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Canada: Is it time to relax land ownership restrictions?
- Western Producer
- 26 February 2015
Farmers in Saskatchewan are worried that outside investors are artificially inflating land prices and keeping regular farmers from expanding their operations
Niger : Mobilisation des éleveurs contre le morcellement des terres pastorales
- CamerPost
- 26 February 2015
Les associations d’éleveurs du Niger regroupées au sein du Réseau des Chambres d’Agriculture du Niger ont lancé une campagne « Sauvons les terres pastorales »
Le gouvernement met les agriculteurs ivoiriens en danger
- Le Nouveau Courrier
- 26 February 2015
Pousser à des changements de législations sur le foncier mais aussi obtenir la privatisation des semences. C’est l’objectif des multinationales qui cherche plutôt à faire du profit.
Arab businessmen reaffirm the success of agricultural investment projects in Khartoum State
- Albashir
- 25 February 2015
he governor Abdul Rahman Al Khidir has meanwhile stressed when he received the UAE investors of Al Mohair Group, specialized in agricultural production in West Omdurman, that the state is ready to provide all necessary assistance so that the production reach its peak.
Qatar's Hassad Food eyes Brazilian sugar, poultry assets
- Reuters
- 25 February 2015
"We are not closing the book on farmlands, but for the time being we are focusing on other layers of the chain," says vice president for business development at Hassad Food.
Pangea achète d'autres terres agricoles au Kamouraska
- Radio Canada
- 25 February 2015
Le fonds d'investissement Pangéa fait de nouvelles acquisitions au Kamouraska, au Québec.
Modibo Keïta, PDG de GDCM : Ou la mafia qui fait des ravages à l’Office du Niger
- L'Informateur
- 25 February 2015
Depuis 2009, les villageois mènent un bras de fer avec le patron de GDCM autour de l’accaparement des terres de culture à l’Office du Niger au Mali.
La main-mise des multinationales sur l’agriculture ukrainienne
- IPS
- 24 February 2015
La présence de sociétés étrangères dans l’agriculture ukrainienne croît rapidement, avec plus de 1,6 millions d’hectares d’exploitations agricoles passés récemment aux mains de sociétés étrangères.
Tunisia wants agribusiness partnerships with Brazil
- ANBA
- 24 February 2015
Tunisia is interested in partnering up with Brazil for agribusiness, according to the CEO of the Arab country’s Agency for Agricultural Investment Promotion.
World Bank dam and foreign land-grab force out Ethiopian tribes
- Digital Journal
- 24 February 2015
World Bank and China join Ethiopia's government to relocate 200,000 villagers of the Omo River and Lake Turkana Valley to replace them with super-irrigation plantations.
Inquiets de leur sort : les travailleurs de Senhuile demandent l’arbitrage du président Sall !
- Africa9
- 23 February 2015
Le directeur général de Senhuile, Massimo Castellussi, pourrait être interpellé dans les tout prochains jours, par les autorités compétentes du pays, informe une source en provenance de la présidence.
ONG GRAIN insiste nas acusações à AgroMoz por usurpação de terras em Moçambique
- OJE
- 23 February 2015
A organização ambientalista não governamental GRAIN reiterou hoje as acusações de usurpação de terras feitas à AgroMoz em Moçambique, depois de a empresa ter rejeitado as acusações iniciais de um relatório sobre este tema.
Dealing in Africa with land issues in a human rights perspective
- FIAN
- 23 February 2015
A new booklet provides information and guidance on how to defend land rights, monitor land policies and violations, advocate, campaign and seek redress for land-related violations.
Chimps' survival of little concern to agribusiness
- Greenpeace
- 23 February 2015
Homes of chimpanzees destroyed by agribusiness companies – many foreign-owned – who are clearing vast tracts of rainforest throughout west and central Africa to make way for plantations producing palm oil, rubber and other commodities.
Fiji: $10m investment for rice industry
- Fiji Times
- 23 February 2015
Korean rice company, Grace Road Company Ltd, in Navua is looking at investing $10 million in the revitalisation of the rice industry in the country and in expanding its farm.