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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).
3F Oil Palm au Gabon
- GabonReview
- 26 Mar 2016
La filiale du groupe 3F basé à Andhra Pradesh en Inde vient de signer un protocole d’accord avec le gouvernement gabonnais pour le développement d’une palmeraie de 40 000 ha et la construction d’une huilerie.
Cambodia's zeal for rubber drives ethnic group from land
- Associated Press
- 25 Mar 2016
The Bunong say they never were warned their land would be taken and were not offered compensation before the land started to be cleared — two steps required under Cambodian law.
Ethiopia body suspends farm lease programme after poor results
- Reuters
- 25 Mar 2016
An Ethiopian state body that has been involved in leasing tracts of land for commercial farming has suspended the issuance of new licences until it completes a review because of scant progress in developing areas leased so far, an official said.
3F Oil Palm veut un accord définitif avec l’Etat du Gabon
- Nouveau Gabon
- 25 Mar 2016
L’accord de partenariat devrait se traduire par la mise à disposition de 40 000 hectares de terre selon Sanjay Goenka, PDG de la société indienne
Accaparement des terres : les députés ne proposent qu’un registre
- La Terra
- 24 Mar 2016
Les parlementaires québécois concluent qu’il faut obtenir un portrait plus détaillé des transactions de terres agricoles pour pouvoir mieux juger du phénomène d’accaparement des terres.
Saudi prince, Kenya partners locked in battle for agro-firm
- Business Daily
- 23 Mar 2016
Prince Sultan Bin Nasser Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has sued three Kenyans he accuses of forging his signature and transferring ownership of a multi-billion shilling company that has leased 100,000 acres at Galana, Kilifi County, to cultivate sugarcane.
Dubai dairy Al Rawabi to expand with $100 million farm in Liwa region
- National
- 23 Mar 2016
As part of its expansion plans, Dubai-based dairy Al Rawabi expects to buy land in Africa before the end of next year to grow alfalfa, which is used as a forage crop.
FirstFarms unveils plan to exploit Slovakian land sale spree
- Agrimoney
- 23 Mar 2016
FirstFarms unveiled plans to double its Eastern European farming area, potentially tapping into moves which could bring an "oversupply" of land for sale in Slovakia.
PANAP gears up for Day of the Landless, joins global outcry for justice for Lat Am land activists
- PANAP
- 23 Mar 2016
As various peasant and indigenous people’s groups gear up for the “Day of the Landless” on 29 March, regional advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) today joins the global outcry for justice for slain land activists and indigenous people’s leaders in Honduras and Colombia whose deaths are apparently linked to their strong opposition to large-scale corporate mining and logging.
Agency quits offering land for large scale agricultural investments
- Walta Info
- 23 Mar 2016
The Ethiopian Agriculture Investment and Land Administration Agency has given up offering land for large scale agricultural investments for an unspecified time.
Fin de la «Caravane ouest-africaine pour la terre, l’eau, les semences»
- CGLTE
- 22 Mar 2016
Du 3 au 20 mars 2016, une caravane a sillonné l’Afrique de l’Ouest pour faire entendre la voix des paysan/nes mis à mal par des politiques agricoles qui privilégient l’agrobusiness
Cameroun : Scandale foncier : La tentative de hold-up de la PHP
- Camer.be
- 22 Mar 2016
Usant et abusant de sa surface financière, la société française qui spolie depuis les nationaux veut s’accaparer de 75 ha de terres appartenant à des familles camerounaises à Njombé. Décryptage.