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Ancestralité : les Bomono veulent reprendre 200 hectares de terres à la Socapalm
- Cameroun Actuel
- 10 November 2021
Une communauté du Moungo, au Caneroun, s’attaque à l’occupation de vastes espaces majoritairement agricoles
Becs Wilson on the impact of rising interest rates on Aussie farmland
- Weekly Times
- 10 November 2021
US private equity firm Proterra Investment Partners, which owns significant farmland assets in Australia, says farmland investing is going strong, both among domestic and foreign investors
‘Land grabs’ linked to major commodity supply chains will increase
- GT Review
- 09 November 2021
According to research by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft, which analysed 170 commodities, palm oil and cobalt are at “extreme” risk of land grabs
Lutte contre l’accaparement des terres agricoles : le Sénat vient d’adopter une petite loi
- EurActiv
- 04 November 2021
En France, les sénateurs ont adopté une proposition de loi visant à mieux réguler l’accès au foncier agricole mais elle « ne luttera pas contre les concentrations excessives »
La conférence sur la politique foncière en Afrique s’ouvre sur des appels à des politiques foncières favorables aux pauvres, à l’égalité d’accès et à la propriété
- Financial Afrik
- 03 November 2021
L’édition 2021 de la Conférence sur la politique foncière en Afrique lance un appel aux pays africains pour que ceux-ci développent des politiques foncières inclusives
ANZ payment to displaced Cambodian families brings landmark human rights case to a close
- IDI
- 03 November 2021
Cambodian families who were forcibly displaced by Phnom Penh Sugar Company have received a promised payment from Australia’s ANZ bank, which financed the sugar company from 2011-2014
Conference on Land Policy in Africa opens with calls for pro-poor land policies, equal access, and ownership
- UNECA
- 01 November 2021
A surge in the purchase of African land by foreign companies and governments to grow food and other crops for export has also set alarm bells ringing on and off the continent.
Business or pleasure: Bill Gates eyes investments in Turkey
- Daily Sabah
- 01 November 2021
Microsoft founder is reportedly looking for 741 acres of farmland to invest in within the borders of Muğla and Aydın, and is said to be in touch with businesspeople and companies in Turkey about the purchase.
Concerns about ag land sales
- Progressive Farmer
- 01 November 2021
Institutional investors and foreign countries alike increasingly see U.S. farmland as a sound investment, raising concerns.
South Sudan: Green Horizon announces new start
- Juba Monitor
- 30 October 2021
The Israeli company has farms in Juba and Jebel Ladu in Central Equatoria State, Bor in Jonglei State, Renk in Upper Nile, and Torit, Eastern Equatoria State, as well as Community Commercial Farming Projects in Wau, Gok and Rumbek towns.
Uganda: Militarized corporate agriculture companies are resorting to reprisals to grab land
- Ugandan Land Defenders
- 29 October 2021
Kiryandongo Sugar Company is using soldiers to carry out retaliatory attacks against community land rights defenders and activists in Kiryandongo district.
Made in impunity : le caoutchouc belge de Côte d’Ivoire
- CNCD
- 29 October 2021
Zoom sur l'entreprise belge SIAT