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- Senhuile
- 31 May 2016
Senhuile cultive actuellement une superficie de 1 500 hectares au Sénégal.
Colombia: Gobierno empieza reglamentación de Zidres en medio del paro agrario
- Vanguardia
- 30 May 2016
Hoy, esta es una de las razones por las que la Cumbre Agraria ha determinado convocar a un nuevo paro, así lo expresa César Jerez, vocero de la organización que reúne diferentes plataformas del sector.
Ghana: Komenda sugar factory to be inaugurated today
- Business World
- 30 May 2016
The Export and Import (EXIM) Bank of India provided $35 million towards the establishment of the $36.5 million Komenda Sugar Factory project, which includes the development of 3,000 hectares of irrigable land.
Zambia civil society groupings oppose plans to offer land to South African farming investors
- News Ghana
- 30 May 2016
A consortium of civil society organizations on Friday opposed plans by the government to give South African farming investors large tracks of land for agricultural purposes.
PNG government called to cancel controversial land deal
- Radio NZ
- 30 May 2016
An NGO in Papua New Guinea says the government is not willing to cancel a controversial land lease despite recommendations by a Commission of Inquiry.
Time has ‘run out’ for land grabbers: minister
- Phnom Penh Post
- 30 May 2016
Cambodia's Land Management Minister declares that land grabbers would not evade justice, no matter how rich and powerful they were, although observers yesterday maintained a “wait and see” position.
L’Afrique face à l’accaparement de ses terres agricoles par des investisseurs étrangers
- L'Orient Le Jour
- 30 May 2016
L'Afrique doit absolument élaborer une gouvernance foncière pour éviter l'accaparement de terres par de grands groupes étrangers, qui génère pauvreté et conflits
L’Empire Socfin
- Micha Patault
- 30 May 2016
Enquête photographique sur les plantations de palmiers à huile à Sao Tomé et au Cameroun.
Ghana: Lands Commission to regulate land acquisitions by investors
- Ghana Web
- 28 May 2016
USAID is helping Ghana introduce guidelines for large-scale land transactions and address the dip in foreign direct investment that has arisen due to controversial land deals
Síntese do Encontro de Convergência e Resistência do Movimento não ao ProSavana
- 27 May 2016
Decorreu em Nampula, nos dias 6 e 7 de Maio, o encontro de Convergência e Resistência do Movimento Não ao ProSavana.
Commission pushes Eastern states to ease farmland ownership rules
- Politico
- 27 May 2016
The European Commission is giving five Eastern European countries two months to bring their agricultural land purchasing rules in line with the European Union standards or it may pursue legal action.
China to invest $700m in ag projects in Peru
- Fresh Plaza
- 27 May 2016
The initiative is intended to cover 40,000 hectares of land and would be located in the Arequipa region
Commodity cycles, economic treaties and pressures on land rights
- IIED
- 27 May 2016
The commodity slump has cooled the global land rush. But land rights are still under pressure, requiring action at local to global levels.
Kazakhstan farmers riot over fears of encroachment from China
- GD
- 27 May 2016
Protesters fear that the changes would make it easier for large Chinese agribusinesses to take control of vast swaths of farmland.
Chinese mining company takes a punt on Chilean fruit production
- Fresh Fruit Portal
- 27 May 2016
Chinese company Minera Catania Verde to reinvent almost 700 hectares of land in the northern area of Copiapó for production of table grapes, blueberries and cactus pears to export to Asia.