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Farmers’ group doubts benefits of oil palm plantation in Davao
- Davao Today
- 19 June 2014
Philippines farmers' group says proposed 50,000 ha oil palm plantations will profit businessmen at the expense of farmers.
Amaechi, Mexican farmer in shady banana plantation deal…MOSOP screams ‘fraud’
- Naija Standard
- 18 June 2014
The Movement for The Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) says Rivers State Government fraudulently acquired over 2,000 ha of Ogoni farmlands and handed them to a Mexican farmer for a banana plantation.
Tunisie : Marzouki appelle à examiner le droit à la propriété foncière
- GNET
- 18 June 2014
Le président Moncef Marzouki plaide en faveur des "solutions du juste milieu" pour régler l'accès des étrangers aux terres agricoles tunisiennes.
We harvest–you profit: Investors and locals get a raw deal from African Land Ltd.
- Oakland Institue
- 18 June 2014
UK-based company uses the idea of helping African communities, together with deception around yields and profits, to lure investors–including retired individuals–into handing over their life savings.
Cocoa deficit may nurture new sector to invest in
- Agrimoney
- 18 June 2014
"Significant" large-scale plantation projects are said to be in development in Indonesia, the Philippines and West Africa.
Apply now for investigative grants on land grabbing in Africa
- GIC & FAIR
- 18 June 2014
The Gravitazz Continental Intiative and the Forum for African Investigative Reporters are offering fellowships to feature writers across Africa, who wish to undertake an investigation into underreported land transactions.
China will profit from feeding the world’s appetite
- CIC
- 18 June 2014
Farmland investments are outperforming stocks and investors are noticing, says Ding Xuedong, CEO of the China Investment Corporation
Madagascar – La durée du bail emphytéotique remise en question
- L'Express de Madagascar
- 18 June 2014
Concernant la location des terres, le ministre d’État chargé des infrastructures et de l’aménagement du territoire évoque la possibilité de révision de la durée du bail emphytéotique qui est actuellement de 99 ans mais aussi la mise en place de nouvelles modalités.
NGOs blame Berlin for feeding big business land grabs
- EurActiv
- 17 June 2014
NGOs in Germany accuse the public development agency DEG of promoting land grabbing in developing and newly industrialised countries and blames the German government for not taking the issue seriously.
Un paradis pour les accapareurs de terres : un militant écologiste camerounais confronté à un procès
- GRAIN et al
- 17 June 2014
GRAIN, l'Oakland Institute et le World Rainforest Movement appellent Herakles et le gouvernement camerounais à abandonner toutes les charges pesant sur Nasako Besingi et ses camarades militants et engager un dialogue de bonne foi avec les communautés locales qui cherchent à défendre leurs terres.
Land grabber's paradise: Cameroonian environmentalist faces trial
- GRAIN et al
- 17 June 2014
GRAIN, the Oakland Institute and the World Rainforest Movement call on Herakles and the Cameroonian government to drop all charges against Nasako Besingi and his fellow activists and instead engage in good faith with local communities seeking to defend their lands.
Chinese investors treated badly - expert
- NZ Herald
- 17 June 2014
"There is a big Swiss company buying up 5 per cent of our pastoral land. Japan and Australia both have invested plenty in New Zealand land and the northern Europeans are buying farms in the South Island. But do we hear anything about that?"