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Tanzania: Don't fear investors, residents urged
- The Guardian
- 17 October 2011
Mwanza regional commissioner Evarist Ndikilo has advised Kilombero district residents in Morogoro region not to fear investors as they boost development in the district.
Structural change in commodity markets: private financial sector investment in agriculture
- OECD
- 17 October 2011
Report by HighQuest Partners for the OECD, October 2011, features 6 case studies of land grabbers: Agrica, CalyxAgro, Cazanae, Jantzen, NFD Agro and Quifel
Accaparement de terres/Sécurité alimentaire : Des experts s'inquiètent des retombées des acquisitions à grande échelle
- La France Agricole
- 17 October 2011
Au cours des cinq dernières années, des statistiques font état de l'intérêt croissant des investisseurs pour les terres, révèle le rapport d'un groupe d'experts établi sous l'égide du Comité de sécurité alimentaire mondial (FAO).
Les communautés autochtones cambodgiennes victimes des projets industriels
- Novethic
- 17 October 2011
La FIDH dénonce les impacts d'une filiale du groupe Bolloré sur la communauté des Bonong au Cambodge. Un exemple des conflits fonciers qui se multiplient aujourd'hui dans le pays autour de concessions accordées par le gouvernement.
UN body delays efforts to regulate "land grabs"
- Reuters
- 17 October 2011
A U.N. intergovernmental body on food security has failed to adopt international guidelines on land governance, delaying efforts to regulate so-called land-grabbing as investors race to snap up agricultural land.
Hassad plans overseas investments
- Gulf Times
- 15 October 2011
Hassad Food Company is keen to secure food supplies for Qatar at reasonable prices through local and international investments in various countries, according to an article in the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry memorial book ‘40 Years of Excellence and Achievement.’
Gilo River set up for Turkish company to engage in cotton production
- Voice of Gambella
- 15 October 2011
The Ministry of Agriculture has signed a 23.7 million Br land lease contract with Toren Agri Plc, a Turkish company, for large scale production of cotton at its head quarters at Asmera road
Hassad denizötesi yatırım planlıyor
- Gulf Times
- 15 October 2011
Katar Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası’nın “Mükemmeliyet ve Başarının 40 Yılı” adlı hatıra kitabında yayımlanan bir makalede Hassad Gıda Şirketi yerel ve uluslararası yatırımlarla Katar’a makul fiyatlarla gıda sağlamakta hevesli olduğu belirtiliyor.
Parlement Panafricain : Accaparement des terres en Afrique : un fléau de plus en plus préoccupant
- OPA
- 14 October 2011
Les parlementaires africains ont débattu leur rapport sur l’accaparement des terres
Transcription intégrale du débat du Parlement panafricain sur l’accaparement des terres
- Hub Rural
- 14 October 2011
La commission de l’économie rurale, de l’agriculture, des ressources naturelles et de l’environnement a présenté un rapport sur la question de l’accaparement des terres lors de la session ordinaire du Parlement panafricain (PAP) le 12 octobre 2011 en Afrique du Sud.
PAP debates reports on land grabbing, climate change, and the situation in Libya and Tunisia
- APO
- 14 October 2011
Pan-African Parliament calls for a moratorium on large-scale land acquisitions.
The myths surrounding the global rush for farmland
- Guardian
- 14 October 2011
Governments and companies involved in leasing land claim it is little used and that the projects will bring food security, create jobs and boost tax revenues – none of which is true