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Investment contracts for agriculture: Maximizing gains and minimizing risks
- World Bank
- 26 June 2015
This joint IISD, World Bank and UNCTAD discussion paper seeks to show how investment contracts can be set up to promote sustainable development
L’organisation paysanne SPI lutte pour la souveraineté alimentaire en Indonésie
- CCFD
- 26 June 2015
Une grande partie des terres cultivables en Indonésie sont accaparées pour la production d’huile de palme, l’exploitation minière ou encore par des compagnies immobilières.
Expropriation de terre à Sanamadougou et Saou : Le PDG de GDCM Modibo Kéita, toujours au cœur d’un scandale
- Malijet
- 26 June 2015
A Sanamadougou et à Saou, au Mali, les paysans se battent encore pour leurs terres.
Saudi investor's Ethiopian farms to raise coffee, tea output
- Reuters
- 25 June 2015
Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi plans to invest an additional $5 billion in Ethiopia's agriculture and agro-processing sectors over the 2016-2021 period.
Business group from Mozambique plans to grow soybeans
- Macauhub
- 25 June 2015
Mozambique Agriculture Company (Mozaco) of the João Ferreira dos Santos group has requested 2,000 acres in the Malema district of Nampula for soybean cultivation.
Right to water and land, a common struggle in West Africa
- FIAN
- 25 June 2015
Building on the so-called “Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles”, social movements and grassroots organizations from across West Africa will gather to discuss land and water issues in the region.
GNITH : un quatrième enfant meurt dans un canal de SENHUILE.
- Ndar Info
- 25 June 2015
Salif Diallo, un berger de 16 ans, a perdu la vie hier lorsqu’il tentait de traverser des canaux d’irrigation supposés appartenir à Senhuile.
Le plus grand terrain du monde est à vendre pour 290 millions d’euros
- Le Monde
- 24 June 2015
Une trentaine d'acheteurs venus de Chine, du Canada, des Etats-Unis, d'Amérique du Sud, d'Indonésie, de Suisse et d'Australie sont en compétition pour ces 11 millions d'hectares.
Cambodian villagers block Chinese developer from clearing grazing land
- RFA
- 24 June 2015
Around 150 villagers in northwestern Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province have blocked a Chinese concession holder from clearing land they say was reserved for grazing their cattle.
La constructora española GSJ señalada por acaparamiento de tierras de indígenas aislados en Paraguay
- Survival
- 24 June 2015
La empresa ha estado involucrada en la destrucción del último refugio de bosque de los únicos indígenas aislados que sobreviven fuera de la Amazonia en América Latina.
World Bank’s IFC in Zambia deal with Zeder
- Business Day
- 24 June 2015
The IFC will invest $20m for a 19.7% stake in Zambian farmland operator Agrivision, with existing equity partner Norfund and Zeder topping up their respective investments.
The biggest property sale on earth
- Daily Mail Australia
- 23 June 2015
One of the world's largest farms is up for sale in Australia, with bidders hailing from China, the US, Canada, the UK, Switzerland, South America and Indonesia