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Agroecology cools the planet - so why are Governments backing agribusiness?
- Ecologist
- 14 October 2016
Investing in agroecology requires a drastically different model than the agribusiness-led version many Governments are currently pursuing
Un contrôle suisse sur la course mondiale aux terres fertiles
- swissinfo
- 14 October 2016
Il est probable qu’une partie importante de l'argent qui circule en Suisse est placé dans des fonds d’investissement liés aux terres agricoles, souligne Markus Giger.
Paraguay: ¿El Indert y la Procuraduría harán algo para recuperar judicialmente las tierras estatales de Guahory?
- BASE-IS
- 14 October 2016
Ayer las familias campesinas pidieron de vuelta a la Procuraduría que inicie juicios para anular títulos irregulares.
Libéria: Action des Riverains de la plantation de LAC, le 5 et 7 Octobre 2016
- ReAct
- 13 October 2016
Plus de 450 riverains de la plantation agro-industrielle LAC, au Liberia, se sont mobilisés le 5 et 7 octobre dernier pour l’accès à l’école de l’entreprise, qui est la seule proche de chez eux.
L’Afrique concentre 42% des achats de terres agricoles réalisés à l’échelle mondiale depuis l’an 2000, selon Land Matrix
- Agence Ecofin
- 12 October 2016
L’Afrique reste la région la plus touchée par le phénomène des acquisitions de terres agricoles à grande échelle, selon le projet Land Matrix
Comment le groupe français Avril investit en Roumanie
- France Télévision
- 12 October 2016
La Roumanie voit ses terres accaparées par des investisseurs étrangers, souvent des fonds de pension. Dans cette usine rachetée par le groupe français Avril, on affirme "valoriser" le pays et ses agriculteurs.
Argentina: Denuncian que extranjeros tienen grandes extensiones de tierra
- El Cordillerano
- 12 October 2016
Un informe periodístico de La Mañana del Neuquén, reveló que millonarios de distintas partes del mundo se están quedando con las porciones de tierra más cotizadas en la provincia de Neuquén.
Landmatrix II - 26,7 millions d'hectares de terres entre les mains d'investisseurs
- CIRAD
- 11 October 2016
Depuis l'année 2000 et à l'échelle de la planète 26,7 millions d'hectares de terres agricoles sont passées dans les mains d'investisseurs étrangers.
Brazilians flee drought-ravaged land once touted as frontier
- Bloomberg
- 11 October 2016
Weather challenges in the region, called Matopiba after the first two letters of Maranhao, Tocantins, Piaui and Bahia states, shouldn’t have flabbergasted farmers and investors. What’s been surprising is the voracious appetite for planting there.
Africa remains a target as Global South ‘land rush’ moves to production
- The Conversation
- 11 October 2016
Almost ten years have after the term “land grabbing” first entered the popular imagination, large-scale land acquisitions remain shrouded in secrecy.
Analytical report of the Land Matrix II
- Land Matrix
- 11 October 2016
New report by the Land Matrix finds 26.7 million hectares of agricultural land around the world have been transferred to foreign investors since the year 2000. Report details who is buying farmland in which regions of the world and how this land is being used.
Arrests and prosecution not solutions to the problem of land in Thyolo/Mulanje (Malawi)
- change.org
- 11 October 2016
Petition calls for Malawi government to withdraw court case against the People's Land Organisation, which is claiming reparations from the tea estates in Thyolo and Mulanje for the forced labour that their fore parents were subjected to in the estates by the colonial settlers.
Illegal cocoa and palm plantations cause $111m damage in Peruvian Amazon
- IDM
- 11 October 2016
The head of Peru’s National Forest and Wildlife Service has revealed that deforestation by two illegal cocoa and oil palm plantations in the Peruvian Amazon has caused US$111 million of damage.
Biggest Africa cocoa farm takes shape in central Ivory Coast
- Bloomberg
- 11 October 2016
In central-eastern Ivory Coast, a cocoa plantation that will be Africa’s biggest, spanning an area equal to about 3,000 soccer fields, is taking shape.
Dole acquires Chile's TucFrut Farms
- Business Wire
- 10 October 2016
The TucFrut property, located 140 miles South of Santiago, consists of five different farms spread over 1,000 hectares and currently produces apples, blueberries and kiwifruit on over 660 hectares.