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Nourrir la planète, le défi de l’Exposition universelle de Milan
- Le Temps
- 12 May 2015
La société civile du Sud s’alarme des «fausses solutions» comme l'agrobusiness ou l’«agriculture climato-intelligente»
Dogged by abuse allegations, Mitr Phol pulls out of Cambodia
- Bangkok Post
- 11 May 2015
Mitr Phol Sugar Corp has pulled out of its three plantations in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province after years of allegations about illegal business practices and human-rights abuses, a media report said Monday.
Chinese ripples in the paddy fields of central Myanmar
- Mizzima
- 11 May 2015
The water-rich region of Myanmar has become the target of land speculation, driven in part by local Myanmar-Chinese merchants and Chinese speculators and businesspeople.
Palm sustainability group puts expansion ban on Golden Agri unit
- Reuters
- 11 May 2015
A palm oil industry body orders one of the world's major producers to stop buying or developing new plantations in Indonesia, in a dispute seen as a test case on expansion by agribusiness firms versus local land rights.
Report looks at dark side of sugar concessions
- Anadolu Agency
- 11 May 2015
More than 2,000 families have been affected and at least 3,000 hectares misappropriated for logging by three sugar plantations in the north Cambodian province of Oddar Meanchey, according to a report released Monday
Duas associações moçambicanas exigem que governo rejeite projeto para vale do rio Lúrio
- Lusa
- 11 May 2015
ADECRU e GRAIN exigiram que o governo de Moçambique rejeite um projeto de desenvolvimento do vale do rio Lúrio (nordeste), devido aos "destruidores e fatais impactos na vida de mais de 500 mil pessoas e biodiversidade".
A development fairytale or a global land rush?
- IPS
- 11 May 2015
The land rush unleashed around the world to own and exploit Earth’s natural bounty is not only fierce and unfair, but increasingly fatal, with lands, homes and forests bulldozed and cleared for foreign investors.
Ethiopia: Midroc announces 8 billion birr expansion for Midroc Gold, Elfora
- Addis Fortune
- 11 May 2015
Midroc's subsidiary Elfora Agro-industry Plc plans to cultivate alfalfa on 300ha of land at Nettle and Shallo in the Oromia Region with an objective of producing 600 tonnes of forage a month.
Governo do Distrito de Malema persegue e ameaça camponeses que rejeitaram o ProSavana
- ADECRU
- 11 May 2015
A ADECRU que acompanha com preocupação os contornos das reuniões de auscultação pública do Plano Director do ProSavana manifesta profunda indignação e condenação as ameaças, intimidação e perseguição aos camponeses e comunidades locais
Stalking and intimidation of the Malema district administration　マレマ郡行政府が、ProSAVANA事業を拒否した農民らを付きまとい、脅迫
- ADECRU
- 11 May 2015
マレマ郡行政府の主催で行われた4月28日の公聴会を、途中でボイコットしたProSAVANA事業を拒否するムトゥアリの農民やコミュニティが、同郡行政府の傘下にいるムトゥアリ行政ポスト長、首長ムショナ（Muchona）とSDAE（郡経済活動振興部）関係者らによって付きまとわれ、脅迫の標的となっている。
O conselho de Ministros moçambicano deve dizer não ao reassentamento de mais de 100 mil pessoas no corredor de Nacala
- ADECRU
- 11 May 2015
500 mil pessoas serão severamente atingidas, caso o Conselho de Ministros de Moçambique decida aprovar o chamado Projecto de Desenvolvimento do Vale do Rio Lúrio (DVRL).
Mozambique's Council of Ministers must say ‘no’ to resettlement of 100,000 in the Nacala Corridor
- ADECRU
- 11 May 2015
500,000 people in northern Mozambique will be severely affected if the country's Council of Ministers approves the Lúrio River Valley Development Project (DVRL).
The EU may move towards mandatory business & human rights regulation
- LinkedIn
- 09 May 2015
Members of the European Parliament adopted last 29 April a motion calling for mandatory human rights due diligence for corporations. The Council and Commission are not legally obliged to follow through.
Sandiery Diop, chef de village de Ndombo Sandiéry : «La Css nous a pris toutes nos terres»
- GLF
- 09 May 2015
"Un beau matin, elle a pris 300 ha. La Css est un Etat dans l’Etat."
Private equity and emerging markets agribusiness: Building value through sustainability
- IFC
- 08 May 2015
This report has been written for emerging market private equity fund managers. It highlights trends in private equity investment in emerging markets agribusiness