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Congo-Brazzaville : la renaissance des pépinières
- Jeune Afrique
- 20 August 2015
En sommeil pendant vingt ans, palmiers à huile et cacaoyers font leur retour en force dans la Sangha.
Accaparement des terres : Les victimes accentuent la pression
- Malijet
- 20 August 2015
Les associations et Coordinations d’associations de victimes de l’accaparement des terres au Mali étaient face à la presse pour marquer leur détermination à continuer la lutte.
Agribusiness on rise in north Uganda region where rebels fought
- Reuters
- 20 August 2015
Investors have poured tens of millions of dollars into a war torn landscape in northern Uganda now dotted with tracts of maize, rice, sunflower, sesame and commercial forests.
China agriculture: Seeds of hope
- AVCJ
- 19 August 2015
If Black Soil Capital Partners gets its way, the fields of Heilongjiang will be consolidated under long-term leases from farmers, giving way to a modern, industrialized US-style business model.
Argentina: Represión a mapuches en tierras usurpadas por Benetton
- Agencia para la Libertad
- 18 August 2015
La policía de Chubut reprimió ferozmente a las familias mapuche que recuperaron en marzo pasado sus tierras históricas que el magnate italiano y terrateniente en la Argentina, Luciano Benetton, usurpó con dinero en la Ruta Nacional 40 y el río Chubut.
Cambodian government takes umbrage at US Congressman’s comments on land grabs
- RFA
- 18 August 2015
Hearing in the US will examine how land grabbing has significantly impacted the lives of Filipinos and Cambodians and the involvement of U.S. officials charged with promoting development in these countries.
Sucre : le mauricien Alteo s’implante au Kenya
- Jeune Afrique
- 18 August 2015
Le groupe mauricien poursuit ainsi son implantation dans l'est de l'Afrique après avoir fait l'acquisition d'une sucrerie en Tanzanie en 2000.
Eco-Oil Energie investira 350 milliards dans un projet agroalimentaire au Congo
- Agence Ecofin
- 18 August 2015
Au Congo, des investisseurs malaisiens prévoient un investissement de 350 milliards de francs Cfa dans un projet agro-industriel.
Norway’s wealth fund expels POSCO, Daewoo Int’l over palm oil holdings
- Mongabay
- 18 August 2015
Norway’s central bank is divesting the country’s $870 billion pension fund of its holdings in four Asian multinationals for palm oil in Southeast Asia. POSCO and Daewoo were excluded for the activities in Merauke, Indonesia’s Papua province.
“Vale e ProSavana simbolizam o saque dos recursos e violação de direitos das comunidades sobre a Terra” denunciam organizações moçambicanas no Brasil
- ADECRU
- 17 August 2015
Numa acção conjunta, três movimentos sociais de Moçambique decidiram apostar no reforço e aprofundamento das alianças.
Large food firms back voluntary plan to stop land grabbing
- Reuters
- 17 August 2015
Global food giants and international NGOs have drafted a framework to prevent land grabs just as hedge funds, companies and plantation owners race to acquire new territory.
FGV aims to seal deal for Eagle High stake by end-October
- Deal Street Asia
- 17 August 2015
Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) aims to enter into a definitive agreement for its proposed acquisition of Indonesian palm oil company PT Eagle High Plantations Tbk by October 31 this year.
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.