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Will Africa feed China?
- All China Review
- 02 September 2015
In this excerpt from her book, ‘Will Africa Feed China?’, Deborah Brautigam discusses China-Cameroon agricultural development and investment.
ProSavana: Terra usurpada, vida roubada
- ADECRU
- 02 September 2015
ADECRU has just launched an online version of a documentary on this massive land grab in Mozambique
Why China's Ma Xingfa bought 705,700 hectares of northern Australia
- Australian Financial Review
- 01 September 2015
Chinese billionaire is looking to expand overseas and potentially take part in the next big boom, which he says just might be Australian agriculture as Chinese people seek out higher-quality food products.
Gabon: 140 millions de dollars pour mécaniser l ‘ agriculture
- APA
- 01 September 2015
SOTRADER, fruit d’un partenariat entre l’État gabonais et son partenaire Singapourien Olam international, vient de signer un contrat de 140 millions de dollars avec le groupe Caterpillar pour l’achat de 475 bulldozers.
Connecting land grabs and land reform in Scotland and the African continent
- CommonSpace
- 01 September 2015
There are parallels between Scotland's battle for land reform and a global effort to regain land control.
Colombia: Denuncian Ecocidio en el sur del Cesar
- RPT Noticias
- 31 August 2015
"Hacemos un llamado a la solidaridad a las organizaciones sociales, de Derechos Humanos y ambientales nacionales e internacionales"
Mapuches, mineras y espías
- No a la Mina
- 31 August 2015
La Compañía de Tierras del Sud Argentino S.A., centenario latifundio hoy en manos del grupo Benetton, se constituyó como querellante frente a las Lof en Resistencia de Cushamen, grupo mapuche que desarrolla la recuperación de una fracción de su territorio.
Perú: Empresas de palma aceitera causan devastación y muerte en selva de Ucayali
- Servindi
- 31 August 2015
Trabajadores no respetan la ley e impiden el ingreso de representantes del Minagri, así como de los medios de comunicación, a las zonas impactadas por su pesada maquinaria.
More land goes into foreign hands for dairying
- Scoop
- 31 August 2015
European interests extending their dairy holdings in New Zealand are among the latest land sale approvals for foreign buyers, says New Zealand First.
Chinese entrepreneurs visit Tonga
- Matangi
- 31 August 2015
The Chinese delegation was interested in setting up businesses in Tonga that could process cassava into starch as well cultivating mushrooms for export.
Kingfisher locks in gains as funding hits triggers
- Pensions Expert
- 31 August 2015
Last year trustees added a global farmland fund managed by Insight Investment Management to the Kingfisher pension scheme.
Large-scale agricultural investments threaten right to food of small-scale farmers in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands
- 31 August 2015
New report published by Misereor is based upon first-hand interviews with farmers in four villages of Tanzania’s Southern Highlands utilizing a right to food framework.