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The financialisation of land sales
- ORFC
- 12 January 2021
Watch the recording of a panel discussion from the Oxford Real Farming Conference with FIAN International, Agter and Land Matrix Ukraine
Argentina’s land laws stifle sustainable agriculture
- Diálogo Chino
- 12 January 2021
Argentina’s land laws have meant increasingly concentrated land ownership and leasing to profit-oriented companies who care little for long-term sustainability.
En Mayenne, les terres agricoles intéressent de plus en plus d'étrangers
- France Bleu
- 11 January 2021
"Le fait que des étrangers s'installe ici, ne pose pas de problème, à condition qu'ils ne fassent pas de production intensive et qu'ils respectent les normes écologiques" explique le porte parole de la Confédération Paysanne en Mayenne
Concerns raised about foreign investment in agriculture, but it is needed, stakeholders say
- Kathmandu Post
- 09 January 2021
The government has decided to open Nepal’s agriculture sector—primary production—for foreign direct investment by allowing 100 percent of investment
Accaparement des terres au Cameroun : la Socapalm indexée
- DW
- 08 January 2021
Au Cameroun, les populations rurales accusent la Socapalm, une entreprise de plantation de palmiers à huile, de les déposséder de leurs terres. Elisabeth Asen Somo a mené sa petite enquête.
Norfund lost NOK 146 million on a plantation in Tanzania
- Bistandsaktuelt
- 08 January 2021
Norfund reports losses of over $23 million on its investments in the UK company Agrica and its large-scale rice plantation in the Kilombero Valley of Tanzania.
Interview: Despite escalating assassinations, Colombian farmworker union fights for the right to the land
- Labour Notes
- 08 January 2021
In Colombia, big agribusinesses, cattle ranchers, transnational corporations, and wealthy landowners have been able to claim land that is not theirs by acquiring titles through a legal system farming families have no access to.
Liberia: Salala Rubber Corporation accused of masterminding violence against affected communities, Green Advocates
- Front Page Africa
- 08 January 2021
Salala Rubber Corporation holds a concession of over 40,000 hectares in central Liberia, but has often been accused of land grabbing and destruction of the locals’ farms
Extranjeros controlan al menos 17 mil hectáreas de unidades de conservación en Brasil
- Brasil de Fato
- 05 January 2021
Cerca del 59% de esa área está a nombre de Fiat, en Minas Gerais; abogada alerta sobre subregistro y analiza intereses
Liberia: Villagers, SRC at loggerheads over land
- Daily Observer
- 05 January 2021
There are 22 impoverished villages of over 2,000 inhabitants surrounding the Salala Rubber Corporation, and all are contending that the company turns over their land of inheritance, which it claimed without their consent years ago.
Senegal judge closes gas corruption case
- AFP
- 05 January 2021
A Senegalese judge finds no evidence of alleged corruption over the sale of gas contracts to British energy giant BP, an affair suspected of possible links to Senhuile agibusiness project
Danish investors accumulate arable land in eastern Romania
- Romania Insider
- 05 January 2021
FirstFarms, controlled by Danish investors, has consolidated its position in the eastern part of Romania, where it owns silos with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes, by taking over lease contracts for 400 hectares.