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The Netherlands and the global land and water grab
- TNI
- 25 September 2012
This Fact Sheet examines the involvement of The Netherlands in global land and water grabbing.
Food needs drive Chinese overseas
- AFR
- 25 September 2012
If there was any doubt that China is desperate for agricultural assets, it has been dispelled by the news that China Investment Corp with its $US190 billion war chest is on the hunt all the way down to chilly Tasmania in search of fresh milk.
BHO Bioproducts of India to Spend $120 Million on Ethiopia Farms
- Bloomberg
- 25 September 2012
BHO Bioproducts, a closely held farming company, said it plans to invest more than $120 million in rice and cotton production on 25,000 ha in Ethiopia’s western Gambella region during the next four years.
Colombia: Audiencia pública para debatir la extranjerización de las tierras aprueba la Comisión Quinta del Senado
- MOIR
- 25 September 2012
La Comisión Quinta del Senado aprobó convocar una audiencia pública para abrir un debate nacional sobre la venta de las tierras colombianas a empresas extranjeras.
Concerns of civil society organisations and affected land users on Addax Bioenergy
- Silnorf and BfA
- 25 September 2012
This report by Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food and Bread for All lays out the major concerns of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and affected land users on the Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone as of September 2012.
The implications of how society regulates ownership of land, fisheries, and forests: New international guidelines on land titles and transactions
- Responsible Investor
- 25 September 2012
This article provides an overview of the elements of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security most relevant to investors.
Comprehensive guide to responsible investing in commodities launched by WWF
- Responsible Investor
- 25 September 2012
Environmental non-governmental organisation the World Wildlife Fund has unveiled a comprehensive guide to responsible investing in commodities.
Ethiopian Indigenous people demand accountability from World Bank for contributing to grave human rights abuses
- IDI
- 24 September 2012
Anuak indigenous people from Ethiopia’s Gambella region submitted a complaint today to the World Bank Inspection Panel implicating the Bank in grave human rights abuses perpetrated by the Ethiopian Government.
Farmland suddenly attractive to investors, says Callan
- Business Wire
- 24 September 2012
Though farmland investing has been around for more than 20 years and Callan has covered the asset class for more than 12 years, it was only within the last 2 years that Shen saw an explosion in client interest.
Béziers: Ils marchent pour la sauvegarde des terres agricoles
- Midi Libre
- 24 September 2012
Le Collectif des paysans sans terre d'ici et d'ailleurs dénonce "l'accaparement des terres par l'urbanisme, la disparition des surfaces agricoles et le recul de l'alimentation locale".
Land grab in Sinoe County: Equatorial Palm Oil Company accused by locals
- FrontPageAfrica
- 24 September 2012
A group calling itself the Greater Tarsue Community of Butaw, Sinoe County, Liberia has strongly protested what they refer to as illegal land grab by Equatorial Palm Oil Company.
Agricultores de Malí pelean por sus tierras
- IPS
- 24 September 2012
BAMAKO, sep (IPS) - En medio de la gran inestabilidad política de Malí, un grupo de pequeños agricultores recurren a la justicia para recuperar sus tierras pues, según dicen, fueron adquiridas por grandes inversores privados.