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Reclaiming Free Prior and Informed Consent in the context of global land grabs
- TNI
- 22 July 2014
Will FPIC ‘help’ or ‘hurt’ the cause of agrarian justice? The dilemmas and challenges of using FPIC are already surfacing and warrant closer attention.
Cash crops with dividends: Financiers transforming strawberries into securities
- New York Times
- 22 July 2014
A small but growing group of sophisticated investors and bankers are combining crops and the soil they grow in into an asset class that ordinary investors can buy a piece of.
Swenson calls for review of farmland sale to CPP
- Star Phoenix
- 22 July 2014
The $128-million deal that saw Canada Pension Plan acquire 46,500 hectares of Saskatchewan farmland was "wrong, both legally and morally," says Rick Swenson, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan.
A farmland investment primer by GMO
- Value Walk
- 21 July 2014
Farmland total returns tend to be uncorrelated with financial asset returns, offering genuine portfolio diversification for institutional investors.
Japan’s Nitori postpones construction of textile complex in Mozambique
- Macauhub
- 21 July 2014
Japanese company drops plans to establish a 4,000 ha cotton farm in Mozambique's Nampula Province, within the Nacala Corridor.
Guebuza diz que o Estado deve resistir à pressão da privatização da terra
- RFI Portugués
- 20 July 2014
O chefe de Estado moçambicano terminou ontem em Maputo a presidência aberta no seu discurso Armando Guebuza defendeu que o estado deve resistir à pressão da privatização da terra.
Serbian village raises complaint about UAE purchase of farmland
- The National
- 20 July 2014
Farmers in Kula, Serbia have made formal complaints about an Abu Dhabi company, Al Rawafed Agriculture, which is trying to acquire land.
Les champs français, nouveau placement financier
- Terraeco
- 18 July 2014
De plus en plus de terres agricoles sont achetées par diverses entreprises n'ayant aucun lien avec l'agriculture. Une forme d'accaparement des terres qui inquiète.
More individuals are looking to invest in farmland and timberland
- WSJ
- 18 July 2014
Interest in land from high-net-worth investors is up at a time when stocks hover near record highs and bonds could be hurt by rising interest rates.
Liberia - communities join to fight the palm oil land grab
- The Ecologist
- 18 July 2014
Liberia's Jogbahn Clan is at the forefront of efforts to resist the grab of land and forests for palm oil plantations. But the country's President says they are only 'harrassing and extorting' international investors.
Campaña denuncia estrategias del Banco Mundial para acaparar tierras indígenas
- Servindi
- 17 July 2014
Un campaña virtual responsabiliza al Banco Mundial por el acaparamiento de tierras y recursos en todo el planeta, en detrimento de los derechos de las poblaciones locales campesinas e indígenas.
L'ambitieux plan de la RDC pour relancer son agriculture
- RFI
- 17 July 2014
Pour le ministre congolais de l’Agriculture, cet investissement se veut un tournant. « Nous disons : venez au Congo avec de grands projets. Nous sommes grands, nous devons faire de grandes choses. »
Cerca de 3 mil famílias Sem Terra ocupam área da Araupel no Paraná
- MST
- 17 July 2014
Cerca de 3 mil famílias ocuparam, na manhã desta quinta-feira (17), a Fazenda Rio das Cobras, da empresa Araupel, entre os municípios de Rio Bonito do Iguaçu e Quedas do Iguaçu (PR).
Sudan reaffirms commitment to provide land for agricultural investment
- Sudan Vision
- 17 July 2014
Minister of Agriculture confirmed, during his meeting with China's ambassador to Khartoum, the Sudanese government's commitment to providing land for agricultural investment
Olam to invests $100m in commercial rice production
- Guardian (Nigeria)
- 16 July 2014
Olam reveals plans to expand its rice farm in Nigeria to 10,000 hectares.