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Ghana offers land to Punjab farmers
- SME Times
- 01 August 2014
Ghana has offered to settle progressive farmers from Punjab to give a push to the agricultural sector in the western African country, a Punjab government spokesman said Thursday.
Sugar wars: 35 years of bitter feuds in Central Malawi
- Mail & Guardian
- 01 August 2014
Four hundred subsistence farmers say sugar giant Illovo illegally took over 600 ha of their land in 1979. And they still want it back.
Brazil and Japan: The Mozambican government invited us to participate in the ProSavana program
- Via Campesina
- 30 July 2014
After concerns were raised about the negative effects ProSavana poses to the Mozambican peasants, the governments of Brazil and Japan defended their participation in the program.
Women prevented from fetching firewood and other forest products in the Nacala Corridor
- Via Campesina
- 30 July 2014
Evidence of the effects of land grabbing on peasants in the region of Mozambique where the ProSavana project is being implemented is beginning to show, especially the impacts on women.
K Global Ventures selected by Government of Guinea to develop 100,000 hectares palm oil plantation
- Business Wire
- 30 July 2014
Guinea's Minister of Trade, Marc Yombouno, says that if the Malaysian company completes the project within five years the Republic of Guinea will provide the company with an additional 100,000 ha.
Latest killing in Cambodia highlights tensions and violence over land
- Global Witness
- 30 July 2014
The killing on 27th July 2014 of a teenage farmer by a soldier from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces is the latest tragedy emerging out of Cambodia’s land grabbing crisis.
Land grabbing – A new political strategy for Arab countries
- IPS
- 30 July 2014
Arab countries are increasingly seeking to secure their food needs through an international strategy of land grabs which are often detrimental to local populations.
World Bank turns its back on rights protections for the poor
- Inclusive Development International
- 30 July 2014
Despite earlier commitments that safeguards on land rights would be strengthened, the proposed policy changes would gut essential requirements necessary to prevent displacement, impoverishment, and environmental damage.
Kampot villagers protest alleged land grab
- Cambodia Daily
- 29 July 2014
About 100 villagers locked in a land dispute with an agriculture firm temporarily forced the company on Sunday to cease excavating the contested site in Kampot province.
Liberia: Dismissed Sime Darby employee threatens to set himself ablaze
- Heritage
- 29 July 2014
A 35 year-old resident of Gbar in Klay District, Bomi County has threatened to set himself ablaze for being terminated from the employ of the Sime Darby Company without benefits.
Farmers protest in Serbia: ‘Most fertile land is given to Arabs’
- inSerbia
- 28 July 2014
Farmers are outraged at the Ministry of Agriculture, which leased more than 3,000 ha of the best arable land to the company “Al Rafaved” from the United Arab Emirates for 250 euros per hectare.
Farmland in Chernobyl? Pension investments to avoid
- CityWire
- 28 July 2014
Sipp operator warns of spike in overseas property investment schemes that could leave you short-changed.