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L'Arabie saoudite, un acteur qui monte sur le marché des céréales

Les Echos
22 November 2012

Après la Chine, c'est au tour de l'Arabie saoudite d'inquiéter les associations face à l'accaparement des terres.

Govt to set up NZ$6 mln dairy farm in Burma, PM Key says

interest.co.nz
22 November 2012

The New Zealand government will set up a NZ$6 million model dairy farm in Burma/Myanmar, Prime Minister John Key says.

CIFG, Kenana launch giant agricultural investment fund at regional level

Sudan Vision
22 November 2012

Kenana Sugar Company announces the launch of MAHASEEL Agricultural Investment Fund, an agricultural investment fund with estimated $1 billion in collaboration with CIFG an international financial group, a subsidiary of France's Groupe Caisse d'Épargne.

The newly endorsed Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition

PAN AP
22 November 2012

You might be interested to look at the Global Strategic Framework (GSF) which was endorsed by the FAO Committee on Food Security 39th Session in October.

Ukraine extends ban on farmland sales by three years to 2016

Bloomberg
21 November 2012

Ukraine’s parliament extended a ban on sales of farmland by three years to January 2016, giving time to prepare related legislation.

Colombia seeking to regulate foreign investment in agriculture

Colombia Reports
21 November 2012

A bill presented before Colombia's congress on Tuesday seeks to increase regulation of foreign investment in Colombia's land and agriculture.

Take action to stop palm oil plantations from destroying Africa's ancient rainforests and local livelihoods in Cameroon

Oakland Institute
21 November 2012

Send a message to Herakles Farms and All for Africa demanding they stop destroying tropical rainforest and local livelihoods and ask the Government of Cameroon to listen to the voices of the Cameroonian people.

A brief introduction to Voluntary Guidelines on land tenure, fisheries and forests

PAN AP
21 November 2012

After almost three years of negotiations that involved governments, civil society organisations (CSOs) and other groups, the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security was officially endorsed on 11 May 2012 by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Sucre : L’Australie loue ses terres

Commodesk
20 November 2012

Les autorités d’Australie de l’Ouest vont signer le 20 novembre un bail de 50 ans avec une société immobilière de Shanghai, chargée de développer 15.200 hectares de terres agricoles.

Silas Siakor: landgrabbing in Liberia

EJOLT
20 November 2012

The government allocated some 350.000 hectares to Sime Darby, a Malaysian multinational. But people only came to know about this deal when the company showed up to take their land.

Ministère de l’Agriculture : 2 174 hectares de terres cultivables seront mis en valeur à Touraba

Maliactu
19 November 2012

Le gouvernement de la République du Mali a bien voulu mettre à la disposition de l’UEMOA, sous forme de bail emphytéotique, 11 288 hectares de terres dont 2 174 ha sur le site de Touraba.

Kaapattu maa

Kepa
19 November 2012

Report in Finnish on the global landgrab, published by Kepa

L'Arabie saoudite, un acteur qui monte sur le marché des céréales

Govt to set up NZ$6 mln dairy farm in Burma, PM Key says

CIFG, Kenana launch giant agricultural investment fund at regional level

The newly endorsed Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition

Ukraine extends ban on farmland sales by three years to 2016

Colombia seeking to regulate foreign investment in agriculture

Take action to stop palm oil plantations from destroying Africa's ancient rainforests and local livelihoods in Cameroon

A brief introduction to Voluntary Guidelines on land tenure, fisheries and forests

Sucre : L’Australie loue ses terres

Silas Siakor: landgrabbing in Liberia

Ministère de l’Agriculture : 2 174 hectares de terres cultivables seront mis en valeur à Touraba

Kaapattu maa

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