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Investors hungry for agriculture
- The Australian
- 27 April 2013
There is "a wall of money" looking for a home in agricultural investments worldwide, say managers for BlackRock's London-based World Agriculture Fund.
Probe confirms Singapore-based palm oil company engaged in land-grabbing in Borneo
- Mongabay
- 26 April 2013
An independent investigation has shown that First Resources Ltd failed to obtain proper consent from local communities before clearing rainforests for plantations in Indonesian Borneo, an Indonesian indigenous rights group reported last week.
Promesas, poder y pobreza: transacciones de tierras y las mujeres rurales en África
- Toma la Palabra
- 26 April 2013
La nueva oleada de inversiones empresariales en tierras parece tener como objetivo la expansión e intensificación de un modelo de cultivo con poca visión de futuro, el cual, hasta la fecha, ha marginado las voces y los intereses de las mujeres.
El país 'no está listo para extranjerizar la tierra', advierte experto
- El Tiempo
- 26 April 2013
Investigador Jorge Garay dice que Colombia debe crear regulación para afrontar estos procesos.
Sudan police break up protest against land sale to Arab investors
- Reuters
- 26 April 2013
Sudanese police used tear gas and batons to break up a protest of more than 250 people on Friday demanding that the government revoke the sale of farming land to Gulf Arab investors
Gabon : Ma terre mon droit
- Soundcloud
- 26 April 2013
Chanson contre l'accaparement de terres au Gabon par Julien N’Kolo Reteno
Ruée sur les terres africaines
- Deutsche Welle
- 25 April 2013
Carl Heinrich Bruhn, cet entrepreneur allemand a loué 30 000 hectares de terres en Zambie, affirme qu'il n'est pas un accapareur de terres. Il veut que les agriculteurs locaux aient désormais accès aux engrais et aux insecticides pour augmenter leurs rendements.
Come grab our land
- IPS
- 25 April 2013
Government structures across West and Central Africa are now “in a bind and divided, with some ministries choosing to hand over natural resources to agribusinesses and mining, and others seeking to protect the rights of their citizens,” according to Andy White, coordinator of RRI
Gabon-Maroc : Ali Bongo Ondimba ouvre le Gabon-Vert aux investisseurs
- Infos Gabon
- 24 April 2013
Le Gabon Vert, fort de ses 5 millions d’hectares cultivables, est ouvert aux investisseurs.
Appropriations foncières et modèles agricoles
- CIRAD
- 24 April 2013
Ce numéro spécial des Cahiers Agricultures analyse la place accordée au foncier et aux diverses formes d’agriculture dans les stratégies des Etats, des investisseurs et des communautés d’acteurs locaux.
Is our country part of the “wild west”? A moratorium on large-scale land leases for agriculture is urgently needed in Sierra Leone.
- Green Scenery
- 24 April 2013
Green Scenery calculates that 60% of the total area in Pujehun district is already being, or could soon be converted for large-scale industrial agriculture, primarily for oil palm plantations.
Acaparando rosas
- Palabre-ando
- 24 April 2013
Actualmente una de cada nueve rosas llegan de una única multinacional de la flor cortada, la hindú Karuturi Global Ltd, que en sus viveros de Etiopía y Kenya produce 580 millones de flores anualmente.