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The march to progress in the Philippines
- Al Jazeera
- 04 November 2014
A tribesman leads his village in resisting the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone (APECO), a land development project that promises progress but threatens his tribe.
PZ-Wilmar JV calls for integration policy In palm oil sector
- Business Day
- 04 November 2014
PZ-Wilmar, a joint venture between two international companies, says it will expand its palm oil production to 240,000 ha of plantations if the government implements a backward integration programme.
Vandebeeck: Why Nigeria is preferred investment destination in Africa
- This Day
- 04 November 2014
"Between now and the next seven, eight years, our Group in Nigeria will have over 100,000 hectares of plantations," says the Chairman of Presco Plc, a company controlled by SIAT of Belgium.
Cacerías por la tierra
- Palabre-Ando
- 04 November 2014
¿Es temerario argumentar que las guerras del siglo XXI tienen que ver con cacerías por la tierra agraria? A mi parecer no.
Where’s the evidence that land grabs are good for economic progress?
- Guardian
- 04 November 2014
Many millions of the world’s poorest people face existential threats to house and home.
Colombia: rechazo al Proyecto de Ley 133 de Baldíos, que profundizaría la concentración y extranjerización de la tierra
- Biodiversidad en América Latina y el Caribe
- 03 November 2014
Llamado de adhesión del Comité "Contra la Ley Urrutia - Lizarralde"
Global appetite for agribusiness
- Financial Review
- 03 November 2014
Institutional investors are poised to make grabs for large farmland assets in Australia, according to local and offshore fund managers.
Fonds d’investissement : détournement de la politique agricole?
- La Terre
- 03 November 2014
Maurice Doyon, professeur à l’Université Laval, pose des questions sur la financiarisation des terres agriocoles au Québec
"L’Afrique doit bien négocier l’avenir de son foncier agricole"
- Financial Afrik
- 03 November 2014
"Ce n’est pas en introduisant de nouvelles habitudes alimentaires ou de nouveaux investisseurs qu’on va renforcer le développement de l’Afrique," explique Chantal Jacovetti de la CNOP au Mali
New model contract will help protect developing countries from harmful ‘land grabs’
- IISD
- 03 November 2014
The guide proposes model contract clauses that can fill gaps in domestic law and contribute to promoting more sustainable foreign agricultural investment.
Redonner la terre aux paysans
- SOS Faim
- 03 November 2014
Dossier spécial sur les transactions foncières de grande envergure dans les pays du Sud publié par SOS Faim
La tierra nicaragüense se está extranjerizando
- La Prensa
- 02 November 2014
En las últimas tres décadas, la tenencia de la tierra en Nicaragua ha sufrido una reconcentración en manos de extranjeros, señala el estudio Concentración de tierras y seguridad alimentaria en Centroamérica, realizado por Eduardo Baumeister.