Ocho años después de la publicación del primer informe sobre acaparamiento de tierras, GRAIN publica un nuevo conjunto de datos que documentan cerca de 500 casos de acaparamiento de tierras.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday raised alarm over what it called, “the spate of land grabbing by foreign companies in guise of investing in the country’s economy.
- Premium Times
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30 November 2016
Cooperation Memorandum signed between JSC National Export and Investments Agency KAZNEX INVEST of the Ministry for Investments and Development and the Asia-Pacific Food Fund (APOFCO)
- Kazinform
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30 November 2016
The world’s most popular food companies are selling food containing palm oil tainted by shocking human rights abuses in Indonesia, with children as young as eight working in hazardous conditions, says Amnesty International.
- Amnesty International
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30 November 2016
A new book presents case studies on changing agro-food systems in Southern Africa within the context of large-scale land-based and agri-business investments.
The Tanzanian government has held a series of stakeholders meetings to enable different interest groups to present their views on the draft National Land Policy, 2016.
- The Citizen
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30 November 2016
The secretary of the Myanmar Investment Commission said foreign investments in agriculture were low because Myanmar has unclear policies in relation to land ownership.
KLK announce withdraws from customary land in Collingwood Bay, but has not clarified overall plans for its total land bank of 44,342 ha in the region or its 37,000 ha plantation deal in Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
- Value Walk
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28 November 2016
Across the globe, governments and investors from wealthy nations are buying up foreign farmland to support domestic food security.
- Takepart
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28 November 2016
Friends of the Earth and As You Sow are circulating a letter to TIAA clients calling on the firm to disclose information about all of its investments in companies with farmland and palm oil operations, and to commit to a deforestation- and land grab-free investment policy.
- Mongabay
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27 November 2016
The agriculture industry is piquing the interest of investors around the world, according to an investment strategy expert.
- AgriNews
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27 November 2016
The people of the Sinthiou Thirmoy village in Senegal are protesting against the British firm Société de Culture Légumière, accusing it of land grabbing.
- Ecofin Agency
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25 November 2016