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Ag sector investment prospects 'highly positive'
- Agrimoney
- 22 June 2016
"Money is still being pumped into the sector almost regardless of geography," says director of Primer International.
Chinese firm gets more time to sell stake
- Xinhua
- 21 June 2016
Australia has granted a three-year extension for a Chinese company to reduce its 80 percent stake in Australian cotton farm Cubbie Station after it indicated it could not meet the October 2015 deadline.
'All we ask is for is our land back': Uganda's Bugala Island farmers
- Reuters
- 21 June 2016
Farmers on Bugula Island, the second largest in Lake Victoria, are now locked in a legal battle with Bidco, which says it has not been involved in any land transactions.
Brasil: Acampados na UFT, indígenas participam de assembleia na defesa de direitos e denunciam os impactos do Matopiba
- Conexaoto
- 21 June 2016
O encontro traz a temática "Na defesa dos Direitos Constitucionais dos Povos Indígenas, resistimos e denunciamos os impactos do Matopiba nos territórios tradicionais".
World Bank allows Tanzania to sidestep rule protecting indigenous groups
- ICIJ
- 21 June 2016
The World Bank’s board has granted a massive agribusiness project in East Africa a waiver that exempts it from following the bank’s Indigenous Peoples Policy—sparking fears that the development lender is making an end run to resurrect a policy that it abandoned in public.
EU and UNIDO to support agribusiness development in African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
- UNIDO
- 21 June 2016
"To attract more private sector investments, ACP countries need to adapt their policies and reinforce the capacity of their agribusinesses."
Brasil: Maggi defende venda de terras no Brasil para estrangeiros
- Só Noticias
- 21 June 2016
Para ele, a mudança na atual legislação, que veda a prática, facilitaria a obtenção de crédito por parte de produtores, junto a bancos internacionais.
International financial capital targets farmland in Brazil
- TeleSur
- 21 June 2016
Land speculation stimulates the expansion of plantations across Brazil, increasing land conflicts and displacement of campesino and Indigenous communities.
Comment les investisseurs partent à l’assaut des terres agricoles françaises
- Les Echos
- 21 June 2016
L’achat de plusieurs exploitations dans l’Indre par un groupe chinois préoccupe les pouvoirs publics. En France, il est impossible de dire précisément à qui appartiennent les terres agricoles.
Charles Beigbeder : « Nous réfléchissons création d'un fonds agricole mondial »
- Les Echos
- 21 June 2016
Le français Charles Beigbeder a fondé AgroGeneration en 2007. L'entreprise exploite 120.000 hectares des terres noires d'Ukraine.
Brésil : les étrangers pourront à nouveau acheter des terres agricoles
- AFP
- 20 June 2016
Le gouvernement brésilien par intérim va proposer au Parlement d'autoriser la vente de terres agricoles aux étrangers qui avait été interdite en 2010, une mesure encouragée par le ministre de l'Agriculture Blairo Maggi, "le roi du soja".
Evicted tribes say they're left with nowhere to go
- ICIJ
- 20 June 2016
The World Bank’s board has granted an East African agribusiness project called SAGCOT a waiver that exempts it from following the bank’s Indigenous Peoples Policy — sparking fears among human rights advocates that the development lender is setting a precedent that weakens protections for indigenous peoples.
Brasil, III Assembleia dos Povos Indígenas de Goiás e Tocantins: Povos em movimento
- CIMI
- 20 June 2016
Dentre os temas mais contundentes em torno dos quais pretendem construir alianças, está a questão grave da água e destruição da natureza prevista com a eventual execução de projetos como o PDA- MATOPIBA.
Colombia: Zidres, o la guerra por otros medios
- Deslinde
- 20 June 2016
manadas de consumidLas Zidres son una política que favorece a los promotores de megaproyectos agroindustriales, que promoverán empresas con alta intensidad de capital, poco empleo de mano de obra, y convertirán el campo en una despensa para la producción masiva.
2015, année meurtrière pour les défenseurs de l’environnement
- Le Monde
- 20 June 2016
Pour les militants écologistes et les peuples indigènes en lutte contre l’accaparement et la destruction de leurs terres, de leurs forêts ou de leurs cours d’eau, 2015 a été une année noire selon un nouveau rapport de Global Witness.