vicious attacks on Indonesian and Filipino farmers, indigenous peoples and their supporters.

Romania Insider | 01 Apr 2016
Romania may change the rules for EU residents looking to buy farmland

Foreigners from EU countries may be entitled to buy farmland located in towns or villages (intravilan), as well as woodland, according to a draft bill initiated by several Romanian MPs.

Forbes | 01 Apr 2016
Agriculture: The next M&A growth sector?

Trends suggest that farming may soon become a hotbed of M&A activity

Bloomberg | 01 Apr 2016
ADM to sell only Brazil ethanol plant amid `challenging' market

The factory and a sugar-cane plantation in Limeira do Oeste, Minas Gerais state, will be sold to JFLim Participacoes, Chicago-based ADM said

TCN | 01 Apr 2016
Croatia: Investor from Middle East interested in Slavonian land

Prime Minister Tihomir Oreškovic has announced that an investor from the Middle East is interested in a 10,000 hectare plot of agricultural land in Slavonia.

ABC | 01 Apr 2016
Does Zambia have what it takes to become the food bowl of Africa?

We believe that there's plenty of land in Africa and Africa will feed the world, says Nuradin Osman, AGCO managing director for Africa and Middle East.

KazInform | 31 Mar 2016
Kazakh-Hungarian fund to attract $100 mln for agricultural projects

In the future the national holding "KazAgro" plans to set up similar funds with China and the United Kingdom.

Sputnik | 31 Mar 2016
Tropical Nicaragua turns to Russia for agricultural investments

"Out of 4.9 million hectares available in the country, only one million are cultivated. The rest is waiting for the Russians and other foreign investors who are willing to come to us," says Nicaraguan Deputy Foreign Minister

The Conversation | 28 Mar 2016
Chinese engagement in African agriculture is not what it seems

The Chinese role in agriculture – in terms of business investment, technology transfer, demonstration efforts, training and more – is growing, and shaping perceptions.

Não ao Prosavana | 07 Mar 2016
Denunciation of the partnership between WWF and ProSavana

International and Mozambican organisations and social movements allied in the No to ProSavana Campaign, denounce the current involvement of World Wildlife Fund in the ProSavana agribusiness programme.

Reuters | 07 Dec 2015
UAE's Jenaan exiting Egypt wheat investment in remote region

The company is investing instead in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya to grow olive and palm trees on 100,000 acres. The Minya project will be 100,000 acres.

World Folio | 05 Jun 2015
An agricultural revolution by Amtaar Investment

As a joint venture between the UAE based Jenaan Investment and the Republic of the Sudan, Amtaar is today Sudan's largest scale agricultural investment.

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Green Scenery au Sierra Leone a redigé une pétition à l'attention du Président de la République pour demander la libération immédiate de Shiaka Sama et les cinq autres militants anti-landgrabbing de MALOA. Trois d'entre eux ont été liberés. Soutenons leur effort !
 
LesEco | 06 avr 2016
Sénégal: Avril et Zalar investissent dans l'agro-industrie

Les groupes Avril (France) et Zalar (Maroc) et le gouvernement du Sénégal ont signé un protocole d’accord de financement pour une unité de production de graines bio et de semences certifiées sur 1000 ha destinées à l'exportation

FIAN France | 05 avr 2016
La Caravane de la Convergence des luttes pour la terre et l'eau - Afrique de l'Ouest

Numéro hors serie du newsletter de FIAN France

Survie | 04 avr 2016
« Bolloré voulait nous faire taire »

Vincent Bolloré avait déposé plainte contre un article publié en 2012 par Bastamag sur l’implication des multinationales françaises dans le processus d’accaparement des terres. Entretien avec deux des personnes poursuivies, Julien Lusson et Ivan du Roy.

CED | 04 avr 2016
Le CED publie un rapport sur la situation des défenseurs de l’environnement en Afrique Centrale

Ce rapport, qui est le premier du genre sur la question des défenseurs de l’environnement, a été principalement réalisé dans quatre pays : Cameroun, Congo, Gabon et République Centrafricaine.

Camer.be | 04 avr 2016
Droits de l’homme en Afrique centrale : Coups, blessures, menaces de mort, exécutions, enlèvements et violation du droit à la justice

Des investisseurs se livrent à toutes sortes d’exactions sur tous ceux qui œuvrent à la défense des droits à l’environnement, et donc à la défense des communautés concernées par l’exploitation des ressources naturelles, selon un nouveau rapport.

Survie | 04 avr 2016
Critiquer Bolloré = diffamer ?

Suite au procès de Bastamag pour un article sur l’accaparement de terres - dont le délibéré sera rendu le 7 avril - Survie revient sur le rapport du groupe Bolloré à la presse et à son image.

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La Vía Campesina | 06 abr 2016
La Vía Campesina realiza Conferencia Internacional sobre Reforma Agraria en Brasil

Las luchas por la tierra, agua y territorios son centrales en la lucha por la Soberanía Alimentaria.

WSJ | 05 abr 2016
Glencore está cerca de vender su negocio agrícola a un fondo de pensiones de Canadá

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board es el probable ganador de una subasta organizada por Glencore.

   Others  
Não ao Prosavana | 07 Mar 2016
Denúncia da parceria entre a WWF e o Prosavana

"Nós, organizações da sociedade civil e movimentos sociais articulados na Campanha Não ao Prosavana, denunciamos o actual envolvimento da WWF no Prosavana".

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