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Papua New Guinea firm, local gov't keen on growing PH hybrid rice
- Inquirer
- 04 February 2015
Philippines company is looking at business prospects related to a 300,000-hectare area for rice planting for export to the Philippines.
Could 2015 be a breakthrough year for community land rights?
- Reuters
- 04 February 2015
2015 is set to be a pivotal year for the global recognition of land and resource rights if momentum in protecting the world's forests and their communities can be kept up
No slowing in demand to buy Canterbury farms
- Colliers
- 04 February 2015
International funds want to invest in New Zealand farming as part of the global trend to secure food production for emerging Asian economies
Food, farming, luxury lead China’s interest
- The Australian
- 04 February 2015
KPMG says food and farming is one of the "hot sectors" for Chinese overseas investment in 2015.
Corporate land grab: a neoliberal menace in Pakistan
- PCSC
- 04 February 2015
The rush of foreign investment into Pakistan’s agricultural sector being facilitated through Corporate Farming Ordinance will increase landlessness, food insecurity, water scarcity and agroecological degradation.
PGGM commits to Black River Food Fund 2
- 03 February 2015
Dutch Pension fund PGGM has committed between €50m and €100m to a Cargill owned private equity fund that invests in farmland and crop production.
INQUIETS DE LEUR SORT : Les travailleurs de Senhuile envisagent de tenir un sit-in et une marche (audio)
- La Signare
- 02 February 2015
Les travailleurs de Senhuile déplorent « les difficiles conditions de travail des employés » et prévoient de tenir un sit-in à la base et une marche pour exiger une meilleure condition de travail.
Alteres à l'Union européenne et autres organismes sur Senhuile : "Sos Ndiael" est né pour sauver l'Environnement
- Ndar Buzz
- 02 February 2015
Ce 2 février, Journée Internationale des Zones Humides, une campagne dénommée "SOS-NDIAEL" est lancée par le Réseau Nord pour la Protection Environnement Mondial.
Grogne des travailleurs de Senhuile: la direction parle de "départs négociés" et non de "licenciements".
- Ndar Info
- 02 February 2015
Après la sortie médiatique du secrétaire général de la Confédération démocratique des syndicats libres du Sénégal (Cdsl) Ibhima SARR, qui accusait SENHUILE de vouloir réduire injustement ses employés, la direction de cette Société s’explique.
Locals cry foul as foreign firm grab land for rice cultivation
- LandJustice4wa
- 30 January 2015
Jokplenu, an old community in the Volta Region of Ghana, owns lands on which Brazil Agro Business Group has taken over for a large scale rice farm.
Foreigners to gain back rights to own Georgian land
- Georgia Today
- 30 January 2015
A year after prohibiting foreigners from purchasing lands, Georgian officials have now announced that rights to own agricultural lands might return to foreigners under certain conditions.
South Africa: Land ownership by foreign nationals will be prohibited
- ANC
- 30 January 2015
ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe says there will also be compulsory declaration of land holdings by the propertied class