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Sudan plans Investments in Egypt's Agriculture Sector
- Amwal Alghad
- 13 Mar 2015
Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir clarified that Sudan has the land and water and Egypt has the human resources and expertise while gulf countries can provide financing.
Vin: les acheteurs chinois en bordelais progressent, leurs difficultés apparaissent
- AFP
- 13 Mar 2015
Un tiers des acheteurs des propriétés viticoles du Bordelais, en France, sont des investisseurs chinois
New report: commercial agricultural expansion fueling illegal logging and land conflicts in Myanmar
- Mongabay
- 12 Mar 2015
Myanmar government has been allocating land for large-scale private agricultural businesses in the country’s biodiversity-rich forests at an alarming rate. Between 2010 and 2013, the area of land marked for commercial agriculture has increased from nearly 2 million acres to 5.2 million acres.
Local land rights may be in danger from push for palm oil in Liberia
- Mongabay
- 12 Mar 2015
Investment in agricultural production and trade often harms the rights of local and indigenous peoples while failing to contribute significantly to economic development, according to a new report from the Rights and Resources Institute.
Indonesia palm oil battle pits farmers against big plantations
- Reuters
- 12 Mar 2015
Singapore-based Golden Agri-Resources, which has oil palm plantations covering 250,000 ha in Indonesia, wants to expand in Kalimantan. Rights groups accuse the company of taking land from local people without free and informed consent.
Congo, les défis de l’agro-industrie
- Magazine de l'Afrique
- 11 Mar 2015
GTC s’est lancé dans le maïs avec un objectif de 500 hectares en 2016 tandis que Tolona, une société créée par des privés espagnols, développe 150 hectares de maïs et de tomate dans la Bouenza.
Indígenas paraguayos lograron que se retire proyecto de ley contra sus comunidades
- Notas
- 11 Mar 2015
Este martes, tras una movilización a la capital del país, comunidades indígenas de Paraguay lograron que el Senado retire un proyecto ley que impulsaba el “uso racional” de los territorios que habitan.
O bambu, uma polêmica resposta ao desmatamento na África
- IHU
- 11 Mar 2015
“As plantações não são propriedade dos fracos na sociedade, mas das empresas ou pessoas físicas ricas com fortes contatos econômicos e, às vezes, políticos".
Etiopía, una presa y el acaparamiento de tierras secan el río del que depende la tribu de los kwegus
- Ecoticias
- 11 Mar 2015
Los pueblos indígenas del valle bajo del Omo apenas han sido consultados sobre estos proyectos en su tierra, y cualquier atisbo de resistencia se topa con intimidaciones y la fuerza bruta.
Donors warn Ethiopia of Omo conflict risk from rapid sugar plans
- Africa Intelligence Media
- 11 Mar 2015
Ethiopian Sugar Corp. is tapping loans from Development Bank of China to build six sugar-processing factories and plant 150,000 hectares of sugar cane in the region bordering Kenya. This may exacerbate conflict in the ethnically diverse region.
Canada risks losing next generation of farmers
- CTV News
- 11 Mar 2015
Canada's National Farmers Union (NFU) has released an update to its 2010 report, "Losing Our Grip", about growing corporate control of farmland and the acceleration of debt among farmers.
Ethiopia: tribe starves as dam and land grabs dry up river
- Survival International
- 10 Mar 2015
The Kwegu, the smallest and most vulnerable tribe in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley, is starving as a result of the massive Gibe III dam and associated large-scale irrigation for commercial plantations on tribal land.
Villagers in northeast Cambodia refuse to give up land for rubber plantation
- RFA
- 10 Mar 2015
More than 200 representatives from remote northeastern Cambodian province refused to accept gifts from land concession company in exchange for clearing their communal land for a rubber tree plantation.
Vietnamese agriculture sees investment increase from Japan
- Shanghai Daily
- 10 Mar 2015
Interest in Vietnam's farmland is growing due to suitable soil and climate conditions, convenient location relative to markets like China and increasing demand for high-tech agricultural products.
Losing our grip - 2015 update
- NFU
- 10 Mar 2015
An updated report from Canada's National Farmers Union on the threat posed to family farms and food sovereignty by the corporate buy-up of farmland, rising farm debt and agribusiness financing of inputs.