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Return of the Roman General: Land grabbing in Western Romania
- arc2020
- 14 November 2014
What is the underlying rational for an Italian insurance company to invest in farmland in Romania?
Papua-wide meeting calls for 10 year moratorium on plantation and forestry industries
- Awas Mifee
- 14 November 2014
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.
Hors série d’Altermondes sur le droit à la terre
- Altermondes
- 13 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
Hubert Ouedrago: ”Le foncier, une ressource importante pour le développement de l’Afrique”
- Financial Afrik
- 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)
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.