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Sierra Leone news: calls for urgent land audit
- Awoko
- 31 July 2017
Sierra Leone calls for urgent land audit. In the last five years, 30% of the arable land has gone to large-scale investors.
A growing proposition
- Asia Asset Management
- 31 July 2017
Agribusiness represents a substantial opportunity as well as a priority or even a problem for investors in Asia
Sénégal: vente des terres dans le Nord
- RFI
- 31 July 2017
Le Sénégal comptait sur des investisseurs étrangers pour augmenter sa production de riz mais certains d'entre eux sont contestés, avec le soupçon d’accaparement des terres, avant même d’avoir démarré leur production.
Floriculture : l’Ethiopie alloue 3.000 hectares aux investisseurs
- La Tribune Afrique
- 29 July 2017
L'Ethiopie vient d’allouer 3.000 hectares de terres aux investisseurs dans la floriculture afin de diversifier son économie.
Ethiopia allocates 3,000 hectares of land for flower investment
- Xinhua
- 29 July 2017
The Ethiopian Horticulture and Agricultural Investment Authority has announced that it has allocated 3,000 hectares of land for investors who want to engage in Ethiopia's flower farming sector.
It’s not just what U.S. farmland is foreign-held, it’s what’s the intentions are
- AgDaily
- 28 July 2017
A new online tool created by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting allows individuals to check up on just how much American land is currently owned by foreign entities, and the results might be surprising. Between 2004 and 2014, these databases show foreign investors doubled their American farmland holdings.
Myanmar government backtracking on land law threatens to worsen land conflict
- Global Witness
- 28 July 2017
As Myanmar parliament discusses amendments to the Farmland Law which threaten to further undermine land rights, Global Witness calls to the government of Myanmar to set out a clear vision for land reform before introducing or enacting new laws.
Uphold Edo State government revocation order on Okomu oil palm company Plc
- ERA
- 28 July 2017
Environmental Rights Action (ERA) Nigeria calling to support e-action to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to enforce the revocation order of 13,750 hectares of illegally acquired land in Owan and Okomu Forest Reserves by Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc.
Chinese company to invest massively in new dairy farms in Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus
- Belta
- 27 July 2017
A dairy farm designed for a very large number of cattle is supposed to be built in a land plot occupying 45,000ha in Belarus with investment from Chinese company DRex Food Group.
Using the tenure guidelines for action research
- TNI
- 27 July 2017
This practical guide focuses on investigating accountability and accountability politics in the context of the current global rush for land and other natural resources
World Bank offers 10 mln USD for land policy project in Sierra Leone
- Xinhua
- 27 July 2017
The World Bank says it had a team of consultants in Sierra Leone in May 2017 to do an assessment of large scale agricultural land acquisitions and that the report is now ready with several recommendations.
RoK firm seeks investment opportunities in Hau Giang
- VNA
- 27 July 2017
Korea's Dusung Food Co., Ltd is looking for a large area of land to cultivate crops within the 5,200 ha hi-tech agriculture zone in Hau Giang Province, Vietnam