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Kenya: American firm to invest in sugar milling and 5,000-acre cane farm
- The Nation
- 15 June 2015
Dominion Farms intends to convert part of its 17,000-acre land at Yala Swamp to establish a sugar plantation and develop a mill.
Brazil: Demarcation of indigenous lands stalls and violence worsens
- Upside Down World
- 15 June 2015
There have been more than 29 indigenous killed in just three regions of Tumpinambá lands in the state of Bahía, between 2013 and 2015.
Tlemcen : Le groupe émirati Al Dahra veut investir
- El Watan
- 15 June 2015
Al Dahra, groupe activant dans l’agroalimentaire, dont le siège social se trouve aux Emirats Arabes Unis, a jeté son dévolu sur l’Ouest algérien
Saudi Star donates 26 tractors and 30M Birr to Gambella farmers and youth
- Gambella Media
- 13 June 2015
Saudi Star Agricultural Development PLC is reported to have donated 26 tractors and 30M Birr to Gambella regional state local farmers and youth, where it has acquired a 60-year concession for 10,000 ha.
Sudan police teargas protesters in Khartoum - witnesses
- Reuters
- 12 June 2015
Police in Sudan fired tear gas and wielded batons on Friday to break up a protest in Khartoum against government land policies in which one person is reported to have died.
El Papa arremetió contra el acaparamiento de tierras por multinacionales y Estados
- Diario Uno
- 11 June 2015
El papa Francisco denunció este jueves el acaparamiento de tierras por parte de multinacionales y Estados en los países pobres, y recomendó apoyar la agricultura familiar de subsistencia, durante un encuentro con una delegación de la FAO.
La colère des paysans africains dépossédés de leurs terres
- Géopolis
- 11 June 2015
Dépossédés de leurs terres par des étrangers, des paysans africains s'en prennent aux intérêts du groupe français Bolloré en Afrique de l'Ouest.
Le pape fustige l’accaparement des terres par des multinationales et des États
- La Croix
- 11 June 2015
Le pape François dénonce l’accaparement des terres dans les pays pauvres par les entreprises multinationales et d’autres États.
#NoLandNoLife | An urgent appeal to respect the human rights of the lumads in Mindanao, Philippines and to end the militarization of their communities
- PAN AP
- 11 June 2015
Lumad (indigenous) communities in Mindanao, Philippines appeal to end the militarization of their villages and to stop the human rights abuses by the armed forces.
BrasilAgro shares soar as land sale flags rising values
- Agrimoney
- 10 June 2015
Brazilian agriculture company BrasilAgro sold its Cremaq farm in Piauí for more than seven times what was paid for it nine years ago.
Zhejiang firm to help agriculture in eastern Russia
- China Daily
- 10 June 2015
Zoje Resources Investment has obtained a 49-year land lease from Russia's Transbaikal regional government to develop agriculture and livestock farms on 115,000 hectares of uncultivated land.
El acaparamiento de tierras agrícolas, un fenómeno en crecimiento en la UE
- Agrodigital
- 10 June 2015
El acaparamiento de tierras se está produciendo también en la UE, con una implantación que va en aumento, especialmente en los países del este de la UE, como son Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungría y Polonia.