Bangladesh yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Sudan to take a 10-year lease on Sudanese farmland to grow crops aimed at ensuring food security of both the countries.
- Daily Star
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03 August 2012
The Government of Uganda has been asked by Members of Parliament to make the process of acquiring land for investments more transparent.
With communal land associations communities will be having one voice and if anybody, be it government or investor, is interested in their land, that person is made aware of that the group is organized and therefore not easy to simply deploy graders to start tiling or clearing the land.
The African Agricultural Capital Fund, which is backed by USAID, Bill Gates and JP Morgan, has invested $1.2 million in NUAC, a company owned by several Danish partners that operates Uganda's largest farm.
L’accaparramento di terre sta diventando una iattura per troppi Paesi africani.
- Il Manifesto
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10 July 2012
As the World Bank held its Annual Conference on Land and Poverty in April, campaigners accused it once again of facilitating and legitimising 'land grabs' that harm local communities.
- Bretton Woods Project
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03 July 2012
With minimal consultation, governments and local authorities are signing away huge tracts of land for lease on the cheap. Now communities are raising their voices in opposition to these projects that bring little local development.
- The Africa Report
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02 July 2012
La propiedad agraria y los derechos comunitarios a la tierra no están contemplados en los debates de la próxima Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Desarrollo Sostenible, que se realizará del 20 al 22 de junio en la ciudad brasileña de Río de Janeiro.
En plena crisis global, África sufre el desembarco de los países del norte que acaparan tierras a un ritmo endiablado de hasta 32 millones de hectáreas en sólo un año. Más o menos el doble de la superficie que se cultiva actualmente en España. Los campesinos no sólo pierden su derecho a cultivar esa tierra sino también a vivir en ella. En cualquier caso, están condenados a no hacerlo al perder lo que se conoce como "Soberanía Alimentaria", su capacidad para producir sus propios alimentos.
Uganda has threatened to kick out Oxfam after the British charity accused the government of complicity in violent land grabs for commercial gains, according to the interior ministry.
Two international organisations, Oxfam and Uganda Land Alliance (ULA), face de-registration for what government calls inciting violence over land issues.
- The Independent
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06 May 2012
BIDCO project wreaks environmental havoc, hunger, and human rights abuse in Kalangala
- The Independent
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06 May 2012
