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Africa's land and seed laws under attack
- AFSA/GRAIN
- 22 January 2015
The lobby to industrialise food production in Africa is changing seed and land laws across the continent to serve agribusiness corporations.
O ataque às leis fundiárias e das sementes da África
- AFSA/GRAIN
- 22 January 2015
O lóbi para industrializar a produção alimentar na África altera as leis fundiárias e das sementes de todo o continente para servir as empresas estrangeiras de agronegócio.
Crise foncière dans le Ndiael : les populations disent "non à Senhuile"
- Ndar Info
- 21 January 2015
Les tensions rurales provoquées par le lancement du projet Senhuile s’accentuent de jour en jour au Sénégal
Dégâts collateraux des engins de Senhuile-Senéthanol : Des squelettes de morts de 37 villages déterrés
- Direct Info
- 21 January 2015
Des éleveurs de 37 villages de la commune de Gnith, au Sénégal, ont marché hier pour crier leur ras-le-bol contre la société Senhuile-Senethanol
Private firms control 1.8 mln hectares of economic land concessions in Cambodia: officials
- Xinhua
- 21 January 2015
Some 228 companies are currently possessing about 1.8 million hectares of economic land concessions in Cambodia.
Leaked report says World Bank violated own rules in Ethiopia
- ICIJ
- 20 January 2015
Internal watchdog finds link between World Bank financing and Ethiopian government's mass resettlement of indigenous group
That boiling tension in Sahn-Malen
- New Citizen
- 20 January 2015
Tensions keep mounting between the all-powerful SOCFIN Agricultural Company and people of the Sahn-Malen chiefdom in the Pujehun District.
Tanzania: Ministry ordered to recover 3,000ha at Saadani Park
- Guardian (Tanzania)
- 20 January 2015
Parliamentary committee orders Ministry of Lands to recover 3,000 hectares of land the latter had sold to a Swedish company - EcoEnergy Ltd in Bagamoyo District, Coast Region.
Edo’s goal to become Nigeria's food basket
- This Day
- 20 January 2015
As major investors like Dangote and makers of Indomie Noodles, Dufil, move massive investments into Nigeria's Edo State, the Commissioner for Agriculture says the state is set to take over as the nation’s food basket.
Licensed to grab: How international investment rules undermine agrarian justice
- TNI
- 20 January 2015
Investor-state dispute settlement clauses in trade treaties give investors far-reaching protection, reinforcing the notion of land as a commodity.
Conflits fonciers au Burkina Faso : vivement le « sur sceau » salvateur de l’Etat !
- LeFaso.net
- 20 January 2015
Au Burkina, certains invoquent la propriété étatique de la terre pour espérer un meilleur accès à la terre quand d’autres considèrent que si la terre appartient à l’État, c’est qu’elle appartient à tous.
Huile de palme "durable" : un outil de greenwashing pour berner le consommateur
- Nouvel Observateur
- 20 January 2015
Produire une huile de palme "durable" est-il possible ?
Itochu, CP in deal to take $10.4 billion stake in Citic
- WSJ
- 20 January 2015
A Japanese trading conglomerate and the holding company of Thailand’s richest person acquire a fifth of Citic Ltd., in one of the biggest foreign investments in a Chinese state-owned company.
Former Swiss banker sells 600 ha of land in Romania
- Romania Insider
- 19 January 2015
A former Swiss banker, now turned farming investor in Romania, has sold 601 hectares of land in Timis county, making a 50% profit.
Karuturi under the spotlight
- The Reporter
- 17 January 2015
Director of agricultural investment at Ethiopia's Ministry of Agriculture says Karuturi is on the verge of collapsing in Ethiopia and that the company "has gone bankrupt following internal management crisis”