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farmlandgrab.org WEEKLY 22 Jun 2016
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Stop further destruction by Bidco Africa! The No2Bidco Campaign in Uganda and Kenya request support for their struggle against Bidco Africa- a multinational joint venture involving Wilmar International that has decimated Bugala Island Uganda, clearing some 18,000 acres of rainforest to make way for an oil palm plantation. Sign this letter to request that the UNDP immediately disassociate from the project.
 
Cambodia Daily | 22 Jun 2016
Families evicted by sugarcane farms appeal in Phnom Penh

Villagers representing more than 1,000 families that accuse sugarcane plantations around the country of stealing their land gathered in Phnom Penh on Tuesday to once again call on the government to help.

Reuters | 22 Jun 2016
The sugar industry has been catastrophic for Cambodia's poor, so why are companies being honoured?

In Cambodia, more than 15,000 people have been forcibly evicted to make way for sugar cane plantations.

New Daily | 22 Jun 2016
Ninety per cent of Aussies oppose foreign farm sales

A new poll by the Lowy Institute found 87 per cent of respondents opposed allowing foreign companies to buy Australian agricultural land — six percentage points higher than a similar survey four years ago.

MANA | 22 Jun 2016
Malawi moves from a consuming and importing to a producing economy – Mutharika

Malawi government tells Chinese investors it is halfway through a process to identify 10,000 estates lying idle that can be opened up for commercial farming.

Agrimoney | 22 Jun 2016
Ag sector investment prospects 'highly positive'

"Money is still being pumped into the sector almost regardless of geography," says director of Primer International.

Xinhua | 21 Jun 2016
Chinese firm gets more time to sell stake

Australia has granted a three-year extension for a Chinese company to reduce its 80 percent stake in Australian cotton farm Cubbie Station after it indicated it could not meet the October 2015 deadline.

Reuters | 21 Jun 2016
'All we ask is for is our land back': Uganda's Bugala Island farmers

Farmers on Bugula Island, the second largest in Lake Victoria, are now locked in a legal battle with Bidco, which says it has not been involved in any land transactions.

ICIJ | 21 Jun 2016
World Bank allows Tanzania to sidestep rule protecting indigenous groups

The World Bank’s board has granted a massive agribusiness project in East Africa a waiver that exempts it from following the bank’s Indigenous Peoples Policy—sparking fears that the development lender is making an end run to resurrect a policy that it abandoned in public.

UNIDO | 21 Jun 2016
EU and UNIDO to support agribusiness development in African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

"To attract more private sector investments, ACP countries need to adapt their policies and reinforce the capacity of their agribusinesses."

TeleSur | 21 Jun 2016
International financial capital targets farmland in Brazil

Land speculation stimulates the expansion of plantations across Brazil, increasing land conflicts and displacement of campesino and Indigenous communities.

ICIJ | 20 Jun 2016
Evicted tribes say they're left with nowhere to go

The World Bank’s board has granted an East African agribusiness project called SAGCOT a waiver that exempts it from following the bank’s Indigenous Peoples Policy — sparking fears among human rights advocates that the development lender is setting a precedent that weakens protections for indigenous peoples.

Business Standard | 18 Jun 2016
Farming for India Inc abroad largely on paper

India’s plan to lease farm land in Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi to grow pulses for domestic consumers is not the first such project

Times of India | 17 Jun 2016
India: Govt to import 6.5 lakh tonnes of pulses to check soaring prices

The government of India is looking at the possibility of leasing land in Mozambique to grow pulses.

SFDI et al | 16 Jun 2016
CSOs want to reanimate the dialogue on Socfin in Malen Chiefdom: over 120,000 signatures to be handed over to Government

Civil Society Organisations in Sierra Leone wish to let the public understand that a solution to the persistent conflict in Malen Chiefdom is needed.

FIAN Belgium | 16 Jun 2016
Sierra Leone: Six land rights activists released through citizen solidarity

Civil society organizations demand to stop land grabbing by the agro-industrial company Socfin and to protect the human rights of the communities.

