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Conflit Bunong : Socfin-KCD répond aux accusations
- Cambodgemag
- 05 Mar 2019
Dans un communiqué diffusé aux medias locaux en février 2019, Socfin-KCD donne sa version de l’affaire
Colombia: El invisible acaparamiento de tierras
- Blogs El Tiempo
- 05 Mar 2019
La creciente deforestación en el Guaviare está asociada al acaparamiento de tierras. Esto ya ha sido denunciado en varios medios y localmente es tratado como verdad sabida.
La ministre du développement rural visite le projet "Elite Agro Mauritania"
- CRIDEM
- 05 Mar 2019
La ferme en Gombo vert destinée à l’exportation vers les marchés internationaux couvre une superficie de 50 hectares, mais les promteurs emiratis s'attèlent à élargir leurs activités agricoles sur 1360 ha
Letter to Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone
- ESCR-Net
- 04 Mar 2019
ESCR-Net has written to President Bio about the human rights violations against members of the Malen Affected Landowners and Users Association in connection with industrial scale palm oil operations by Société Financière des caoutchoucs (Socfin Group).
Law and political economy of the global resource squeeze: can action rise to the challenge?
- IIED
- 04 Mar 2019
Today, certain legal arrangements are facilitating unsustainable resource extraction and shifting resource control in favour of commercial interests.
Rwanda, Israel firm ink $66M to develop Gabiro Agribusiness Hub
- KT Press
- 04 Mar 2019
The Rwanda Development Board signs agreement with Israeli firm Netafim to develop irrigation for 5,600 ha agricultural project in Eastern Province.
Kenya: Survey ordered to settle Del Monte land dispute
- Daily Nation
- 04 Mar 2019
Fruit processor Del Monte will have its land in Murang’a and Kiambu counties surveyed in in order to address the historical injustices committed against the area residents.
Kenya: Survey ordered to settle Del Monte land dispute
- Nation
- 04 Mar 2019
US fruit processor Del Monte will have its 8,900 ha of farmland surveyed in order to address historical injustices committed against the area residents.
DFID: Responsible agricultural investment right for Sierra Leone
- Condord Times
- 04 Mar 2019
“We need to work with affected communities to negotiate mutually beneficial land deals that genuinely offer win wins for communities, individual farmers and investors," says representative of UK’s Department for International Development.
Saudis are in town for SA agriculture
- Ag. Economics Today
- 04 Mar 2019
A Saudi delegation met with South Africa’s Minister of Agriculture and "expressed a desire to lease land in South Africa to produce a wide range of agricultural commodities provided they can sign a lease of 99 years or more.”
SIA 2019 : Les avantages de l’Office du Niger expliqués aux investisseurs
- Malijet
- 04 Mar 2019
Un représentantant de l'Office du Niger était présent au Salon International de l’Agriculture de Paris pour attirer des investisseurs étrangers au Mali
Myanmar land ownership law could displace millions of farmers
- DW
- 01 Mar 2019
Under a land reformation act, millions of farmers across Myanmar could be forced from land they have tilled for generations. In an open letter, a national grassroots coalition, called for the government to "abolish" the law and "enact a federal law that safeguards people's integrity, their lives and livelihoods."