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Problème foncier au Sénégal: «la loi n'est plus adaptée»
- RFI
- 22 May 2015
Interview avec Cheikh Oumar Ba qui dirige l'IPAR (Initiative prospective agricole et rurale)
Paraguay: Expropian más de 11.000 hectáreas del grupo Favero
- ABC
- 22 May 2015
El Senado aprobó ayer la expropiación de más de 11.000 hectáreas del grupo Favero ubicadas en la zona de Ñacunday (Alto Paraná). La decisión sería parte del pacto entre Frente Guasu, PLRA y colorados disidentes.
China invierte en la agricultura rusa
- Clarín
- 22 May 2015
China y Rusia (Presidentes Xi Jinping y Vladimir Putin) establecieron en Moscú el 9 de mayo (aniversario de la finalización de la Segunda Guerra Mundial) un Fondo Agrícola de Inversión con un capital de U$S 2.000 millones.
The State of New Mexico announces $75M investment in Brazilian agriculture
- Agfunder News
- 22 May 2015
For the first time, the New Mexico State Investment Council is investing in Brazilian agriculture through Brookfield Asset Management’s Brazil Agriculture Fund II vehicle.
Tanzania: Govt to freeze multi-billion shilling pact with US firm
- Guardian (Tanzania)
- 22 May 2015
The government is in the process of revoking the contract entered by the Tanzania Investment Centre with an investment company, Agrisol, for lease of 10,000 hectares in Uvinza District, Kigoma Region
Mali government promises to tackle land grabbing
- Xinhua
- 22 May 2015
Mali’s Minister of State Domains and Land Affairs Me Mohamed Ali Bathily has said his ministry will launch a merciless war against land grabbers and those who engage in land speculation
#NoLandNoLife | Respect the human rights of farmers and indigenous people in Manipur, PANAP urges authorities
- 22 May 2015
PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) urged the Indian and Manipur governments to respect the human rights of small farmers and indigenous peoples in Manipur, India.
Primary rainforest cleared for massive palm oil plantations in Peru
- Mongabay
- 21 May 2015
More than 9,400 hectares of Amazonian rainforest has been removed for two oil palm plantations in the Peruvian region of Ucayali linked to Czech entrepreneur Dennis Melka.
Au Gabon, une plantation géante d'hévéas dérange malgré les promesses de travail
- AFP
- 20 May 2015
Ce projet colossal dont le maître d'oeuvre est le géant singapourien Olam génère la controverse: ses défenseurs y voient une promesse de diversification d'une économie de rente pétrolière à bout de souffle; ses détracteurs critiquent son impact environnemental, social et culturel.
Qui pourra acheter les terres agricoles de la Saskatchewan?
- Radio Canada
- 20 May 2015
La Saskatchewan a lancé une consultation publique en ligne sur la loi qui régit la propriété des terres agricoles de la province pour déterminer entre autres si les régimes de pension et les fonds d'investissement devraient avoir le droit de détenir de tels titres de propriété.
De mansinho, ProSAVANA passa no meio de contestação e Governo prepara terreno para investidores
- Verdade
- 20 May 2015
O coro de lamúrias dos camponeses do norte de Moçambique, que travam batalhas para manter as suas terras perante a apetência dos investidores estrangeiras, prevalece.
Government of Mozambique is expected to approve Prosavana project this year
- Macauhub
- 20 May 2015
The master plan of Prosavana, a large agricultural project to be implemented in three northern provinces of Mozambique, is due to be approved by the government by the end of 2015, the project’s coordinator said in Maputo.