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Nouvelle colonisation - Kolibri
- YouTube
- 30 January 2013
Clip de rap du morceau "Nouvelle colonisation" de Kolibri.
Analyse: Petites avancées sur la réforme agraire dans l’est de la RDC
- IRIN
- 30 January 2013
Le nouveau code agricole limite la part des investissements étrangers dans les terres agricoles en RDC à 49 pour cent mais le gouvernement prévoit de réviser cette clause.
Investors running wild on land: the threats posed by international investment agreements
- Traidcraft
- 30 January 2013
A recent briefing note by Traidcraft discusses the threats posed by current regulation of foreign investment in land highlighting that food security and other human rights concerns often come at the cost of excessive protection of foreign investors’ rights.
Hollande-Biya: la déforestation, l'huile de palme, on en parle?
- Huffington Post
- 30 January 2013
François Hollande ne manquera certainement pas de sujets de conversation lorsqu'il recevra à l'Elysée son homologue camerounais Paul Biya ce 30 janvier.
Accord stratégique pour Louis Dreyfus à Abidjan
- Africa Intelligence
- 29 January 2013
La patronne du groupe Louis Dreyfus doit profiter de son séjour en Côte d'Ivoire pour signer un accord avec le ministre de l'agriculture autorisant la mise à disposition, par l'Etat ivoirien, de 100 000 hectares de terres au nord du pays.
Study: Israel ranks among world's most harmful land-grabbers
- Haaretz
- 29 January 2013
Wealthy countries, and private companies from those countries, have been increasingly buying up land in poor areas for their own economic purposes, a new study says. And Israel turns out to be one of the leading land grabbers.
Report gives national view of land concessions in Lao PDR
- SDC
- 29 January 2013
"There is currently more land granted in concessions, than there is land being cultivated for rice."
New IIED publications on agricultural investments in Mali and Zambia
- IIED
- 29 January 2013
Two new reports by IIED look at agricultural investments and land acquisitions in Mali Ans Zambia.
Indonesia’s Salim Group enters Brazil
- Jakarta Globe
- 29 January 2013
Indofood Sukses Makmur is planning to acquire a 50 percent stake in a plantation company in Brazil through its subsidiary Indofood Agri Resources, as the company expands its sugar plantation business.
Analysis of the discourse and background of the ProSAVANA programme in Mozambique – focusing on Japan’s role
- 28 January 2013
Report on Japan's role in the ProSAVANA programme in Mozambique by Sayaka Funada Classen.
Au Cambodge, deux fois plus d’arrestations pour les terres
- Asie-Info
- 28 January 2013
Quant aux expulsions liées aux conflits fonciers, le porte-parole du ministère de l’aménagement du territoire a assuré « qu’il n’y en avait pas ».
Análise do Discurso e dos Antecedentes do Programa ProSAVANA em Moçambique – enfoque no papel do Japão
- 28 January 2013
Este artigo de Sayaka Funada Classen examina as características e os antecedentes do Programa de Cooperação Triangular para o Desenvolvimento da Agricultura das Savanas Tropicais em Moçambique assinado conjuntamente pelos governos do Japão, Brasil e Moçambique em 2009.