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Ethiopia: Farmland grabbing is back to Oromia
- Kichuu
- 07 February 2018
The Oromia Regional Investment Commissiona says 167 total investment projects were approved in the last six months requiring the provision of 4600 hectares of land.
L'affaire Hubert Fabri jugée en appel
- L'Echo
- 06 February 2018
La cour d’appel de Bruxelles s’est retirée hier matin et rendra son arrêt le 14 février.
Coalition decries intensifying attacks against peasants struggling for land
- APC
- 06 February 2018
Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), decried the intensifying attacks against peasants struggling for land. Peasants asserting their rights to the land are subjected to human rights abuses, agrarian struggles and peasant leaders are being criminalized, imprisoned, and worse, were massacred.
Code d'investissements agro-silvo-pastoral halieutique et faunique : L’article 17 inquiète certaines organisations paysannes
- Le Pays
- 06 February 2018
La dynamique burkinabè de la convergence globale des luttes pour la terre, l’eau de l’Afrique de l’Ouest propose d’amender l’article 17 en précisant que le droit de jouissance des investisseurs non nationaux se fera par un bail à long terme
Cambodia killings show rising risk to Southeast Asian land defenders
- Reuters
- 06 February 2018
Last week's killing of Cambodian forest defenders, and the recent shooting of Indonesian farmers, show the increasing involvement of state forces in quelling dissent against agribusiness, campaigners said.
Ethiopie : 167 projets pour un investissement total de 182 millions $ approuvés, ces 6 derniers mois dans la région d’Oromia
- Agence Ecofin
- 05 February 2018
Ces projets d’investissements ont nécessité la mise à disposition de 4600 hectares de terres, concernent principalement les secteurs de l'agro-transformation, de la manufacture et de l'agriculture.
Les huiles de Lambaréné au Gabon
- RFI
- 05 February 2018
D'ici 2023, Olam pense pouvoir s'accorder avec l’Etat pour augmenter ses plantations de palmier à huile de 50 000 à 100 000 hectares
AfDB supports proposal to lease land for food supply to India
- SME Times
- 05 February 2018
A $5 billion Exim Bank of India fund to support Africa's agriculture development through the "Feed Africa" project seems to fit into the Africa Development Bank's plans to improve the agriculture sector
Dubai's Al Khaleej in $1 bln Egypt beet sugar mill deal
- Reuters
- 05 February 2018
A group of companies controlled by one of Dubai’s richest families has signed a deal for a $1 billion dollar investment in a 77,000 sugar beet and grains farms in Minya, Egypt.
APC condemns Heng Fu's land grabbing in Cambodia
- APC
- 05 February 2018
Asian Peasant Coalition strongly condemns the repression and land grabbing carried out by the Chinese company Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co., Ltd. against the indigenous Kuy people of Preah Vihear, Cambodia.
UAE, Mozambique accelerate agricultural collaboration
- WAM
- 05 February 2018
Mozambique's Minister of Agriculture and Food Security of Mozambique tells the Charge d'Affaires at the UAE Embassy that his ministry will co-ordinate with other relevant authorities to provide UAE investors with land to for agricultural projects
Peluncuran webGIS Mata Papua
- Mata Papua
- 05 February 2018
Keterbatasan di tengah pentingnya informasi terkait penguasaan lahan dan berbagai industri ekstraktif di Papua menjadi alasan utama peluncuran webGIS Mata Papua sebagai alat monitoring baru.