GIGA-Forum zu "Landraub oder Agrarinvestitionen - Großflächige Agrarprojekte in Entwicklungsländern" am 23. Mai 2012 in Hamburg

Présentation du Collectif pour la défense des terres de Fanaye au "Forum de réflexion et de partage sur la problématique et les enjeux d’une politique foncière, levier d’un développement rural durable", Dakar, le 29 Mai 2012

Since 2009, Whitestone (SL) Limited has managed to obtain 13 leasehold titles covering a staggering 1.34 million acres of land in the Bombali and Koinadugu Districts of Northern Sierra Leone for large-scale agricultural development.

RIO+20

È quindi vero che l’approvazione delle direttive costituisce solo il primo passo di un lungo percorso ad ostacoli volto ad arginare l’accaparramento delle terre, ma essa rappresenta nondimeno un punto di partenza significativo.

L'Évêque de Saint-Louis, Mgr Ernest Sambou, a critiqué l’accaparement des terres par les investisseurs internationaux, avec la complicité de certains dirigeants du continent, lors du 124e pèlerinage marial annuel de Popenguine.

BTG Pactual Cesar Campos FGV parceria projetos Roberto Rodrigues Tropical Belt

The Singapore-based trading house paid R$255m ($129m) to acquire the Usina Açucareira Passos (UAP) mill, in which it pledged to invest a further $111.5m in the next five years to boost both cane growing and producing capacity.

The agricultural arm of the $US487 billion Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association has snapped up six farming properties from listed company PrimeAg Australia in a deal worth $36.7 million.

Foreign investors have shown real interest towards Bulgarian agriculture for the past 2-3 years. The trend has changed a bit and now different Arab countries and China are the interested ones, instead of Italy, France, etc.

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is launching a call for proposal for all interested researchers and academics in its Multinational Working Group on a theme titled: “Land grabs and food sovereignty in Africa”.

This is in relation to the land grabbing issue in the municipality of Opol in Misamis Oriental, Southern Philippines