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Corte Constitucional citó a audiencia pública al Gobierno por demanda contra ley Zidres
- El Espectador
- 27 August 2016
A la diligencia fueron citados los representantes del Ministerio del Interior y la Procuraduría General.
Gabon: l'Asie, moteur d'une économie émergente
- AFP
- 26 August 2016
Le pouvoir gabonais a ouvert ses portes au géant de Singapour Olam contre la promesse de 400 millions de dollars d'investissements, une usine de transformation du caoutchouc et 5.000 emplois à terme.
Le Cameroun parmi les pays les plus prisés pour ses terres
- Journal du Cameroun
- 26 August 2016
Selon une récente étude de Thinking Africa, le Cameroun fait partie des plus convoités par des «prédateurs» étrangers avec 0,7 million d’hectares de ses terres cédés
Sénégal : Les deputes impregnés du texte de loi a voter
- Sud Online
- 25 August 2016
Les parlementaires sénégalais discutent de l'accaparement des terres et la réforme fonciére
Chinese firm to establish $8m feed mill, maize farm in Cross River, NIgeria
- Today
- 25 August 2016
A Chinese firm, Wuhan Longfecund Agricultural Development Company Ltd., has concluded plans to set up a feed mill and maize farm in Cross River State, Nigeria.
Report on 'land grabbing in Ghana' launched
- Ghana News Agency
- 24 August 2016
The National Catholic Secretariat in collaboration with Caritas Ghana and the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Development has launched a joint report on ‘land grabbing’ in Ghana.
Brasil: Governo volta a discutir liberação de venda de terras a estrangeiros
- IHU
- 24 August 2016
A venda de terras agrícolas para investidores estrangeiros, um tema considerado fora de questão na gestão da presidente afastada Dilma Rousseff, voltou a ser discutida no governo.
Green and blue water demand from large-scale land acquisitions in Africa
- PNAS
- 24 August 2016
In the last decade, more than 22 million ha of land have been contracted to large-scale land acquisitions in Africa, leading to increased pressures, competition, and conflicts over freshwater resources.
Korean company looking to crack open cashew nut market
- Vientiane Times
- 23 August 2016
Provincial administration office in Champassak, Laos gave the go ahead for a US$9 million project by Korean company G Farm for planting cashew nut trees and processing plant. Agriculture and Forestry Department plans to promote the growing of 10,000 hectares of nuts in the province.
Kazakhstan extends by five years moratorium on controversial Land Code amendments
- Astana Times
- 23 August 2016
Kazakhstan decided Aug. 18 to extend for five years a recently imposed moratorium on the implementation of controversial amendments to its land law.
Why do Kazakhstanis fear China?
- China in Central Asia
- 23 August 2016
The earliest land protests took place in 2003 when Kazakhstan entered into an agreement with China to rent 7,000 hectares of land – a deal that would have employed 3,000 Chinese workers.
Niger : Accaparement des terres à Diffa
- WADR
- 23 August 2016
La sociéte saoudienne Al-Horaish veut mettre en valeur 120 000 ha au Niger
ProSAVANA’s communication strategy and its impact: An analysis of JICA’s disclosed and leaked documents
- No! to landgrab, Japan
- 22 August 2016
This paper aims to(re)discover what ProSAVANA was and turned to be though a collective reading of primary documents
Estratégia da Comunicação do ProSAVANA e Seu Impacto: Análise dos Documentos da JICA Divulgados e Escapados
- No! to landgrab, Japão
- 22 August 2016
Um trabalho colectivo do grupo de cidadãos e ONGs japoneses que requereu e reuniu mais de cem documentos primários relacionados com o ProSAVANA e realizaram uma leitura analítica.
Chinese companies to grow one million feddans of cotton in Sudan
- Sudan Tribune
- 22 August 2016
Speaker of Gazira state Legislative Council disclosed the Sudanese government and Chinese companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) allowing the latter to grow one million feddans of cotton in Sudan.