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18 Oct 2018
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Landgrabbing, illicit finance and corporate crime: an update GRAIN | 17 Oct 2018
GRAIN recently learned that several cases of land grabbing have been prosecuted in the courts, or been acted upon by national authorities, and so we have compiled a short update on these developments.
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Dirty deals threaten Kenya's food security, report says Business Daily | 17 Oct 2018
A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit says land grabs are another common mechanism of corruption threatening Kenya's food security, citing instances where backdoor deals were used to secure land.
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Fate of troubled Karuturi to be known December Nation | 16 Oct 2018
Kenya's Court of Appeal is in December expected to determine if Karuturi will pay Sh1.8 billion contested debt to Stanbic Bank before the dispute before High Court is determined.
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IFC likely to extend $10m debt to Phoenix Commodities’ Kazakhstan project Deal Street Asia | 12 Oct 2018
Phoenix Fruits, a subsidiary of Phoenix Commodities, the global Indian agri-business giant, is in the process of securing several greenfield sites for fruit production in Kazakhstan
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County government denies leasing Yala swamp to West Kenya Sugar Company KNA | 11 Oct 2018
Siaya county government has not surrendered the Yala swamp to a private sugar milling company as alleged by a section of the media, the county director of communications, Jerry Ochieng has said.
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ANZ bank issued rare rebuke by Australian oversight body IDI | 11 Oct 2018
ANZ Banking Group violated its own policies and international human rights standards by providing 40 million $ loan to a Cambodian sugar company that seized land from local farmers, according to a statement released by Australian government body that monitors corporate behavior overs.
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China hungers for Brazil's grain Global Finance | 01 Oct 2018
Chinese producers in Brazil should not export soybeans to China, but chicken, says former Minister of Agriculture Roberto Rodrigues, now director of the FGV Agribusiness Center
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ILC Bandung Declaration links agrarian reform to land and social justice IISD | 27 Sep 2018
The Bandung Declaration by members of the International Land Coalition underscores that if agrarian reform is going to build justice, it must redistribute land.
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Accaparement des terres, corruption et crime industriel : mise à jour GRAIN | 17 oct 2018
GRAIN a appris récemment que plusieurs cas d'accaparement des terres ont donné lieu à des poursuites en justice ou des actions menées par les autorités des pays concernés. Nous avons donc décidé de présenter une brève mise à jour des derniers développements.
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Ndiawdoune rejette le canal du PDIDAS : les populations fustigent « la méthode « solidaire et discriminatoire » du projet Ndar Info | 15 oct 2018
La construction d’un futur canal reliant Makhana et Ndiawsir provoque l’ire des populations qui sonnent la résistance contre le Projet pour le développement inclusif et durable de l'agrobusiness au Sénégal
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Caravane en vue contre l’accaparement des terres par les nantis Le Temps | 12 oct 2018
La caravane débutera en Guinée, passera par la Côte d’Ivoire, le Ghana, le Togo et prendra fin au Bénin. Dans chaque pays les organisateurs posteront des recommandations au gouvernement.
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France : Opération anti-accaparement foncier en Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Euractiv | 11 oct 2018
Pour décourager les achats d’hectares agricoles par des investisseurs étrangers, la Safer Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes et la région incitent les élus à les avertir en amont
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Mali : Le projet agropole de Morila voit le jour bamada | 09 oct 2018
Un centre agrobusiness sera développé sur 1 400 ha de terres appartenant aux communautés
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Banco Mundial—FMI Culpables de Promover el Acaparamiento de Tierra, Incrementar la Desigualdad La Vía Campesina | 11 oct 2018
“Reunión anual en Bali esta semana es tan sólo un engaño para tapar la negligencia criminal de los intereses del pueblo” dicen campesinxs.”
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レポート（植物油[パーム油と大豆]と日本）Report on Palm Oil & Soy in Japan | 01 Mar 2017
レポート（植物油[パーム油と大豆]と日本）Report on Palm Oil & Soy in Japan
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Caravane ouest-africaine sur le droit à la terre et l’eau
Convergence globale des luttes pour la terre et l’eau | Guinée | 10 Nov 2018
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