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Central Africa: Parliamentarians edified on agriculture investments
- Cameroon Tribune
- 17 Mar 2015
Contract farming and large-scale farming emerged as the two principal models to upgrade peasant agriculture to meaningful production levels
Civil society denounces World Bank's conference land & poverty
- OLOB
- 17 Mar 2015
Farmer organizations, indigenous groups, trade unions and other civil society organizations, under the umbrella of Our Land Our Business, call World Bank’s annual Conference on Land and Poverty a sham.
Accaparement des terres agricoles - Les terres aux agriculteurs, pas aux spéculateurs
- Portail Québec
- 16 Mar 2015
Selon Québec solidaire, l'accaparement de terres agricoles par des sociétés millionnaires change radicalement le modèle agricole québécois.
Karine Berger : “La spéculation sur la faim dans le monde est un fléau”
- Mondafrique
- 16 Mar 2015
"Quand certains pays rachètent en masse des terres agricoles, ils les utilisent, à terme, de manière détournée en spéculant sur les changements climatiques," constate la députée française.
La Fédération québécoise des municipalités veut un moratoire
- Le Terre
- 16 Mar 2015
Le milieu municipal endosse l’idée d’instaurer un moratoire sur l’accaparement des terres agricoles le temps de documenter le phénomène.
Perú: Cuarto paquetazo ambiental amenaza derechos territoriales indígenas
- Servindi
- 16 Mar 2015
Se podría afectar derechos territoriales indígenas en lo referente a los títulos de servidumbre, protección de derecho de vía y la expropiación de bienes inmuebles para proyectos de gran envergadura.
The G8 New Alliance hits and grabs land and water of 50 thousand people in Mozambique
- ADECRU
- 16 Mar 2015
Ten thousand peasant families are victims of the most aggressive and imperialist initiative backed by the G8 countries
Chinese investment in Namibia grows to US$4.6bn
- Xinhua
- 16 Mar 2015
Chinese companies are planning to invest in maize and tobacco farming in the Zambezi region of Namibia where the environment is very good and the land is fertile. The companies are now doing the preparatory work.
Canada : Préoccupations face au phénomène d’accaparement des terres
- Radio Canada
- 16 Mar 2015
L’Union des producteurs agricoles voudrait que le gouvernement limite à 100 acres par année, soit l’équivalent d’une terre moyenne, l’acquisition de terres.
Mitchell to sell 49pc of cattle stake
- AFR
- 16 Mar 2015
Mitchell's Yougawalla Pastoral Company the latest Australian cattle station business to be put up for sale. Foreign corporations have spent some A$63.5 million buying into the sector in the past month.
Animation: Promoting accountability in agricultural investment chains
- IIED
- 15 Mar 2015
Understanding where the money for a given investment comes from and where the produce is sold can provide new levers for public accountability.
Sudan plans Investments in Egypt's Agriculture Sector
- Amwal Alghad
- 13 Mar 2015
Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir clarified that Sudan has the land and water and Egypt has the human resources and expertise while gulf countries can provide financing.