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Dwindling number of Africans own land
- DW
- 20 January 2021
Researchers say the growing interest of companies in investing in agricultural land is the main cause for land inequality.
World Bank, EU ready to provide technical support for Ukraine to launch farmland reform
- UNIAN
- 20 January 2021
The World Bank and the European Union stand ready to provide technical support and other resources for Ukraine to successfully implement farmland reform, says World Bank economist.
Research finds that multinational land deals harm local food security
- OAG
- 20 January 2021
A new study examines the agricultural impact of multinational land deals (aka ‘land grabbing’), which are found to be directly harmful to local food security and livelihoods
Palm oil firm Korindo aims to silence NGOs with baseless “SLAPP” lawsuit
- Mighty Earth
- 19 January 2021
Germany’s Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald) and Washington, D.C.-based Center for International Policy (CIP) blasted a baseless defamation lawsuit brought to the Hamburg Regional Court by a supplier to the Korindo conglomerate, a notorious Korean-Indonesian palm oil, logging and wind tower manufacturing giant.
Land deals meant to improve food security may have hurt
- PNAS
- 19 January 2021
Large-scale land acquisitions by foreign investors, intended to improve global food security, had little to no benefit, increasing crop production in some areas while simultaneously threatening local food security in others.
Raio X: onde estão os 3,9 milhões de hectares sob controle estrangeiro no Brasil
- Brasil de Fato
- 18 January 2021
Reflorestamento e pecuária são as destinações mais comuns, segundo o Incra; PL busca flexibilizar regras para aquisição.
Bill Gates se convirtió en el mayor propietario de tierras agrícolas en EEUU
- Ámbito
- 18 January 2021
El fundador de Microsoft tiene un terreno de casi 28.000 hectáreas situado en el estado de Louisiana. Le siguen las propiedades de Arkansas (20.000 hectáreas) y de Nebraska (8.331 hectáreas).
Prévention des conflits fonciers en rendant impossible l’octroi des Tf sur les terres arables : La Cicodev en phase avec Macky
- Le Quotidien
- 18 January 2021
Lors de son face-à-face avec la presse le 31 décembre dernier, le chef de l’Etat sénégalais avait dit demandé au «ministre des Finances d’engager des réformes afin qu’il ne soit plus possible d’octroyer des titres fonciers sur les terres arables».
Bill Gates: America’s top farmland owner
- Land Report
- 18 January 2021
The co-founder of Microsoft and his wife rank as the largest private farmland owners in the US, with over 242,000 acres across the country.
Bill Gates devient le plus grand exploitant agricole privé des États-Unis
- Clubic
- 15 January 2021
Le fondateur de Microsoft possède plus de terres agricoles aux États-Unis que n'importe quel propriétaire terrien privé américain, selon The Land Report.
Brasil: Nota de Repúdio: A violência e grilagem de terras no estado do Piauí
- Campanha Cerrado
- 15 January 2021
A Comissão Pastoral da Terra – Regional Piauí, ao tempo em que denuncia a grilagem de terra e a violência no campo no estado do Piauí, repudia essa prática e torna público mais um caso desumano, arbitrário e de irregularidade ao direito à terra e ao território.
Sexual exploitation and violence against women at the root of the industrial plantation model
- WRM
- 14 January 2021
The violence inherent in the colonial plantation model does not spare systems of collective organization, food sovereignty, community care, cultural and language diversity, and ancestral knowledge.