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La loi sur les Zones Economiques Spéciales (ZES) à Madagascar : un abandon volontaire de la souveraineté nationale
- TANY & CRAAD-OI
- 29 August 2018
Les accaparements de terre et la perte de la souveraineté nationale restent présents dans la loi.
France : des paysans protestent contre l'accaparement des terres par les Chinois
- AFP
- 29 August 2018
Des militants de la Confédération paysanne manifestent à Murs, dans l'Indre, pour protester contre les rachats de parcelles par des entreprises chinoises.
Riverina farming giant BFB on the block; PwC, CBRE hired
- AFR
- 29 August 2018
The Australian farming business BFB Pty Ltd, with its portfolio of 28 farms covering 48,753 ha, will be pitched to Australian superannuation funds and offshore sovereign wealth investors.
FAO targets agriculture investments to end hunger In Africa
- Businessweek
- 29 August 2018
The African Development Bank and the FAO form a new strategic alliance that involves joint advocacy and policy advice activities to promote the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems.
Rhode Island slates $75 million for growth equity, farmland funds
- Pensions & Investments
- 28 August 2018
The Rhode Island State Investment Commission commits $25 million to Homestead Capital USA Farmland Fund III.
Cross River communities protest, allege land grabbing in Wilmar’s N45b project
- Guardian
- 27 August 2018
After series of failed appeals, communities impacted by the activities of Wilmar PZ, a multinational company involved in oil palm cultivation in Nigeria have taken Wilmar to the State House of Assembly for alleged pollution and land grabbing.
Rise of agri-cartel: Control of land drives human rights violations, environmental destruction
- Globe Post
- 24 August 2018
Control of land for crops that sustain the world’s largest food businesses, such as Ferrero and Nestle, is the driving force behind the destruction of land affecting both environment and people worldwide.
Chinese to invest $500m In cotton farming
- Daily Guide Africa
- 23 August 2018
Xing Jiang Shian Yon Group Company Limited will invest $500 million in cotton farming in the Northern Region of Ghana to cultivate 20,000-100,000 hectares of cotton.
Laguna Bay Pastoral Company buys eight Smithton dairies
- The Advocate
- 22 August 2018
Australian agricultural funds manager Laguna Bay Pastoral Company, which acts for North American pension funds, has recently bought eight dairy farms in the Smithton area.
Cambodia land rights activist freed from jail after pardon
- Al Jazeera
- 20 August 2018
Tep Vanny, an award-winning Cambodian land rights defender has been freed after spending two years in prison on charges many viewed as politically motivated.
Alioune Sarr active SenegIndia pour couvrir les besoins du marché
- APS
- 20 August 2018
Le ministre du Commerce du Sénégal a invité l’entreprise Seng-India à assurer l’approvisionnement correcte du marché en pomme de terre afin d’éviter une suspension de la mesure de gel des importations du produit.
Jigawa sugar plantation takes off despite resistance
- Daily Trust
- 18 August 2018
About 12,000 hectares of land in four local government areas of the Nigerian state were reportedly taken for the sugar cane plantation project, backed by a Chinese company, which sparked off protests.
Brasil: Relatório sobre o Matopiba aponta impactos ambientais e sociais da financeirização de terras
- FIAN
- 15 August 2018
O Relatório, que será apresentado pelo assessor sênior da Fian Internacional, Flávio Valente, descreve e analisa os impactos ambientais e sobre os direitos humanos causados pela expansão do agronegócio e pela especulação de terras na região Norte/Nordeste do Brasil, conhecida como Matopiba, que engloba áreas dos estados do Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí e Bahia.
Russia offers 2.5 million acres of land to Chinese farmers, but will it ease Beijing’s soybean shortage?
- South China Morning Post
- 15 August 2018
Russia has made 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of arable land available to foreign investors. Far East Investment and Export Agency said that several Chinese companies had already expressed an interest in the deal. But analysts are sceptical about the quality of the plots on offer.
Bolivia: Acelerado proceso de extranjerización de tierras
- Comunicaciones Aliadas
- 14 August 2018
Mejores tierras agrícolas y ganaderas en manos de propietarios extranjeros que imponen modelo agroextractivista que no es sostenible en el tiempo y afecta el medio ambiente.