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SAGCOT supporting agricultural transformation in Ihemi Cluster
- 24 Tanzania
- 25 May 2015
The Agribusiness Leadership Meeting for Agricultural Transformation in Ihemi Cluster was held in Iringa last week.
Lawrence Kalinoe's astonishing defence of the unlawful SABL land grab rewrites history and ignores the law
- ActNow!
- 25 May 2015
PNG's Secretary for Justice, Lawrence Kalinoe, has made an astonishing defence of the unlawful SABL land grab and the government's failure to cancel the leases.
Chinese-invested agricultural park unveiled in Cambodia
- Xinhua
- 25 May 2015
A 3,000 ha Chinese-invested agricultural park was inaugurated in Tbong Khmum, aiming at broadening agricultural cooperation between the eastern Chinese city of Zhangzhou and Cambodia.
Cargill's Black River enjoys more Australian farmland profits
- Financial Review
- 25 May 2015
A hedge fund run by an arm of the world's largest agricultural company, Cargill, has enjoyed another strong profit from its Australian farming investment – the land and logistics company BFB Group.
Chinese-invested agricultural park unveiled in Cambodia　
- Xinhua
- 25 May 2015
The project, aimed at broadening agricultural cooperation between the eastern Chinese city of Zhangzhou and Cambodia, covers an area of 3,000 hectares and 11 Chinese companies have registered to invest in it
Mozambique agriculture plan could displace 100,000 farmers - activists
- Reuters
- 25 May 2015
Mozambique is mulling a plan to lease 240,000 hectares of prime farmland to investors to grow crops for export, threatening to displace more than 100,000 local residents, activists and academics said, citing a leaked document.
Mali : le gouvernement engage la lutte contre l’accaparement des terres
- Malijet
- 25 May 2015
Le ministère malien des Domaines de l’Etat et des Affaires foncières, Me Mohamed Ali Bathily, vient d’engager une lutte sans merci contre la fraude et la spéculation foncières.
FOR ENDORSEMENT: Call of CSOs to governments on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa
- 25 May 2015
Social movements and civil society organisations are invited to endorse this statement by Monday 1 June 2015.
Le monde agricole indien opposé à la réforme d'aquisition des terres
- RFI
- 24 May 2015
Narendra Modi a récemment signé une ordonnance qui allège les procédures requises pour acquérir des terres agricoles dans le but de construire des infrastructures civiles ou industrielles. Le monde paysan indien y est farouchement opposé.
Géopolitique de l'agriculture
- RFI
- 23 May 2015
Aujourd'hui, les débats se multiplient sur les questions de savoir quelle vision de l’agriculture il convient de privilégier, quel nouveau modèle agricole il faut adopter.
Paraguay: La caída del rey de la soja
- Última Hora
- 23 May 2015
Lo que no se pudo lograr durante el gobierno de Fernando Lugo está ocurriendo ahora: que se expropien parte de las muchas tierras del poderoso empresario brasiguayo Tranquilo Favero, popularmente conocido como el rey de la soja.
Tanzanie : des milliers de paysan-ne-s chassé-e-s par un projet du G8
- Mediapart
- 22 May 2015
L’entreprise suédoise EcoEnergy projette d’accaparer 20 000 hectares de terres pour produire du sucre dans le district de Bagamoyo en Tanzanie provoquant le déplacement des populations vivant sur et de ces terres.