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Bulgarie. Les étrangers pourront continuer à acheter des terres
- Ouest France
- 03 February 2014
La Cour constitutionnelle bulgare a annulé le 28 janvier 2014 une résolution parlementaire interdisant de vendre des terres à des étrangers.
Africa: Asia's new agri business venue?
- Deccan Herald
- 03 February 2014
A true revolution would be in encouraging people's own agricultural innovations not creating new (African) markets for Big Business in agriculture, argues Shalini Bhutani.
Satirical film targets 'development' for tribes
- Survival International
- 03 February 2014
The 2-minute animation 'There You Go!' shows how 'development' can rob self-sufficient tribal people of their land, livelihood and pride, and turn them into beggars.
Mauritanie : accaparement des terres arables du Fouta
- Financial Afrik
- 03 February 2014
77 représentants de communautés villageoises du département de Boghé contestent une concession rurale attribuant 31.000 ha à la société saoudienne Al Rajihi, dans une correspondance adressée au président Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.
Mauritanians want land leased to Saudi society cancelled
- PANA
- 02 February 2014
Mauritanians living in Boghe, 300km south-west of Nouakchott, have asked their government to cancel a 31,000 ha rural land concession granted to a Saudi society, Al-Rajihi.
Le gouvernement des États-Unis retire son soutien financier à l’accaparement des terres du peuple autochtone anuak dans l'état de Gambella
- GITPA
- 02 February 2014
Le gouvernement des États‐Unis a pris une position dans le projet de loi pour l’ouverture des crédits 2014.
Chops and robbers
- Africa in Fact
- 01 February 2014
Forest clearance in the Congo basin from oil palm plantations and illegal logging has increased again since 2010 and the future is not rosy.
China's ag ventures abroad choked with weeds
- Want China Times
- 01 February 2014
Chinese farming businesses are facing multiple challenges in their overseas push.
Mitsui begins shifting its focus to agribusiness
- The Australian
- 01 February 2014
The top priority for Mitsui's massive investments in Australia is starting to shift from resources to agribusiness
Threats of land grabbing discussed
- Imphal
- 31 January 2014
Groups from across Asia meet in Manipur to share their experiences on some of the key process of land grabbing and its impact on agriculture in their respective countries.
Afrique, sommet de l’UA: La politique du surplace
- Le Pays
- 30 January 2014
A l’heure actuelle, la question du juste partage des terres reste une bombe à fragmentations et à retardement, menaçant la stabilité sociale des Etats du continent.
New Cambodian land disputes despite moratorium on key concessions
- RFA
- 30 January 2014
At least 41 new land disputes were reported in Cambodia last year despite a government moratorium on the widespread grant of so-called economic land concessions.