The Diplomat | 15 Jun 2016
Kazakhstan’s land reforms

While there is near consensus that foreigners should not have the right to own farmland in Kazakhstan, opinions are deeply divided on the issue of granting leases to foreigners.

CommonDreams | 15 Jun 2016
North Dakota rejects corporate farm ownership by 3-to-1 Margin

"The results are a strong message that the people don't want corporate farming in North Dakota."

NY Times | 12 Jun 2016
North Dakotans reconsider a corporate farming ban, and their values

Starting in 1932, North Dakota law barred nonfamily corporations from owning farmland or operating farms. But that changed in March of last year when the state Legislature passed a bill that would relax the corporate farming ban and Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed it into law.

Basta! | 04 Jun 2016
Communities affected by oil palm plantations block Bolloré group’s shareholder meeting

For nearly three hours on the morning of 3 June, around a hundred protesters peacefully blockaded the entrances to the headquarters of Bolloré, one of France's most powerful companies.

Business World | 30 May 2016
Ghana: Komenda sugar factory to be inaugurated today

The Export and Import (EXIM) Bank of India provided $35 million towards the establishment of the $36.5 million Komenda Sugar Factory project, which includes the development of 3,000 hectares of irrigable land.

Ghana Web | 28 May 2016
Ghana: Lands Commission to regulate land acquisitions by investors

USAID is helping Ghana introduce guidelines for large-scale land transactions and address the dip in foreign direct investment that has arisen due to controversial land deals

Não ao ProSavana | 07 May 2016
Summary of the No to ProSavana Campaign’s meeting for convergence and resistance

Peasants from more than 19 districts affected by the ProSavana programme and other organisations reiterate their rejection of the ProSavana programme, as it has been advancing against their expressed will for the last four years.

Awoko | 03 May 2016
Sierra Leone: Sewa Farm to invest $30-40M in agriculture

The private farming company, Sewa Farm, will start rice farming between June and July this year in Turma Bum in Bonthe district on an initial 25,000 hectares.

Maria Heubuch | 30 Nov 2015
Land rush: Sellout of Europe’s agricultural land

Study shows that the concentration of agricultural land in Europe constitutes a major threat to sustainable small- and medium-scale agriculture and young farmers

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Les Echos | 21 jui 2016
Comment les investisseurs partent à l’assaut des terres agricoles françaises

L’achat de plusieurs exploitations dans l’Indre par un groupe chinois préoccupe les pouvoirs publics. En France, il est impossible de dire précisément à qui appartiennent les terres agricoles.

Les Echos | 21 jui 2016
Charles Beigbeder : « Nous réfléchissons création d'un fonds agricole mondial »

Le français Charles Beigbeder a fondé AgroGeneration en 2007. L'entreprise exploite 120.000 hectares des terres noires d'Ukraine.

AFP | 20 jui 2016
Brésil : les étrangers pourront à nouveau acheter des terres agricoles

Le gouvernement brésilien par intérim va proposer au Parlement d'autoriser la vente de terres agricoles aux étrangers qui avait été interdite en 2010, une mesure encouragée par le ministre de l'Agriculture Blairo Maggi, "le roi du soja".

Le Monde | 20 jui 2016
2015, année meurtrière pour les défenseurs de l’environnement

Pour les militants écologistes et les peuples indigènes en lutte contre l’accaparement et la destruction de leurs terres, de leurs forêts ou de leurs cours d’eau, 2015 a été une année noire selon un nouveau rapport de Global Witness.

Leral.net | 19 jui 2016
La Compagnie Sucrière Sénégalaise cherche 3500 hectares

"Ces terres sont nécessaires si on veut passer de 150 000 à 200 000 tonnes de sucre", insiste le directeur-général André Froissard

Ndar Infos | 18 jui 2016
MAR et son voisinage se cabrent contre SEN INDIA. La société civile, « scandalisée », rejoint le combat.

