US real estate company Property Connections of Bay City says it has sold over $100 million worth of farmland in Texas in the last two years to Chinese buyers.
- China Daily
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10 December 2015
The Namibian government has received proposals from multinational agribusiness to develop large-scale agricultural irrigation projects but only a few of have materialised or have been operationalised.
Esta iniciativa busca entregar bienes baldíos a grandes empresarios y permitir acumulaciones por encima de la Unidad Agrícola Familiar (UAF) en las denominadas Zonas de Interés de Desarrollo Rural y Económico (ZIDRE)
Two Singaporean agriculture and property group, HLH and Select Group has acquired a 30 per cent interest in two plots of lands in Cambodia through its subsidiary.
- Deal Street Asia
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10 December 2015
To mark the International Human Rights Day today, peasant and indigenous groups are filing cases to seek justice for victims of human rights violations related to land conflicts.
La 11è édition du Forum des peuples tenue les 5 et 6 décembre derniers à Siby, Mali a pris fin par une déclaration finale marquée par des recommandations fortes.
La lutte contre l'accaparement des surfaces agricoles par les pouvoirs publics ou les multinationales reste vivace, au Tchad. Rencontre avec une figure du mouvement pour les droits fonciers, Djeralar Miankeol.
Land grabbing is a direct acquisition of land shaped by failures of democracy, and economic governance.
- Standard Times
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09 December 2015
Leaders of Ha Nam provincial government agree to allocate 50 hectares of land in Hung Cong commune, Binh Luc district to Japanese company Seibu Nousan for the cultivation of Japonica rice for export to Japan.
Emirati investors have agreed to invest up to 37 million euros on six agriculture projects in Morocco.
En taller nacional, situación de campesinos de Huaral, Moquegua y Ayacucho fueron ejemplo de acaparamiento y explotación en Perú
Oil palm plantations have sprung up at breakneck speed across Indonesia’s ravaged hinterlands, eating away at the forests and propelling this country of 250 million to become the world’s sixth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
- Mongabay
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07 December 2015
Le ministre des Domaines de l’Etat et des Affaires foncières constate un fossé entre les textes juridiques, les discours et la réalité en matière foncière où les paysans sont illégalement expropriés de leurs terres au profit des riches.
Foreign investment rules controlling overseas ownership of farmland and agribusinesses are not as tough in Australia as in many countries', but the Business Council of Australia says they still confuse and discourage potential investment.
- Farm Weekly
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07 December 2015
Hundreds of small farmers in northern Mozambique have been evicted since 2013 to make way for a mega farm that will produce the soybeans for feed for chickens