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Feronia Inc. Una diosa desnuda
- Soberanía Alimentaria
- 01 June 2015
De cómo empresas acaparadoras de tierras son rescatadas por fondos públicos de cooperación al desarrollo.
Palm oil regulator asked to investigate illegal land grabs by Wilmar Group supplier in Borneo
- FPP
- 01 June 2015
Borneo human rights organization files complaint alleging multiple breaches of RSPO standards by palm oil supplier PT. Swadaya Mukti Prakarsa (SMP) / First Resources.
The lesser known story of India’s role in Ethiopian land deals
- The Conversation
- 01 June 2015
India can ill-afford to be tainted by accusations of complicity in land deals that disadvantage the people of Africa given the role it sees for itself in promoting co-operation among countries in the south.
New ‘webs of power’ and agrarian transformations in Cambodia: Where are the women?
- PLAAS
- 01 June 2015
This study will analyse the shifts in land control unfolding in Cambodia, and their broader consequences.
Sudan - A food basket of the Arab world
- World Folio
- 01 June 2015
With massive areas of arable land and over 130 million heads of livestock, Sudan is receiving huge investments in its agriculture sector from Gulf states looking to address the food security problem
Interview with Carter Coleman, Founder and CEO of Kilombero Plantation Limited (KPL)
- AAM
- 01 June 2015
British Secretary of State Justine Greening visited Agrica's 5818 ha rice farm in Tanzania in June 2013 and then asked AgDevCo to invest.
Rural agents bet on farmland boom
- Farm Weekly
- 01 June 2015
Competition is growing between Australia's major rural land selling agents as major institutional and private investors seek to gain a foothold in the growth area of agriculture.
Vient de sortir : Et maintenant nos terres
- EMNT
- 01 June 2015
Et Maintenant Nos Terres suit la trajectoire de trois héros de la résistance paysanne contre les accaparements de terre en Afrique.
Myanmar works for formulating policy framework for foreign investment in agriculture
- Xinhua
- 31 May 2015
"There will be concerns about agriculture investment unless land ownership is opened to foreign investors,' says the OECD's Jan Rielander.
Délinquance foncière au Mali : Une «bombe» sociopolitique à désamorcer en toute urgence
- Mali Actu
- 30 May 2015
Fléau à grande échelle, le phénomène d’accaparement des terres continue de mobiliser la société civile malienne.
Transnational resistance against land grabbing in Mali
- Afrique-Europe-Interact
- 30 May 2015
Two villages, Sanamadougou and Sahou, in Mali, have been fighting for the past five years against eviction from their land by the large-scale investor Modibo Keita.
Failed harvest
- Business Standard
- 30 May 2015
Many Punjab farmers who went to Africa and Georgia in search of greener pastures are returning home