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China and the Soybean Challenge
- 06 November 2013
As China’s appetite for meat, milk, and eggs has soared, so too has its use of soybean meal. And since nearly half the world’s pigs are in China, the lion’s share of soy use is in pig feed.
Gestion du foncier : L’accaparement des terres menace la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique
- Le Soleil
- 05 November 2013
Les Ong africaines avertissent les autorités du continent des impacts négatifs sur la sécurité alimentaire que pourront engendrer les acquisitions massives de terres en Afrique au détriment des communautés.
Calabar Declaration
- WRM
- 05 November 2013
Members of communities affected by industrial monoculture oil palm plantations and other organisations from Africa, Europe, the Americas and Asia reaffirm opposition to land and forest grabs.
West African civil society groups strategize against land grabbing
- APA
- 05 November 2013
Members of the West African civil society and the Coalition for the Protection of African Genetic Heritage on Monday opened a regional forum on the impact of land grabbing on food security in Dakar
China looks to Ukraine as demand for food rises
- China Ukraine News Blog
- 05 November 2013
With vast tracts of rich, black earth but antiquated infrastructure, Ukraine is attracting interest from Chinese companies hoping to meet their nation’s growing demand for grains and meat.
5 reasons against Subrata Roy’s 20 thousand cows of in Ovce Pole
- Scoop
- 05 November 2013
In Dzumajlija there is not enough land, water and space to breed the cows announced by the Indian company Sahara Group
Attack on Indian-owned farm in Ethiopia turns spotlight on land policy
- The Hindu
- 05 November 2013
A violent attack on a tea plantation leased by Indian-owned Verdanta Harvest Plc, a subsidiary of the Noida-based Lucky Group, has renewed concerns over Ethiopia’s policy of leasing out large tracts of land to international investors.
La COPAGEN contre ''les acquisitions massives de terres’’ au détriment des communautés
- APS
- 04 November 2013
La Coalition pour la protection du patrimoine génétique africain a engagé le combat contre les acquisitions massives de terres en Afrique de l’Ouest.
Aiding and Abetting - UK and U.S. Complicity in Ethiopia's Mass Displacement
- Think Africa Press
- 04 November 2013
In the face of evidence, the UK and US continue to deny systematic human rights abuses are occurring in the Lower Omo as thousands are displaced for an irrigation scheme.
Uruguay: Gremial reclama topear tenencia de la tierra
- El Observador
- 04 November 2013
La dirigencia gremial entiende que el gobierno no ha actuado a la altura de las cirscunstancias
The politics of the forest frontier: Negotiating between conservation, development, and indigenous rights in Cross River State, Nigeria
- LUP
- 02 November 2013
Cross River State has become one of Nigeria’s premier agricultural investment destinations, crowding out smallholder production systems and creating new avenues for rent capture by elites.
Twenty-first-century land grabs: Accumulation by agricultural dispossession
- Monthly Review
- 02 November 2013
For the world’s people to have secure access to the quantity and quality of food needed for a decent life, the land grabs and the development of large, highly mechanized factory farms must stop.