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L'Indonésie lorgne les terres australiennes pour produire du bœuf
- RFI
- 18 September 2013
Pour assurer son approvisionnement en viande de bœuf, l'Indonésie envisage d'acheter plus d'un million d'hectares en Australie.
Le fonds d’investissement AAF finalise sa levée de fonds de US$ 243 millions
- Phatisa
- 18 September 2013
Suite à sa seconde levée de fonds auprès d’investisseurs privés et l’investissement de US$ 50 millions de l’OPIC, le fonds African Agriculture Fund dispose désormais d’un montant total de US$ 243 millions.
Les agriculteurs colombiens spoliés ne parviennent pas à récupérer leurs terres
- Le Monde
- 17 September 2013
Qu'ils soient grands éleveurs, cultivateurs de palmiers à huile ou trafiquants de drogue, les spoliateurs entendent rester maîtres de leurs biens mal acquis.
The Global Land Rush
- 17 September 2013
Land acquisitions, whether to produce food, biofuels, or other crops, raise questions about who will benefit. Even if some of these projects can dramatically boost land productivity, will local people gain from this?
Colombia: Victims face reprisals for reclaiming land
- HRW
- 17 September 2013
Internally displaced Colombians face killings and widespread death threats for attempting to reclaim their land, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Cima Coffee Farms launches as first company to offer plots of premium coffee farmlands in Latin America to individual investors
- PR Web
- 17 September 2013
Cima Coffee Farms this week announced it has officially launched as a standalone real estate concern dedicated to the sales of prime agricultural property
In Ethiopia, more land grabs, more indigenous people pushed out
- CSM
- 17 September 2013
A journalist's visit to South Omo, where rights groups say police have raped women and otherwise pressured locals to leave an area tagged to become a huge sugar plantation, was quickly curtailed by authorities.
EU’s Everything But Arms initiative is impoverishing Cambodian farmers
- Inclusive Development
- 17 September 2013
An EU trade initiative intended to reduce poverty in the world’s poorest countries has driven thousands of Cambodian farming families into destitution and led to serious human rights violations, says new report
La RSE et les investissements en Afrique : quels enjeux ?
- Affaires stratégiques
- 16 September 2013
La question foncière est au cœur de la problématique RSE pour les entreprises forestières ou agro-alimentaires et elle doit être abordée de manière politique tant elle est délicate voire controversée.
US investors snap up large Canterbury farm
- Fairfax NZ News
- 16 September 2013
A massive New Zealand farm the size of Christchurch has been sold to a North American investment group.
Kingdom seeks more private sector role in boosting food production
- Arab News
- 16 September 2013
Saudi ag minister says his government is positioning itself as a facilitator for the Saudi private sector, seeking land and agricultural investments, and providing funds, credit, and logistics.
Acaparamiento de tierras, acaparamiento de fuentes de vida
- El Librepensador
- 16 September 2013
Un artículo en Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences precisa que el 47% de los terrenos apropiados se localizan en África y el 33%, en Asia.