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Agro-alimentaire : la nouvelle stratégie chinoise
- La Tribune
- 17 February 2015
Les investissement chinois dans l'agroalimentaire montent en puissance. Objectif: assurer l'indépendance alimentaire du pays.
Beverage companies wary of ‘blood sugar’ in supply chain
- VoA Khmer
- 17 February 2015
The “blood sugar” plantations in Cambodia have been accused of violently evicting villagers in order to raze farmland and build their plantations. Representatives from Coca-Cola and Pepsi said they are not aware of sugar in their supply chain supplied by rights violators.
Africa’s only hope is Zim’s land reform model
- BH24
- 17 February 2015
Investors and hedge funders paying next to nothing for vast tracts of land in some African countries is a worrying trend and puts into context the Zimbabwe land policy and reform.
Countries urged on good land tenure security to boost devt
- New Vision
- 17 February 2015
Eight Eastern Africa governments under their umbrella organization IGAD have been urged to ensure tenure security for customary land rights because it is an essential element for sustainable development.
South Africa foreigner limit applies to farmland, minister says
- Bloomberg
- 17 February 2015
South Africa’s proposed laws to restrict foreigners from owning land will apply to farms and exclude residential property, Rural Development and Land Affairs Minister Gugile Nkwinti said.
L’Afrique du Sud veut interdire la propriété aux étrangers
- Le Figaro
- 16 February 2015
Une loi en préparation à Pretoria prévoit de limiter la surface des grandes propriétés et d’en interdire l’accès aux étrangers. Le texte concerne surtout les terres agricoles.
Oxfam dice que el Gobierno paraguayo dilata reparto de tierras a campesinos
- Yahoo Finanzas
- 16 February 2015
La ONG destacó que Cartes "no se ha manifestado públicamente sobre el caso de acaparamiento" y afirmó que continúa habiendo irregularidades en el proceso judicial abierto.
Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai divests from Myanmar property project to focus on farming
- Thanh Nien
- 16 February 2015
Company says it will invest part of the new $275 million into its cow farms, raising its current herd of 30,000 cows to 200,000. Another part will be used to pay debts and for its palm oil projects.
Ethiopia: stealing the Omo Valley, destroying its ancient Peoples
- The Ecologist
- 16 February 2015
A land grab twice the size of France is under way in Ethiopia, as the government pursues the seizure of indigenous lands to turn them over to dams and plantations.
Rights groups decry land activist killing
- Bangkok Post
- 16 February 2015
On February 11, Chai Bunthonglek, a land rights activist from Klong Sai Pattana village and member of the Southern Peasant Federation of Thailand was gunned down. Four locals have been slain in similar attacks since 2010.
Trade Minister defends tighter foreign investment scrutiny
- ABC
- 15 February 2015
The tighter restrictions don't apply to buyers from the US, New Zealand or Chile because of their existing free trade agreements with Australia.
Thaïlande: Assassinat du défenseur du droit à la terre M. Chai Bunthonglek
- Frontline Defenders
- 14 February 2015
Le 11 février 2015 vers 18h30, un inconnu a abattu le défenseur du droit à la terre M. Chai Bunthonglek chez lui dans le district de Chaiburi, dans la province de Surat Thani.