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The Communion of Churches in Indonesia (Pesekutuan Gereja-Gereja Indonesia or PGI) has asked the Indonesian Government to call a halt to the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) project, because it will mean the indigenous Marind people’s local wisdom will be lost.
Pour les chefs d"entreprise, ces terres agricoles sont "encore disponibles". Et pour les paysan(es)s ?
Une loi hongroise stipule que les contrats d"usufruit de terres agricoles conclus entre 1994 et 2001 seront annulés le 1er mai 2014. Plusieurs centaines d"agriculteurs autrichiens, allemands, italiens et néerlandais seraient concernés, pour plus de 200 000 hectares.
A woman points to land which, according to the sign, is now owned by the Burma Army. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)
School-aged children have been photographed working in a Cambodian sugar plantation financed by Australia's ANZ Bank in potential breach of the international convention on child labour. (Photo: Nicolas Axelrod)
The PT Hardaya Inti Plantations concession is marked with a red line. The area in blue is the 4,900 ha that the villagers are demanding be returned to them. (Photo: Pietro Paolini/Terra Project).
Millions of hectares of land in Africa, Asia and Latin America find their way into the hands of large-scale foreign investors each year. The victims of "land grabbing" are local villagers and farmers. (Photo: Deutsche Welle)
Les grandes exploitations agricoles de ex-RDA héritées du communisme attisent la convoitise d'investisseurs et les prix flambent dans cette partie de l'Allemagne où la grogne monte contre le "landgrabbing".
George Allision of Zimbabwe founded the company Amatheon, with two friends and the German holding company Sapinda. The company has leased 30,000 ha of land in Zambia. (Photo: Thomas Kruchem)
"It will be a huge mistake to hand over to these corporations most of our land rights. In fact it is the subsistence farmers who produce more than 90 per cent of the food we consume" in Tanzania. (Photo courtesy of Kwekudee)
Aggrieved: Workers from Karuturi Flower Farm demonstrate on Moi South Lake road on December 24, 2013. (The Star, Nariobi)
Investors from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates have asked Ed Smith, a southern Alberta hay exporter, to help them buy land in North America.
Mozambique President Armando Guebuza and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe taste Japanese food during an event to promote Japanese cuisine and its ingredients in Maputo on Jan. 12. (Photo: Shogo Koshida)
Research published by alternative investment manager Aquila Capital in December 2013 showed that 23% of institutional investors are looking to increase their exposure to farmland over the next 12 months and 11.4% are planning to increase it over the next five years.
Peasant farmer in Cameroon: invest in African farmers rather than give away their land, argues Alangeh Romanus Che.
