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Using the tenure guidelines for action research
- TNI
- 27 July 2017
This practical guide focuses on investigating accountability and accountability politics in the context of the current global rush for land and other natural resources
World Bank offers 10 mln USD for land policy project in Sierra Leone
- Xinhua
- 27 July 2017
The World Bank says it had a team of consultants in Sierra Leone in May 2017 to do an assessment of large scale agricultural land acquisitions and that the report is now ready with several recommendations.
RoK firm seeks investment opportunities in Hau Giang
- VNA
- 27 July 2017
Korea's Dusung Food Co., Ltd is looking for a large area of land to cultivate crops within the 5,200 ha hi-tech agriculture zone in Hau Giang Province, Vietnam
MST land occupations spread throughout Brazil
- TeleSur
- 27 July 2017
The movement also opposes land reform that eases restrictions on foreigners to own land in Brazil at the expense of poor families in irregular settlements.
Brésil: des paysans occupent des propriétés de personnalités
- AFP
- 27 July 2017
15.000 membres du Mouvement des paysans sans-terre ont commencé à occuper des propriétés appartenant aux familles du ministre de l'Agriculture et d'un sénateur pour dénoncer le recul de la réforme agraire et la corruption et le blanchiment d'argent avec des terres
Vietnam rubber firm reaches accord with Ratanakkiri ethnic villages
- Phnom Penh Post
- 27 July 2017
In an agreement mediated by the IFC’s watchdog mechanism, a controversial Vietnamese plantations company has reached a deal with 11 ethnic minority villages affected by its Ratanakkiri operations
Sénégal : Fatou Sow Sarr dénonce l’accaparement des terres par des capitaux étrangers
- APS
- 26 July 2017
La directrice de campagne de la coalition "Sénégal Dey Dem" a dénoncé l’accaparement des terres à Bokhol par des capitaux étrangers, au détriment des fils du terroir, qui ne bénéficient que de 0,5 pour cent des surfaces pour l’exploitation familiale.
Large scale concessions in Liberia violate women’s land and resource rights and fail to deliver promised benefits
- RRI
- 26 July 2017
Community and rural women, who rely on their customary lands for their survival, cultures, and livelihoods, are often cut off from the decision-making processes concerning large scale concessions that affect them.
US farmland overtakes timberland in investor returns
- Agrimoney
- 26 July 2017
Timberland has fallen back behind farmland as a US investment. Returns from farmland jumped to 1.6% from 0.5% in the January-to-March period.
Foncier agricole : le combat continue
- La Croix
- 25 July 2017
Au lendemain du lancement des États généraux de l’alimentation en France, La Croix publie une tribune redigée par des députés pour défendre une politique foncière juste.
MST realiza ocupações em fazenda de amigo de Temer, Ricardo Teixeira e Blairo Maggi
- Brasil de Fato
- 25 July 2017
"Estamos denunciando fortemente a estrangeirização das terras e o fato dos nossos territórios estarem sendo negociados por corruptos".
Agriculture as an asset class
- Global AgInvesting
- 25 July 2017
Investors bold enough to diversify with an overseas agricultural investment can find plenty of untapped opportunities, strong upside potential, and an industry poised to profit from the rise in global population and corresponding demand for food.
Marché en or pour l’huile de palme
- Jeune Afrique
- 25 July 2017
Les cours moroses ne découragent pas les industriels en Afrique de l’Ouest et en Afrique centrale
Timber, agriculture cycles forcing firms to examine new avenues
- P&I
- 25 July 2017
Agriculture fundraising appears to be slowing. This year, three agriculture funds raised $500 million. By comparison, 13 agriculture funds raised $3.3 billion in 2016, which was down from the all-time high point in 2014 of $5.4 billion raised by 14 funds.
Algérie : Le foncier au cœur des scandales
- El Watan
- 25 July 2017
La ferme pilote algéro-américaine a fait couler beaucoup d’encre sur la manière avec laquelle le projet a été ficelé et attribué.