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Animated guide to land grabs
- Oxfam
- 21 May 2013
Animation from Oxfam showing how families are being unfairly evicted from their land and left with no way to grow food or earn a living as a result of big land deals in poor countries.
Interview with FGV coordinator Cleber Guarany about the ProSavana Project in Mozambique.
- Terraviva
- 21 May 2013
Translation of an interview given by the coordinator of the consulting firm responsible for developing the ProSavana master plan and coordinating private sector investment.
Saudi investor to delay Sudan farm project over dollar curbs
- Reuters
- 20 May 2013
A Saudi firm will hold off its planned project in Sudan to produce wheat and other basic food items until the government eases a ban to repatriate profits.
Stallion Group to invest in rice production in Edo
- This Day
- 20 May 2013
A private initiative, Stallion Group, has indicated its readiness to invest in rice production in Edo State, just as the state government assured it of a conducive environment.
Arabs invest little in agriculture
- ANBA
- 20 May 2013
Agricultural investment firm GLB presented its Sudan alfafa production project, which produces feed for animals in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, to participants at the agriculture investment conference in Sudan.
The changing face of land disputes in Liberia
- IRIN
- 20 May 2013
The Liberia Land Commission is making significant headway, say land experts, but non-conflict related land disputes are increasing, most of them as a result of weak land laws.
Foreign ownership ban retained
- DTN/TPF
- 20 May 2013
Wisconsin state legislators have blocked an effort by Gov. Scott Walker to lift the state's long-time limits on foreign ownership of farmland.
When the levee breaks
- The Hindu
- 19 May 2013
Karuturi Global faces accusations of causing floods to local villages, not paying taxes, contributing to human rights violations and providing dismal working conditions at its farming operations in Gambela, Ethiopia.
El desembarco
- La Jornada
- 19 May 2013
África se está convirtiendo en un goloso pastel para las grandes empresas planetarias en su incesante y despiadada búsqueda del lucro, ahora que otros continentes están agotados.
What can we learn from history about the impact of large-scale land developments in Africa?
- Future Agricultures
- 19 May 2013
Can contemporary large-scale land investments play a role in reducing poverty and inequality? If so, what influences the outcomes? A new research project is gathering data on three farming models – contract farming, plantations and commercial farming areas – in Ghana, Kenya and Zambia.
Réserve naturelle de biocombustibles
- Agoravox
- 18 May 2013
Les témoignages que l'on entend dans les villages de Ndiael, au Sénégal, nous narrent une histoire bien connue.
Shifting the debate about ‘responsible soy’ production in Paraguay
- LPDI
- 17 May 2013
A critical analysis of five claims about environmental, economic, and social sustainability.