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Africa Works! 2014 - Interview with Josh Maiyo
- Africa Works!
- 13 November 2014
Interview with Josh Maiyo of VU University Amsterdam about foreign investments in agriculture and land in Uganda.
Big foreign money is being poured into Africa's agriculture - sadly it is not to grow food
- Mail & Guardian
- 13 November 2014
Small-holder farmers hold key to Africa's food security, but are often excluded from debates on agricultural investments.
L'UA salue les efforts contre l'accaparement des terres sur le continent
- APA
- 13 November 2014
L'Union africaine a félicité l'Allemagne pour l'assistance apportée aux universités des pays africains pour développer la recherche sur la politique de gestion des terres
H&M disputes Ethiopia cotton land-grabbing claims
- just-style
- 12 November 2014
Fashion retailer has instructed its suppliers to ensure they do not use cotton from the Omo Valley, where there is an increased risk of land-grabbing - but admits it cannot provide an absolute guarantee.
Lack of scale crushing the Ord Irrigation Scheme's sugar dream
- ABC
- 12 November 2014
Pressure is mounting on the Northern Territory Government to make land available for a Chinese company, as it struggles to progress environmental approvals and negotiate with the Indigenous Traditional Owners.
Taxpayer funds save Congo plantation paying workers $1/day
- Reuters
- 12 November 2014
Development funds from European governments helped to rescue a Canadian company that pays workers as little as $1/day to toil on some of Africa's largest palm oil plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Afrique : réaliser des films pour sensibiliser sur l’accaparement des terres
- Nouvelle Tribune
- 12 November 2014
Le cinéaste béninois Idrissou Mora-Kpaï anime depuis le 1er novembre dernier à Cotonou, un atelier sur la réalisation de films sur l’accaparement des terres et la sécurité alimentaire.
Tough new rules as foreigners gouge huge chunk of Australia
- Daily Telegraph
- 12 November 2014
12.4 per cent of Australia’s agricultural land has some level of foreign ownership, with 95 per cent of this land in the hands of just 45 overseas companies.
Palm oil company Goldtree boosts Sierra Leone’s agricultural sector with $18 million investment in its Kailahun plantation
- 12 November 2014
Palm oil company, Goldtree, has recently committed $18.3 million to expanding its existing operations in the Kailahun district of Sierra Leone.
A statement from the Oakland Institute on the Conference on Land Policy in Africa
- Oakland Institue
- 12 November 2014
The host country government of the international conference is arguably one of the worst offenders when it comes to forced displacement resulting from land grabs.
Groups call for independent inquiry by the UN into the treatment of indigenous and minority peoples in Ethiopia.
- ASO
- 12 November 2014
The Ethiopian government has embarked on a large-scale land investment policy that has led to the displacement and forced eviction of Ethiopia’s most marginalized traditional societies.
H&M says seeks to ensure cotton does not come from disputed land
- Reuters
- 12 November 2014
Swedish TV4 said H&M was using cotton from areas in Ethiopia vulnerable to land grabbing -- the buying or leasing of land in developing countries, often by foreign companies, without the consent of affected local communities.