What is the underlying rational for an Italian insurance company to invest in farmland in Romania?
Indigenous communities, environmentalists and human rights defenders of West Papua gathered in Jayapura, 4-7 November 2014, to discuss problems linked to rapidly expanding plantations.
- Awas Mifee
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14 November 2014
Dans ce hors série, Altermondes dresse un état des lieux des atouts de l’agriculture familiale qui emploie encore aujourd’hui l’écrasante majorité des 1,3 milliard d’actifs agricoles
- Altermondes
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13 November 2014
Interview avec l’expert principal de l’initiative sur les politiques foncières au niveau de la Commission Économique pour l’Afrique (CEA)
- Financial Afrik
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13 November 2014
Interview with Josh Maiyo of VU University Amsterdam about foreign investments in agriculture and land in Uganda.
- Africa Works!
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13 November 2014
Small-holder farmers hold key to Africa's food security, but are often excluded from debates on agricultural investments.
- Mail & Guardian
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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
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.
- just-style
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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.
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.
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.
- Nouvelle Tribune
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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.
- Daily Telegraph
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12 November 2014