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Burkina Faso: Code d'investissement agricole - L'avant-projet de loi en validation
- Sidwaya Quotidien
- 05 November 2015
Le nouveau code d'investissement agricole détermine les modalités d'accès à la terre et le régime foncier.
Resistencia popular contra el acaparamiento corporativo del agua
- Rebelión
- 04 November 2015
Los esfuerzos corporativos para privatizar los derechos de agua concitan una robusta resistencia popular en las comunidades de todo el mundo, que afirman su derecho a decidir cómo se utilizan los recursos hídricos
Letter to World Bank President re arrest and prosecution of Pastor Omot Agwa in Ethiopia
- ASO
- 04 November 2015
Groups urge World Bank President to act swiftly to ensure the release and safety of Ethiopian land and environmental activist who worked for the Bank as a transaltor for its Inspection Panel in Ethiopia
Philippines: Lumads blast APEC, rap plan to convert 1 million hectares into palm oil plantations
- InterAksyon
- 04 November 2015
Farmers and indigenous people nationwide protested in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to denounce the plans to convert one million hectares of land into palm oil plantations.
Large-scale land acquisitions, displacement and resettlement in Zambia
- PLAAS
- 04 November 2015
Zambia is currently experiencing a rise in land-based investments by local and foreign investors.
Land governance in Malawi: Lessons from large-scale acquisitions
- PLAAS
- 04 November 2015
Over the past decade, rural Malawians have witnessed a surge in large-scale land acquisitions for commercial agriculture that threaten their access, control and ownership of customary land.
Un défenseur de l’environnement lourdement condamné au Cameroun !!!
- CED
- 04 November 2015
Nasako Besingi de l’ONG SEFE a été condamné ce jour par le tribunal de Mundemba. Il faisait l’objet d’une série de plaintes pour diffamation introduites par la société SGSOC, une filière de la société américaine Herakles Farms
An environmentalist heavily sentenced in Cameroon!!!
- CED
- 04 November 2015
Nasako Besingi of the NGO Struggle to Economize our Future Environment (SEFE) was sentenced today for defamation by the SGSOC Company, a subsidiary of Herakles Farms of the US.
Las corporaciones reemplazan a los campesinos como la “vanguardia” de la nueva agenda de seguridad alimentaria en China
- GRAIN
- 03 November 2015
China ha aceptado firmar tratados comerciales que la obligan a importar alimentos, y ha implementado políticas que favorecen el desarrollo de fincas de mayor tamaño y de inmensas corporaciones del agronegocio y la alimentación
À “l’avant-garde” du nouveau programme de sécurité alimentaire chinois, les grandes entreprises remplacent les paysans
- GRAIN
- 03 November 2015
La Chine a accepté des accords commerciaux qui obligent le pays à importer des denrées alimentaires et mis en place des mesures favorisant le développement des grandes exploitations et d’énormes entreprises alimentaires et agroindustrielles.
Corporations replace peasants as the "vanguard" of China's new food security agenda
- GRAIN
- 03 November 2015
Over the past couple of decades, China has embraced trade agreements that oblige it to import foods and implemented policies that favour the development of larger farms and massive agribusiness and food corporations.
Safeguarding land tenure rights in the context of agricultural investment
- FAO
- 03 November 2015
A technical guide on safeguarding land tenure rights in line with the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security.
Africa’s land rush: Rural livelihoods and agrarian change – a new book
- The Zimbabwean
- 02 November 2015
As with previous moments of enclosure and commercialisation, Africa’s recent land rush is already sparking resistance and counter-movements.
Al Dahra Agriculture hosts Food and Feed Safety Symposium in Beijing
- WAM
- 02 November 2015
Al Dahra Agriculture a subsidiary of Al Dahra Holding and a prominent multinational feed and food agribusiness player headquartered in Abu Dhabi has held its first Feed and Food Symposium in Beijing China.
Kuwaitis urged to invest in Morocco's agricultural sector
- KUNA
- 02 November 2015
A senior official at the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has urged Kuwaiti private sector and businessmen to direct investments to the agricultural sector in the Kingdom, offering cultivated land, long-term rent contracts and tax exemptions.