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Lituanie: référendum sur la vente de terres agricoles aux étrangers
- RFI
- 27 June 2014
Ce dimanche 29 juin 2014, les Lituaniens se prononcent par référendum sur la vente de terres agricoles aux étrangers.
The next breadbasket
- National Geographic
- 27 June 2014
Can Africa's fertile farmland feed the world?
« Une opportunité historique de négocier un traité contraignant sur les entreprises transnationales »
- Multinationales.org
- 27 June 2014
Le Conseil des droits de l’homme des Nations-Unies a approuvé hier le lancement du processus d’élaboration de nouvelles normes internationales contraignantes sur les entreprises multinationales et les droits humains.
Private investment urged to ensure food security
- The Peninsula
- 27 June 2014
The GCC businessmen's body has called on the region's private sector to come together and jointly invest in agriculture, fishing and livestock breeding locally as well as overseas
La grande ruée vers les terres d'Afrique
- National Geographic
- 27 June 2014
Ce mois-ci dans le National Geographic France : La grande ruée vers les terres agricoles d’Afrique
Les propriétaires terriens privés soulèvent l’indignation au Sénégal
- IRIN
- 26 June 2014
« Je ne comprends pas pourquoi des centaines d’hectares sont donnés à des étrangers, alors que la priorité devrait être de rendre ces terres accessibles à nos agriculteurs » argue Doudou Sow, petit exploitant de la région de Saint-Louis, dans le nord du Sénégal.
Sokoto to allocate 33,000 ha of farmland to Dangote – commissioner
- Blueprint
- 26 June 2014
Nigeria's Sokoto state government has approved the allocation of 33,000 hectares of farmland to Dangote Group of companies for the plantation of sugarcane.
FGV hopes to meet NBPOL advisers soon
- The Star
- 26 June 2014
Felda hopes to acquire New Britain Palm Oil Ltd, which has 77,000ha of oil palm plantations, 7,700ha of sugar cane plantations and 9,200ha of grazing pastures in Papua New Guinea.
Rabo Farm, Poleko and Van Kessel sign letter of intent during the state visit of the Dutch King and Queen to Poland
- Rabobank
- 26 June 2014
The three parties expressed their intention to strengthen the co-operation in the field of reshaping and draining agricultural land belonging to Rabo Farm in the Zulawy delta in the North of Poland, close to Gdansk.
Il land grabbing è neocolonialismo?
- RAI
- 26 June 2014
La corsa alla terra, o land grabbing, è uno dei temi più controversi del momento. Per qualcuno è un'opportunità economica, per altri una forma di sfruttamento.
Canadian firm to launch Shari’ah-compliant farmland investments
- CPI Financial
- 25 June 2014
AGInvest Properties, which owns and manages farmland across Ontario, Canada, has entered into a Shari’ah Advisory agreement with Shariyah Review Bureau to attract Islamic investors in Canada, GCC and elsewhere.
Groupe Louis-Dreyfus en stand-by à Abidjan
- Lettre du Continent
- 25 June 2014
Près de dix-huit mois après sa signature, l'accord entre le Groupe Louis-Dreyfus et les autorités ivoiriennes visant à tripler la production annuelle de riz du pays n'a pas connu l'ombre d'un début de commencement.
The Freetown Declaration
- Green Scenery
- 24 June 2014
180 citizens of Sierra Leone propose measures to combat land grabbing at the National Conference on Land and the Constitution in Freetown.
SiLNoRF and Bread For All release 2014 Annual Monitoring Report on the Addax Bioenergy Project in Sierra Leone
- SiLNoRF
- 24 June 2014
The Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food and Bread For All release this year’s Monitoring Report on the sugarcane-to-ethanol project of the Swiss firm Addax Bioenergy.
Communities protest that UK’s Equatorial Palm Oil is poised to seize land in Liberia
- Global Witness
- 24 June 2014
Members of the Jogbahn Clan will deliver a petition with over 90,000 signatures reminding company that it does not have community consent to expand onto their lands.