Rural sociologist Saker El Nour discusses the complex power dynamics between main actors within land reclamation projects in Egypt.
- Mada Masr
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02 February 2021
An Australian family, backed by one of South Africa's richest men, has bought its sixth Northern Territory cattle property, acquiring Larrizona Station for $17 million.
The health emergency caused by COVID-19 created more unfavorable conditions for defenders of the land and territory due to the creation of emergency decrees and the increased isolation of communities from society.
The host communities of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc in Nigeria held a peaceful protest over the weekend against what they tagged marginalisation and ill-treatment and water pollution by the oil palm company.
About 66 per cent of conflicts related to palm oil in West Kalimantan in the last two decades have yet to be resolved, according to a report recently issued by the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV).
The United University Professions' resolution calls for an end to TIAA landholdings “associated with deforestation and human rights abuses".
- TIAA Divest!
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29 January 2021
David Del Curto, S.A. is a leading Chilean fruit production, packing and export company, which produces over ten different fruit types across eleven farms, while also managing one of the largest nurseries in the country.
- https://apnews.com/press-release/pr-newswire/business-corporate-news-latin-america-and-caribbean-north-america-ownership-changes-b1439318c29b4248313c21e885a79407
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28 January 2021
A study published by FIAN International ‘Disruption or Déjà Vu? Digitalization, Land and Human Rights’ reveals how digital technologies have become new tools for land grabs and sources of profits.
A new report by an alliance of civil society organisations chronicles one of the most scandalous failures of development bank investment in agriculture.
- RIAO-RDC et al.
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28 January 2021
AVG Capital Partners will build a pig farm on 1,000 hectares of land in the Nghi Son Economic Zone to raise five million hogs a year.
- VN Express
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27 January 2021
DAL’s $225m greenfield project in Abu Hamad — a joint venture with the Royal Group of Abu Dhabi and about 10km from the banks of the Nile — is watered by 18km of canals drawing water from the world’s longest river.
Here is a new video about one of the biggest cases of agricultural land grabbing in Senegal: 20,000 hectares, first allocated to Senhuile-Sénéthanol, now known as Les Fermes de la Téranga.