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Le Gabon veut devenir le premier producteur africain d'huile de palme
- VOA
- 17 August 2015
Le groupe singapourien Olam vient de lancer sa premiere usine de production de cette denrée dans le pays.
Burma: Land rights activists are newest political prisoners
- HRW
- 15 August 2015
Arrests in Karen State target those assisting farmers fighting land grabs, says Human Rights Watch.
¿Quién podrá salvarnos?
- La Jornada del Campo
- 15 August 2015
El acaparamiento de las tierras de cultivo por empresas multinacionales y Estados preocupa cada vez más, porque afecta tanto a los agricultores como a la soberanía de los Estados.
Firm to invest $100m in rice farming
- Leadership
- 15 August 2015
A Rice Farm Consortium from Dubai investing in a 7,500 hectares of rice farm in Saminaka, Borgu local government area of Niger State will spend $100million and employ 4,000 youths in the state.
Censo agrario evidencia que aumenta la concentración de la tierra en Colombia
- Contagio Radio
- 14 August 2015
Lo que está haciendo el gobierno es desconocer la Unidad Agrícola Familiar y propiciar el acaparamiento de tierras por grandes empresas multinacionales.
Gabon: L’usine d’huile de palme de la société Olam mise en service
- Gabonactu
- 14 August 2015
Cette usine n’est qu’une première étape pour Olam qui a obtenu plusieurs permis d’implantation de palmiers à huile dans plusieurs provinces du Gabon
In Cambodia, the path to ’clean sugar’ is still paved with delays
- Equal Times
- 14 August 2015
The so-called ‘Blood Sugar crisis’ may be over. But representatives from the Clean Sugar campaign their there is no end in sight for their problems.
"Investing in Africa's agriculture is the next best thing"
- MSNBC
- 13 August 2015
"We have a decent pipeline of anything between 200 and 400 million dollars in opportunities in Africa," says Craig Chambers, Old Mutual Investment Group’s Director of Strategic Projects.
Oil palm plantations in Colombia expand into indigenous territory
- Intercontinental Cry
- 11 August 2015
A new video from Environmental Investigation Agency shows devastating effects of the growing palm oil sector on the lands and rights of farmers and indigenous peoples in Colombia.
Canada: Farmers’ organizations want clearer rules on farmland ownership in provinces
- Hill Times
- 11 August 2015
While new interest in protecting farmland in Saskatchewan has been sparked, farmers say more study is needed to understand who owns what farmland and what the various rules are governing ownership in the provinces.
'We want our land back': Liberian communities speak out about big palm oil
- Mongabay
- 10 August 2015
“We want our land back,” said Bindu Kannea, a mother and a farmer who lives in Grand Cape Mount County. In Liberia community resistance to palm oil expansion is about protecting their last remaining pieces of land.
Stop "divide & rule" local peasants under ProSAVANA　【緊急声明】プロサバンナ事業における農民の分断と招聘計画の即時中止の要求
- AJF
- 10 August 2015
政府開発援助（ODA）「プロサバンナ事業（日本・ブラジル・モザンビーク三角協力による熱帯サバンナ農業開発プログラム）」を強行するために、モザンビークの農民を分断させようとする外務省・JICAの試み、および「農民招聘」計画は、モザンビークの民主主義と発展の礎を後退させる軽挙な行為です。私たちは異議を唱え、その即時中止を求めます。
Australia: Canada cracks almond deal
- Financial Review
- 10 August 2015
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board has bought Macquarie Group's owned and operated almond properties in the Sunraysia district of north-west Victoria for more than $115 million.
Projeto agrícola financiado pelo Brasil atrai acusações em Moçambique
- Jornal Floripa
- 10 August 2015
Um projeto de desenvolvimento da agricultura em Moçambique, financiado pelos governos do Brasil e do Japão, levou à expulsão de centenas de pequenos agricultores de suas terras para dar espaço a grandes empreendimentos
Un collectif de l'opposition dénonce le bradage du foncier en Mauritanie
- PANA
- 09 August 2015
Le Forum national pour la démocratie et l’unité dénonce des attributions foncières irrégulières et le bradage des terres à vocation agricole au niveau de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal