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Cambodian indigenous communities win back their sacred land from Vietnamese rubber developer
- IDI
- 26 Mar 2019
Communities also file second complaint against the World Bank for new financial ties to HAGL
Are development finance institutions equipped to address land rights issues?
- IIED
- 26 Mar 2019
Report by IIED reviews the approaches European and North American bilateral DFIs use to address land rights issues in the agriculture sector.
Land deals threaten to impair River Nile
- New Vision
- 26 Mar 2019
Land deals along River Nile could easily impair its recharging potential if water abstraction is not regulated.
Foreign ownership of water entitlements reveals China and US are the biggest investors
- ABC
- 25 Mar 2019
The Australian Government's long-awaited foreign ownership of water entitlement register reveals one in 10 water entitlements is foreign-owned at 10.4 per cent.
Who keeps buying California's scarce water? Saudi Arabia
- Guardian
- 25 Mar 2019
Saudi-based Almarai owns 15,000 acres of an irrigated valley – but what business does a foreign food production company have drawing resources from a US desert?
México: Despojan tierras en Yucatán, bajo engaño
- La Verdad Noticias
- 25 Mar 2019
Con la complicidad de autoridades civiles, agrarias y representantes ejidales en las comunidades rurales, durante los 10 últimos años ha aumentado la compra venta de tierras; pagan a 5 pesos el metro cuadrado.
AgroGeneration : Cession de 9 200 hectares de terres agricoles dans l'Est de l'Ukraine
- Boursorama
- 25 Mar 2019
Suite à la cession de 37 700 ha en décembre, la société annonce aujourd'hui la cession de 9 200 ha supplémentaires, toujours en Ukraine. Le Groupe exploitera désormais 70 000 ha dans le pays.
Quelques conseils aux investisseurs pour réduire le risque foncier dans leurs projets agricoles (ODI)
- Agence Ecofin
- 25 Mar 2019
Un nouveau rapport du groupe britannique Overseas Development Institute estime que les disputes foncières sur le continent pourraient coûter jusqu’à 100 millions $ aux investisseurs
Lamissa Diakité, PDG de l’ATI du Mali : « Nous avons besoin d’investissements dans l’agriculture, première source de croissance de l’économie malienne »
- Africa Presse
- 24 Mar 2019
Afin d’accélérer le développement de ses terres non exploitées, le Mali s’est doté depuis 2015 d’une entité dédiée, l’Agence d’Aménagement des Terres et de fourniture de l’eau d’Irrigation (ATI)
Guinée: des ONG critiquent la politique nationale de relocalisation
- RFI
- 23 Mar 2019
Cent mille personnes sont bafouées de leurs droits en Guinée et obligées de quitter leurs terres pour faire place aux grands projets miniers, énergétiques ou agricoles
Multinationals must prepare to cede some land to the very poor
- Daily Nation
- 22 Mar 2019
It is doubtful at Del Monte can continue owning so much land in perpetuity in Kenya.
Military open fire on communities protesting oil palm development in DRC
- Illegal Deforestation Monitor
- 22 Mar 2019
Tensions between local communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Canadian oil palm company Feronia have escalated in recent months following a complaint presented last year to the company’s international financial backers.
APRA Brief 18: The political economy of agricultural growth corridors in eastern Africa
- Future Agricultures
- 22 Mar 2019
In our APRA study, we have been asking: what actually happens on the ground, even when corridors as originally planned are slow to materialise? Do the grand visions play out as expected? Who is involved and who loses out?
Farming gamble fails
- Africa Confidential
- 22 Mar 2019
Ambitions for venture capital in African agriculture – once the Next Big Thing – are foundering, as is the case with the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania.
Liberia’s new land rights law hailed as victory, but critics say it’s not enough
- Mongabay
- 22 Mar 2019
Locked within the legislation is a flaw for those living on the quarter of the country’s land set aside for concessions: it is not retroactive. A difficult truth that is only just beginning to permeate thousands of villages in Liberia.