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「緊急声明　プロサバンナ事業の早急なる中断と抜本的見直しの要請」
- 30 September 2013
日本・ブラジル・モザンビーク政府の大規模農業開発事業「ProSAVANA-JBM」に関する緊急声明〜事業の早急なる中断と抜本的な見直しの要請〜
XPCC signs MOU for agricultural projects in the Ukraine
- XPCC
- 28 September 2013
Statement published by Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps' website detailing the MOU it signed for agricultural projects in the Ukraine (with an excerpt translated to English).
COFCO eyes deals for sugar, wine overseas
- China Daily
- 28 September 2013
China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp, known as COFCO, will focus its overseas acquisition drive in the wine and sugar sectors to meet growing demand at home, a senior company official has said.
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°94
- Commission de l'UEMOA / Hub Rural
- 27 September 2013
Le dernier bulletin d'information de la Commission de l'UEMOA et du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de paraître
Denuncian en Colombia acaparamiento de tierras por multinacional Cargill
- Terra
- 27 September 2013
La multinacional de productos agrícolas Cargill habría adquirido de manera irregular más de 50.000 hectáreas de tierras destinadas a pequeños y medianos campesinos en Colombia, denunció la ONG Oxfam.
Ethiopia: Land policy revised
- Africa Intelligence
- 27 September 2013
After enabling foreign firms to grab vast stretches of land, the government has begun to review its land policy.
Cargill may have broken law over Colombia land buying: Oxfam
- Oxfam
- 27 September 2013
Cargill bought a large area of farming land in Colombia many times bigger than the legal limit by setting up dozens of "shell companies", violating the spirit of agrarian reform laws, Oxfam said in a report released.
Ethiopia: La politique foncière revue et corrigée
- Africa Intelligence
- 27 September 2013
En privé, les officiels éthiopiens reconnaissent l'échec de leur politique d'agriculture commerciale basée sur la location à bas prix d'immenses portions de terres à des firmes étrangères.
Seminario internacional: concentración y acaparamiento de tierras, desarrollo rural y derecho a la alimentación
- Grupo Semillas
- 26 September 2013
Del 9 al 11 de octubre de 2013 se llevará a cabo en la Universidad Externado de Colombia un seminario internacional sobre concentración y acaparamiento de tierras.
Karuturi workers demonstrate along Naivasha Nakuru highway over their pay
- KTN
- 26 September 2013
Workers of the troubled Karuturi farms in Kenya went on strike to demand their two months salaries. The incident came two days after four workers tried to commit suicide outside the farm's gates in protest.
Tanzania: State has not grabbed land from anybody
- Tanzania Daily News
- 26 September 2013
President Jakaya Kikwete refutes claims that his government is a notorious grabber of land from poor subsistence farmers in rural areas in an address at Guelph University, Canada.
Global farmland offers potential for asset deals
- Financial Post
- 26 September 2013
As the world’s population swells beyond seven billion and emerging markets’ appetite for food grows, Canadian institutions are getting increasingly hungry for agribusiness and farmland acquisitions abroad.