"Les gens parlent d'accaparement des terres [mais] je dirais que la Socapalm a restitué des terres à l'État camerounais," déclare Michel Deumega Noulowe, PCA de la Socapalm
- Le Point Afrique
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13 July 2015
The UN's Economic Commission, Germany's BMZ and the World Bank signed a Declaration of Intent to establish a new Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa to better secure land rights across Africa.
South African sugar, agrarian change and outgrowers adverse incorporation in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania
Ketika Papua dipaksa menjadi lumbung pangan dan energi dunia, berbasis korporasi
- Indonesia Biru
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11 July 2015
The struggle for Africa’s independence from its colonial rulers has always been centred on land and the natural resources beneath.
La Via Campesina denounces the International Land Coalition for calling for mitigating the negative effects of landgrabbing, rather than insisting that landgrabbing be stopped.
- Via Campesina
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10 July 2015
Firma Yaguareté Porá SA ignora resoluciones judiciales que prohíben deforestación en zona donde viven ayoreos en aislamiento voluntario.
La agenda de los movimientos por la tierra en Uruguay gira en torno a las acciones para frenar el capitalismo en el campo.
- Sudamérica Rural
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09 July 2015
A 100,000-cow dairy farm is being constructed in Northeast China to supply the Russian market with milk and cheese, in what can be construed as agricultural geopolitics.
Even the World Bank admits that the vast bulk of foreign investment in Africa doesn’t help the continent’s people, with aid and agricultural support often a smokescreen for multinationals looting nations’ wealth.
The Namibian government plans to pass a new land law that will ban foreigners from owning agricultural land, the country’s cabinet said.
The fact that China does not now depend on Africa in any meaningful way for food does not mean this will continue to be the case.
