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Liberia passes landmark law to secure ancestral land rights
- Reuters
- 21 September 2018
Liberia has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral territory,
Preparation of an international guidance document on agricultural land investment contracts
- Unidroit
- 21 September 2018
A UNIDROIT Working Group is currently developing, in collaboration with FAO and IFAD, an instrument on agricultural land investment contracts.
JICA signs $50-million loan agreement with Amaggi Exportação e Importação Ltda for the Agriculture Supply Chain Enhancement Project in Brazil
- JICA
- 20 September 2018
The Japan International Cooperation Agency says the project will advance sustainable agricultural development in the northeastern region of Mato Grosso State and bring benefits to Japanese and global food security
Imposer la vérité face aux tout-puissants: Ces villageoises qui s'opposent au géant de l'huile de palme
- Fern
- 20 September 2018
La journaliste camerounaise Madeleine Ngeunga et Indra Van Gisbergen de Fern se sont rendues dans des villages aux abords de deux plantations de palmiers à huile de la Socapalm afin de déterminer si les problèmes à l'origine des différends entre les habitants et la société étaient en passe d'être résolus.
Liberia : la très attendue loi foncière enfin promulguée
- AFP
- 20 September 2018
La loi autorise pour la première fois des ressortissants étrangers à faire l’acquisition de parcelles de terrain, à condition que celles-ci soient utilisées dans le but déclaré lors de l’achat.
Selon Transparency International, le titre foncier est un foyer de corruption le plus dévastateur au Cameroun
- Le Messager
- 17 September 2018
Selon Ti-c, les principaux problèmes que rencontrent les populations en matière foncière, dont l’accaparement des terres, ont pour dénominateur commun le titre foncier.
Brasil: Corrida por terras ameaça comunidades tradicionais e áreas indígenas, diz professor da UnB
- Sul 21
- 17 September 2018
“Os fundos de pensão estão menos preocupados com a produção e muito mais preocupados com o tema dos juros e da valorização da terra, ou seja, da especulação".
Chinese investors shift agriculture practices in North
- The Nation
- 17 September 2018
Widespread contract farming for Cavendish bananas to export to China began in the North of Thailand two years ago, along with a large-scale plantation owned by a Thai-Chinese joint venture.
Move to acquire lands in Sudan for farming
- Daily New Nation
- 17 September 2018
The Government of Bangladesh has decided to acquire land in Sudan in a bid to explore commercial farming opportunities in the Northeast African country.
Kebbi farmers allege takeover of farmlands
- Daily Trust
- 17 September 2018
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria decries the takeover of 14,000 ha of farmlands by the Kebbi State government to give to a company for cassava planting
Foreign farm tax to drive agri REITs: Pitcher Partners
- AFR
- 17 September 2018
Under a proposal from Australia's federal government the 15 per cent concessional rate of withholding tax for foreign investors in agricultural land will be lifted to 30 per cent by July 1 next year.
Hassad merges its agricultural portfolio with Australian firm
- Gulf Times
- 17 September 2018
Qatar's Hassad Foods continues the strategic repositioning of its Australian agricultural investments, securing an agreement to transfer its agricultural portfolio to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets.