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Mitr Phol disputants to testify
- Phnom Penh Post
- 11 November 2014
Representatives of Oddar Meanchey villagers who allegedly lost their homes in a 2008 land grab by Thai-owned sugar giant Mitr Phol are hopeful a settlement may soon be reached.
Land wars: Ethiopia accused of massacring civilians to clear way for foreign farms
- Vice Magazine
- 10 November 2014
Ethiopia is selling off vast chunks of its land to foreign investors who are growing food products for export — and those who get in the government's way are being killed or silenced.
Pronunciamiento de la CLOC- Vía Campesina Sudamérica frente al Caso Curuguaty
- Vía Campesina
- 10 November 2014
Posición de la CLOC- Vía Campesina Sudamérica con respecto al inminente juicio oral y público contra los campesinos y las campesinas procesados por el caso de la masacre de Curuguaty
Invest in agriculture, US business mission urged
- Daily News
- 10 November 2014
Tanzania's Minister of State, Dr Mary Nagu, has urged US companies to invest in agriculture since Tanzania is blessed with over 43 million hectares of arable land.
Stop investing in Colombian blood: land activists appeal to the UK
- Guardian
- 10 November 2014
Colombians are being kept off their farms by armed groups and illegal businesses. Those fighting for land restitution have a blunt message for British firms and politicians
Unifrutti signs deal for Maguindanao banana farms
- Business World
- 10 November 2014
Chiquita-Unifrutti will invest US$60 million in a 2,000 ha banana plantation in an area previously occupied by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
Engineering ethnic conflict: The toll of Ethiopia's plantation development on the Suri people
- Oakland Institue
- 10 November 2014
The report uncovers the truth behind a reported massacre of 30 to 50 Suri people in May 2012 near a 30,000-hectare Malaysian-owned Koka plantation.
Kagame woos Indian investment
- East African
- 09 November 2014
Rwanda is pushing for massive irrigation projects to boost agricultural production, where an investment of $200 million is needed for 35,800 hectares of farmland.
40 mil personas de 60 países piden tierras de Marina Cue para familias víctimas de la masacre
- E'a
- 07 November 2014
Se cerrará el viernes 14 de noviembre la campaña que promueve que las tierras de Marina Cue sean para familias víctimas de la masacre. Las organizaciones nuevamente pedirán una reunión con el presidente Horacio Cartes.
Campesinos de Sierra Leona luchan por sus tierras
- Telesur TV
- 07 November 2014
Entre las multinacionales y los campesinos de Sierra Leona se libra una batalla por las tierras, teleSUR te muestra cómo ese país azotado por el ébola tiene luchas paralelas.
Telling family farming fairy tales
- Reuters
- 07 November 2014
A recent comprehensive survey by GRAIN, examining data from around the world, finds that while small farmers feed the world, they are doing so with just 24 percent of the world's farmland.
NGOs say ethnic areas have no ‘virgin lands’
- DVB
- 07 November 2014
The Ethnic Community Development Forum (ECDF) released a statement on Thursday which slammed Burma’s draft National Land Use Policy for failing to protect small-scale farmers and ethnic minorities.