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Hungary can't curb farm sales to EU foreigners, top court says
- Bloomberg
- 21 May 2019
Hungarian restrictions on farmland investors from other European Union nations violate basic rights enshrined in EU law, the bloc’s top court said.
La cuestión agraria y los desafíos actuales
- ALAI
- 21 May 2019
Los movimientos campesinos constituyen una fuerza social que promueve alternativas económicas de conciencia para lograr la supervivencia del planeta y la calidad de vida de millones de personas en el mundo.
Riz : le Sénégal veille au grain
- Bakel Info
- 20 May 2019
Pour permettre aux paysans de la vallée de se développer, face aux grands exploitants privés étrangers, l’Etat a consenti à une annulation pure et simple de leurs dettes
Five from China charged over illegal banana plantation in Myanmar protected forest
- Radio Free Asia
- 20 May 2019
China-backed banana tissue-culture plantations, banned in Laos and Thailand, began popping up in Myanmar about 12 years ago. A report issued earlier this year by Land Security and Environmental Conservation Network indicated that that there are more than 100,000 acres of banana plantations in Kachin state.
Lao villager dies after 8 years in jail over land grab protest
- Radio Free Asia
- 20 May 2019
A Lao villager held in jail since 2011 as a leader of a land protest in the country’s Salavan province has died in custody. The seizure of land for development or agricultural use has been a major cause of protest in Laos and other authoritarian Asian countries
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- RISE Moldova
- 19 May 2019
While the Law on how to sell and buy agricultural land prohibits foreigners from buying land in Moldova, then the Land Code does not provide such restrictions.
Harvard selling large scale cropping farms
- Farm Weekly
- 18 May 2019
Harvard University has listed its large scale cropping aggregation at Hillston, New South Wales, Australia for sale
Reply by the Traditional Council of Okomu Kingdom to the Okomu Oil Palm Company, a subsidiary of SOCFIN.
- Okomu Kingdom
- 17 May 2019
In a letter addressed to SOCFIN's Nigerian subsidiary, Okomu Oil Palm, the Traditional Council of Okomu Kingdom tells the company it will enforce its rightful ownership of the lands that the company currently occupies.
How Egypt’s water feeds the Gulf
- Mada Masr
- 16 May 2019
Gulf agribusiness companies found their panacea in Egypt, which is prioritizing investment in large-scale, modernized farming to export crops over pursuing strategic crop cultivation and traditional farming methods in the Nile Valley and Delta.
Accord de libre-échange ALECA : 9 risques identifiés par la société civile tunisienne
- CCFD-Terre Solidaire
- 15 May 2019
Sous l’accord de libre-échange complet et approfondi (ALECA) en cours de négociation entre la Tunisie et l’Union européenne, les investisseurs européens auraient la possibilité d’acquérir les terres agricoles les plus fertiles en Tunisie
Sierra Leona: Esperanzas destruidas y empeoramiento de la situación de Malen
- UMOYA
- 15 May 2019
SOCFIN Société de Agriculture Sierra Leona Ltd (SAC) llegó en 2011 a la jefatura de Malen, situada en la provincia meridional de Sierra Leona, en el marco de una gran inversión en aceite de palma.
Pourquoi l'investissement étranger agricole au Sénégal connait des ratés ?
- Commodafrica
- 15 May 2019
L'investissement étranger dans le foncier au Sénégal n'a pas toujorus l'effet escompté car il y a un décalage de valeur entre le Sénégal et le reste du monde, explique l'expert foncier Kader Fanta Ngom