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Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°85
- Le Hub Rural / Commission de l'UEMOA
- 07 February 2013
Le dernier bulletin d'information du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de sortir
Paraguay: Grupo empresarial anuncia importante inversión en el sector agropecuario y forestal
- Nanduti
- 06 February 2013
Rioforte, sociedad de inversiones del Grupo Espíritu Santo y la DEG, parte del KfW Bankengruppe, institución financiera alemana anunciaron que invertirán unos 25 millones de Euros en “Paraguay Agri-cultural Corporation” (PAC) destinados a proyectos agropecuarios y forestales
Indian companies' investments in Ethiopia displace people: Activists
- Business Standard
- 06 February 2013
Indian companies that have invested in agriculture in Ethiopia are under fire from civil society groups. The companies have been accused of large-scale land grabbing, which has led to displacement of the tribal population there.
Cairns Mayor open to Chinese farmland investment
- ABC
- 06 February 2013
The Cairns Mayor says he would support the sale of agricultural land to Chinese investors if it was good for the far north Queensland region of Australia.
Charts: The top 5 land-grabbing countries
- Mother Jones
- 06 February 2013
Of the countries that lost the highest percentages of their cultivated land to land grabs, nine out of 10 have malnourishment rates of 5 percent or more.
Landowners or laborers: What choice will developing countries make?
- RRI
- 06 February 2013
Would developing countries choose a development path built on inclusiveness, respect for the rights of their citizens, and the rule of law? Or would they seek a short-cut to development and opt to hand over community land and natural resources to international investors and national elites?
Investir dans les terres des autres, un pari à haut risque
- AFP
- 05 February 2013
Blocages de routes, émeutes aux portes, image écornée: les achats de terres peuvent tourner à la catastrophe pour les investisseurs quand les droits de propriétés des paysans sont bafoués, selon des travaux publiés mardi.
AFD : agence française du dépouillement foncier
- Survie
- 05 February 2013
A travers l’African Agriculture Fund (AAF), l’Agence française de développement (AFD) et PROPARCO, sa filiale pour le développement du secteur privé, investissent dans l’accaparement des terres en Afrique sub-saharienne.
The global farmland rush
- New York Times
- 05 February 2013
Over the last decade, food-importing nations and private investors have been securing land abroad to use for agriculture. Poor governments have embraced these deals, but their people are in danger of losing their patrimony, not to mention their sources of food.
“Unheard voices” speak out
- Oakland Institute
- 05 February 2013
Indigenous Ethiopians demand a stop to human rights abuses stemming from agricultural investment policies
Global land grab brings investment risk, communities react to economic harm, rights abuses
- RRI
- 05 February 2013
Risk analysts show that operational cost increases can approach 2,800 percent; Myanmar is latest flashpoint in alarming trend
Aux origines de l’accaparement des terres
- Survie
- 04 February 2013
Le ministre français du Développement se targue d’une diplomatie offensive pour un accord international pour l’encadrement des investissements agricoles - comme si des cadres de discussion pouvaient limiter les conséquences sociales dramatiques de l’expropriation des communautés qui vivent sur ces terres