La Convergence Globale des Luttes pour la Terre et l’Eau a organisé un forum sous-régional à Selingué (Mali) du 25 au 27 juin derniers
Land Inc. is a journey across Brazil, Dubai, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Madagascar the Philippines and Ukraine to document what some define as a form of neocolonialism, and others as a chance for development: land grabbing
- TerraProject
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30 June 2015
“É inaceitável que o Presidente da República tenha que ir inaugurar o laboratório de solos em Nampula, numa altura em que há discussões consistentes e decisivas em relação ao programa ProSAVANA”
Fundada em 1987 por um grupo de famílias de agricultores da região de Saladillo, na Argentina, incluindo os Alvarado, Pallette, Pueyrredón e Kasdorf, a empresa El Tejar (O Telhar no Brasil) em pouco tempo se tornou o primeiro grande pool de produtores com terras arrendadas naquele país.
- Brasil Noticia
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30 June 2015
China's appetite for Australian farmland showing no signs of being sated. Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) annual report confirmed China has become Australia's biggest source of approved foreign investment after a $12.4 billion splurge.
Plans of Russia’s Far Eastern Zabaikalsky region to allow Chinese firms to rent sizeable plots of land has drawn vocal protests in Russia, including a series of online petitions demanding to annul the would-be-deal.
Australia tightened rules on Monday requiring overseas investors to declare holdings of agricultural land in order to strengthen oversight, amid concerns that Australia is losing control of its own food security.
A mysterious new partnership between Indonesia's spy agency and Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) to boost foreign investment has civil society wary of deepening agrarian conflict in the post-authoritarian country.
PNG's Minister for Agriculture says "the best way to do agriculture in Papua New Guinea is large-scale, mechanized" as small scale agriculture is "no longer feasible."
Hong Kong-listed Fosun International, a conglomerate with investments in businesses ranging from holiday resort chain Club Med to upmarket circus show Cirque de Soleil, is to buy 9% of German farm-operator KTG Agrar.
Peter Sondakh, the Rajawali Group chairman and chief executive officer, has set his sight on making his company a global giant in the palm oil business and sees PNG as the game changer for the industry.
The collaboration of the two companies is part of the overall development of Amatheon’s already 40 000 hectares titled farm block.
El índice que mide la desigualdad (Gini) muestra un reparto muy desigual de la tierra. Asciende a 0,81, mientras que la media mundial se sitúa en 0,60.
- Con Nuestro Perú
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29 June 2015
Les Bouriates, ethnie majoritaire dans la région de Transbaïkalie, organisent des manifestations massives contre le projet de l'administration.
- Huffington Post
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29 June 2015
La très controversée société d'agrobusiness Senhuile intéresse désormais la justice sénégalaise pour les connexions financières opaques de ses gérants actuels sous la coupe réglée de Tampieri Financial Group