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Ethiopia: Land policy revised
- Africa Intelligence
- 27 September 2013
After enabling foreign firms to grab vast stretches of land, the government has begun to review its land policy.
Cargill may have broken law over Colombia land buying: Oxfam
- Oxfam
- 27 September 2013
Cargill bought a large area of farming land in Colombia many times bigger than the legal limit by setting up dozens of "shell companies", violating the spirit of agrarian reform laws, Oxfam said in a report released.
Ethiopia: La politique foncière revue et corrigée
- Africa Intelligence
- 27 September 2013
En privé, les officiels éthiopiens reconnaissent l'échec de leur politique d'agriculture commerciale basée sur la location à bas prix d'immenses portions de terres à des firmes étrangères.
Seminario internacional: concentración y acaparamiento de tierras, desarrollo rural y derecho a la alimentación
- Grupo Semillas
- 26 September 2013
Del 9 al 11 de octubre de 2013 se llevará a cabo en la Universidad Externado de Colombia un seminario internacional sobre concentración y acaparamiento de tierras.
Karuturi workers demonstrate along Naivasha Nakuru highway over their pay
- KTN
- 26 September 2013
Workers of the troubled Karuturi farms in Kenya went on strike to demand their two months salaries. The incident came two days after four workers tried to commit suicide outside the farm's gates in protest.
Tanzania: State has not grabbed land from anybody
- Tanzania Daily News
- 26 September 2013
President Jakaya Kikwete refutes claims that his government is a notorious grabber of land from poor subsistence farmers in rural areas in an address at Guelph University, Canada.
Global farmland offers potential for asset deals
- Financial Post
- 26 September 2013
As the world’s population swells beyond seven billion and emerging markets’ appetite for food grows, Canadian institutions are getting increasingly hungry for agribusiness and farmland acquisitions abroad.
Colombia: ¿Por qué campesinos dirigidos por Indupalma aparecen endeudados con un prestamista de Islas Caimán?, pregunta Robledo a Minagricultura
- PDA
- 25 September 2013
El principal accionista de Indupalma es una sucursal en Colombia de la empresa Palmicultora Palmas de Oro, compañía domiciliada en Panamá, un reconocido paraíso fiscal.
Indonesian land buy may go over 1.5m hectares
- The Examiner
- 25 September 2013
The Indonesian government may be in the market for an even larger slice of Australian land than the 1.5 million hectares it has proposed.
Bitter harvest: Aussie families warn of foreign giants buying up the farm
- Canberra Times
- 25 September 2013
US, Canadian, Arabian and Swiss interests are buying up multiple properties in around Stockinbingal, and the handful of Australian family farms that remain want the federal government to intervene.
ADB to increase its lending to agri-business companies -official
- Dow Jones
- 25 September 2013
The Asian Development Bank plans to pick up direct equity stakes in food and agri-business enterprises in the region next year, a senior official said.
SDI calls on the Government of Liberia, Equatorial Palm Oil to immediately cease land survey in Grand Bassa District #4
- SDI
- 25 September 2013
A paramilitary unit of the Liberia National Police was deployed into the area after residents attempted to halt the survey.