Un collectif sénégalais entame le combat contre SEN INDIA qui a pris 5000 ha pour faire de la pomme de terre et la pastèque et veut délocaliser les villageois.

Gabon Review | 17 jui 2016
Ali Bongo aux premières récoltes de la palmeraie d’Olam Palm à Mouila

La localité de Mboukou renferme désormais la plus grande pépinière de palmiers à huile d’Afrique

AFP | 16 jui 2016
La Hongrie devant la justice européenne pour sa loi sur les terres agricoles

La Commission européenne a renvoyé la Hongrie devant la justice européenne pour sa loi controversée sur les terres agricoles, dont l’acquisition par des étrangers est fortement restreinte depuis 2013 et qui est contraire selon Bruxelles à la « libre circulation des capitaux » dans l’UE.

FIAN Belgique | 16 jui 2016
Sierra Leone : Six défenseurs du droit à la terre libérés grâce à la solidarité citoyenne

Des organisations de la société civile demandent de mettre fin à l’accaparement des terres par la société agroindustrielle Socfin et de protéger les droits des communautés

Reporterre | 16 jui 2016
Des Chinois achètent en France des centaines d’hectares de terres agricoles

« Le vrai problème, c’est qu’une poignée de gens accaparent autant de surfaces. Que ce soit des Chinois ou des Français. C’est un modèle d’agriculture sans paysan. »

En Beauce | 15 jui 2016
Canada : Les producteurs agricoles demandent des mesures concrètes

« Ces achats de terres par des groupes ou personnes qui n’ont rien à faire de l’agriculture créent une pression supplémentaire sur la valeur des terres » explique le président de la Fédération de l’UPA de la Chaudière-Appalaches, Paul Doyon.

Amnesty International | 08 jui 2016
Éthiopie. Des détenus frappés et forcés de comparaître devant un tribunal dans une tenue inadéquate

Beqele Gerba et ses coaccusés, arrêtés pour avoir protesté contre l'accaparement de terres dans la région d'Oromia, ont été frappés au cours de leur détention et forcés à comparaître devant un tribunal dans une tenue inadéquate

ReAct | 07 jui 2016
Manifestations dans les plantations en Afrique et devant l'AG du groupe Bolloré à Puteaux

Entre le 1 et le 3 juin, des rassemblements massifs ont eu lieu au Cameroun et au Liberia pour demander le respect des droits des communautés locales par Socfin et Bolloré

Basta! | 04 jui 2016
Des riverains de plantations d’huile de palme bloquent l’AG du groupe Bolloré

Le 3 juin au matin, pendant près de trois heures, une centaine de manifestants sont venus pacifiquement bloquer différentes entrées du siège du Groupe Bolloré, l'un des plus puissants groupes français.

Não ao ProSavana | 07 mai 2016
Résumé de la rencontre de convergence et résistance de la campagne Non à ProSavana

Les organisations de la campagne Non à ProSavana réaffirmons que nous rejetons le programme ProSavana comme il s'est développé depuis les quatre dernières années.

Hulala | 15 nov 2015
Les terres hongroises lorgnées par les spéculateurs étrangers et les oligarques d’Orbán

Le Gouvernement Orbán s’apprête à privatiser 380 000 hectares de terres arables, soit 20% du total des terres détenues par l’Etat.

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Deslinde | 20 jun 2016
Colombia: Zidres, o la guerra por otros medios

manadas de consumidLas Zidres son una política que favorece a los promotores de megaproyectos agroindustriales, que promoverán empresas con alta intensidad de capital, poco empleo de mano de obra, y convertirán el campo en una despensa para la producción masiva.

   Others  
Só Noticias | 21 Jun 2016
Brasil: Maggi defende venda de terras no Brasil para estrangeiros

Para ele, a mudança na atual legislação, que veda a prática, facilitaria a obtenção de crédito por parte de produtores, junto a bancos internacionais.

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