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Kazakh-Hungarian fund to attract $100 mln for agricultural projects
- KazInform
- 31 Mar 2016
In the future the national holding "KazAgro" plans to set up similar funds with China and the United Kingdom.
Tropical Nicaragua turns to Russia for agricultural investments
- Sputnik
- 31 Mar 2016
"Out of 4.9 million hectares available in the country, only one million are cultivated. The rest is waiting for the Russians and other foreign investors who are willing to come to us," says Nicaraguan Deputy Foreign Minister
AAF ESG Annual Report 2015
- Phatisa
- 31 Mar 2016
African Agriculture Fund Environmental, Social and Governance Annual Report 2015
Los agricultores de la región rusa de Krasnodar luchan por no perder sus tierras
- Euronews
- 30 Mar 2016
Denuncian que grandes empresas agroalimentarias las están confiscando ilegalmente.
Iranian business is interested in renting of agricultural lands for grain production in Ukraine
- APK Inform
- 30 Mar 2016
Iranian business is highly interested in realization of extraterritorial agricultural services, i.e. renting of agricultural lands in the territory of Ukraine, says Ambassador.
Foreign-owned land register will not be made public despite transparency pledge
- ABC
- 30 Mar 2016
A new register of agricultural land will not be made public despite the Government's promise to provide more transparency over foreign investment in Australian farms.
Why are foreign investors interested in Kazakhstan’s agricultural sector?
- IWEP
- 29 Mar 2016
Many large agricultural corporations, especially Italian (Cremonini, Granorolo) and Chinese (Rifa, CITIC, COFCO) have stirred up negotiations regarding the building of full-scale production facilities in Kazakhstan.
Groups plan campaign vs. corporate oil palm plantations, mark #DayOfTheLandless
- PAN AP
- 29 Mar 2016
Advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) today joined peasant and indigenous groups, land activists, and human rights campaigners in the region in marking the global Day of the Landless through a solidarity action in Jakarta.
Sauditas compran tierras en EE.UU. para alimentar su ganado
- Voz de América Noticias
- 28 Mar 2016
La compra es parte de la reversión en su política saudí de intentar cultivar en su propio país lo que consume, para favorecer ahora los cultivos en granjas en el extranjero.
Why Saudi Arabia bought 14,000 acres of US farm land
- CS Monitor
- 28 Mar 2016
The Middle Eastern kingdom needs hay for its 170,000 cows. So, it's buying up farmland for the water-chugging crop in the drought-stricken American Southwest.
Chinese engagement in African agriculture is not what it seems
- The Conversation
- 28 Mar 2016
The Chinese role in agriculture – in terms of business investment, technology transfer, demonstration efforts, training and more – is growing, and shaping perceptions.
Cameroun : Haute-Sanaga : La boulimie foncière des hauts commis de l’Etat
- Camer.be
- 28 Mar 2016
Directeurs, parlementaires, généraux d’armée, ministres…, usant du trafic d’influence, accaparent à vil prix de vastes étendues de terre dans cette partie du pays déjà sollicitée par des agro-industries.
Populations riveraines de la PHP de Njombe : Le drame des populations sans terre
- LeRural.info
- 28 Mar 2016
« La grande superficie des terres occupées par la PHP (6000 hectares) cause de nombreux conflits sur le terrain » selon Earth Cameroon
Q&A on impact of economic land concessions in Southeast Asia
- New York Times
- 26 Mar 2016
Authorities in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar have granted hundreds of long-term land leases called economic land concessions to foreign and domestic developers to set up rubber, sugar or other plantations or mining projects. A closer look at the issue
Entrevista a Vicent Garcés: "La globalización neoliberal ha producido verdaderas contrarreformas agrarias"
- Diagonal
- 26 Mar 2016
El fenómeno de los "acaparamientos de tierras", en crecimiento a partir de 2008, evidencia todo un proceso de reconcentración y acumulación que se expresa de formas muy diversas (no sólo a través de la concentración de tierras, sino también tomando el control sobre las cadenas de valor global, por ejemplo).