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Obang speaks about the land, water and resource-grabbing and Its impact on food security in Africa
- AllAfrica
- 21 September 2012
One of the greatest threats Africa has ever faced is the impact from this new phenomenon of land-grabbing
The great Cambodian giveaway
- Trust.org
- 21 September 2012
Cambodia is in the grips of a prolonged land grabbing crisis, a slow-motion calamity that has seen over 2.1 million hectares of land – roughly the total area of Wales – transferred mostly from subsistence farmers into the hands of industrial agriculture firms.
Investissements étrangers dans les terres agricoles en Afrique
- PANA
- 21 September 2012
Un projet de 'code de conduite international' pour encadrer les Investissements directs étrangers dans les terres agricoles en Afrique est en circulation auprès des parties prenantes et d’institutions panafricaines, a indiqué jeudi à la PANA à Paris une source proche du dossier.
Land grabbing in reverse
- 20 September 2012
Small farmers are relocating their fields just to earn compensation from the commercial farmer...
Saudi to invest over US$11bn in farmland projects
- Arabian Business
- 20 September 2012
Saudi Arabia has invested around 40 billion riyals in agricultural and livestock projects in the Ukraine, Brazil, Argentina, Canada and Sudan, says chairman of the agricultural investment committee at the Saudi Council of Chambers.
Laguna digests stake in Australia’s PrimeAg
- WSJ
- 20 September 2012
Laguna Bay Pastoral Company Crop Fund No. 8 is a relatively new player in Australia’s rural property game, backed by the Global Endowment Fund based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Bahrain pushes to ensure GCC food security
- 24x7 News
- 19 September 2012
The Kingdom of Bahrain is seeking to conclude an agreement with the African Union Commission paving the way for the GCC bloc to ensure the food security by utilising the natural resources rich African continent.
Land grabbing and food sovereignty in West and Central Africa
- GRAIN
- 19 September 2012
February 2012 workshop in Ouidah, Benin brought together over thirty participants from farmer organisations and NGOs in West and Central Africa to share experiences and analysis of land grabs.
Mendillo returns to farms as Harvard vies for Ivy rebound
- Bloomberg
- 18 September 2012
Since Jane Mendillo took over the endowment in July 2008, Harvard’s holdings of forests, farms and other natural resources in Brazil as well as in New Zealand and Romania have grown to about 10 percent of the portfolio -- more than $3 billion -- and she wants to add more.
The hunger grains
- Oxfam
- 17 September 2012
Countries with poor protection of land rights are magnets for land deals – most of which are to grow crops that can be used for biofuels – which means that many land deals for biofuel production are ‘land grabs’, concluded without the consent of affected communities.
L’accaparement des ressources naturelles au Cameroun
- AGTER
- 17 September 2012
Extraits vidéo d'une rencontre-débat avec Samuel Nguiffo, secrétaire général du Centre pour l’Environnement et le Développement du Cameroun (CED), à partir de l’analyse du giga-projet de plantation de palmier à huile Herakles
Govt to drop export quotas, agricultural commodity bans
- Addis Fortune
- 16 September 2012
The Ethiopian government says that it will no longer impose export quotas on commercial farm outputs and processed goods as a part of its commitment for the new partnership introduced by G-8 countries that focuses on facilitating private sector investment in African agriculture.