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New reports: African governments giving land away quickly, recognizing land rights slowly
- RRI
- 07 Mar 2013
Africa remains a target for land-grab developments worth billions; regional dialogue in Yaoundé focuses on the need for speed
Securing rights and livelihoods for rural women in the context of corporate land investments: Learning from experiences in Africa
- Land & Poverty 2013
- 06 Mar 2013
Without strong interventions led by rural women themselves, corporate land deals will continue to perpetuate and deepen existing gender inequalities and contribute to increased levels of resource scarcity, poverty and conflict.
Cambodian activist in attempt to overturn conviction
- Guardian
- 05 Mar 2013
Rights groups criticise 'veritable death sentence' against Mam Sonando for speaking out against controversial land grabs
Rebel ceasefire fuels Myanmar land grabs: report
- AFP
- 05 Mar 2013
Villagers have been forced from land with little or no compensation, harassed and extorted by both sides as land is parcelled off to domestic and foreign firms including from China and Thailand
FG, Olam partner to arrest impending hike in price of rice
- This Day
- 05 Mar 2013
The Federal Government and Singapore's Olam, which has 6,000 hectares under cultivation of rice, announce collaboration towards managing the impact of an imminent rice crisis in Nigeria.
“No land, no power”
- Swedwatch
- 05 Mar 2013
Executive summary of Swedwatch's report on the Swedfund-supported Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone
Splash and grab: The global scramble for water
- New Scientist
- 04 Mar 2013
What we call land-grabbing is often more about access to irrigation. We urgently need to know how much is being purloined
Africa’s agriculture and agribusiness markets set to top US$1 trillion in 2030
- World Bank
- 04 Mar 2013
"In the rush to allocate land for agribusiness, care needs to be taken so that acquisitions are conducted according to ethical and socially responsible standards, including recognizing local users’ rights, holding consultations with local communities, and paying fair market-rate compensation for land acquired," says the World Bank.
China scales back WA farm plans
- The West Australian
- 04 Mar 2013
The Beidahuang Group has been dismayed by what it regards as negative media coverage of its investment in agricultural land in Australia and plans to scale back while it still purchases more farms.
US NGO slams city rose grower’s Ethiopia venture
- Bangalore Mirror
- 04 Mar 2013
It alleges that the dealings of Karuturi Global, one of India’s largest flower growers, in the African nation do not smell as sweet as what it grows
Liberian women impacted by expansion of Sime Darby’s oil palm plantations
- WRM
- 04 Mar 2013
The report “Uncertain Futures. The impacts of Sime Darby on communities”, produced by SDI and WRM, gives a deeper insight in how industrial oil palm plantations affect women in a differentiated way.
Agrarian problems emerge as corporations use MIFEE project for capital accumulation.
- awasMIFEE
- 02 Mar 2013
People in Indonesia consider the food crisis as an excuse, deliberately created so that corporations could assert control over the necessary business which is central to most people’s lives.