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The Sudanese Minister of Investment, Dr Mustafa Osman Ismail, told reporters in Khartoum on Sunday that farmlands have been reserved for interested Egyptian farmers at a rate of 10 acres (4 ha) each.
The draft National Land Use Policy has created widespread discontent in Myanmar. It is only positive for those who may seek to acquire land for business purposes and have security in their investments.
"We are in the middle of a land-grabbing storm.” Draft land use policy dismays farmers and ethnic minority groups
A lucrative agro-industrial crop like palm oil, in a context of entrenched corruption and an authoritarian regime, lends itself to land grabbing and agrarian violence.
Former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke lobbied Colin Barnett to allow a Chinese company to buy a large package of land in the Ord River.
Pakistan, which is currently in negotiations with Qatar for liquefied natural gas supplies, has opened its farm sector to investments from Qatar, which has placed utmost priority on food security.
Imperialism today is no longer conducted by nation-states but, instead, by multi-national corporations but the essence of the saga is unchanged: A poor continent is being raped by powerful, wealthy Westerners.
Le Soudan a accepté d’allouer près de 40.568 hectares de terres arables à l’Egypte pour que ce dernier pays puisse y faire des investissements dans l’agriculture, a confirmé lundi un officiel gouvernemental soudanais
Commencement of a joint EU-Cambodia process to assess displacement claims pertaining to sugarcane plantations in Cambodia pivotal step towards justice for thousands of Cambodian suffered at the hands of sugar industry.
Vast global land transactions take place as nations scramble to ensure they can eat. But are these deals always fair? And what happens when yield countries change their mind?
Qatar joins a growing list of countries that includes other Gulf states, India, China and South Korea, that are not just importing food but buying the land abroad on which it is grown.
El Instituto Nacional del Indígena (INDI) pidió este viernes al Poder Judicial iniciar el proceso para medir las tierras tituladas a nombre de la comunidad indígena Cuyabia del pueblo ayoreo, que están siendo invadidas por grandes terratenientes, según la ONG Tierraviva.
