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The great British farmland boom
- Wall St Daily
- 21 April 2014
Farmland is now one of the UK’s greatest money makers. In 2013, overseas buyers accounted for 8% of UK farmland sales.
Senegal : 37 villages say “no” to the implementation of Senhuile Senethanol and threaten to march with cattles
- Wetlands Africa
- 21 April 2014
As they prepare a protest march, the populations questioned President Macky Sall on the Senhuile agribusiness project that is grabbing and destroying their land.
Sénégal : Les 37 villages de la zone disent non à la presence de Senhuile Senéthanol et menacent de marcher avec le bétail
- Wetlands Africa
- 21 April 2014
Les populations ont lancé le début d’une campagne et interpellent le Président Sénégalais Macky Sall.
Governos de Moçambique, Brasil e Japão Lançam última Ofensiva contra Resistência das OSC e Movimentos Sociais ao Prosavana
- ADECRU
- 21 April 2014
ADECRU exige ao Governo de Moçambique que inicie uma ampla discussão democrática, franca e inclusiva com as Comunidades do Corredor de Nacala em resposta as suas demandas soberanas
Did the Aru Islanders just stop a 500,000 hectare plantation threat?
- Interconintental Cry
- 21 April 2014
Since 2007, a plantation company had been scheming to take over more than three-quarters of the Indigenous islanders’ ancestral land in the Aru islands of Indonesia.
Compétition pour les terres arables
- ARTE
- 19 April 2014
Pour ce premier volet de l'émission consacrée au commerce des terres arables, "Le Dessous des cartes" s'intéresse aux facteurs qui ont relancé la quête mondiale de terres agricoles, et aux acteurs de ce marché.
Bulgaria: €5 million loan to Elana Agrocredit to support modernisation of the sector
- The Balkans
- 19 April 2014
The EBRD is providing a €5 million to loan to Elana Agrocredit AD to co-finance the development of Bulgaria’s agricultural land market.
La moitié des terres en Europe est contrôlée par 3% de gros propriétaires
- Basta !
- 18 April 2014
Les phénomènes de concentration et d’accaparement des terres ne concernent pas que l’Afrique ou l’Asie. Les gros propriétaires terriens sont aussi très actifs au sein de l’Union européenne.
Saudi minister against 'land grabbing'
- ANSAmed
- 18 April 2014
Saudi Arabia condemns land grabbing and has no such enterprise, Saudi Agriculture Minister Fahd Bin Abdulrahman Bin Sulaiman Balghunaim has told ANSAmed.
Accaparement des terres et globalisation : la FDS tire la sonnette d’alarme
- Journal du Mali
- 18 April 2014
L’accaparement des terres, la globalisation et le leadership féminin étaient au centre d’un débat entre les journalistes et les membres de la fondation pour le développement au Sahel (FDS)
Agro-alimentaire : la révolution sera bien élevée
- Jeune Afrique
- 17 April 2014
Pour plus de viande et plus de produits laitiers en Afrique, les "experts" prôntent un modèle à deux vitesses : encourager l'élevage intensif des investisseurs et soutenir l'élevage extensif des plus pauvres.
Astarta upbeat on Ukraine despite 'near-term' woes
- Agrimoney
- 17 April 2014
One of the Ukraine's largest farmland owners says "ongoing changes" in Ukraine - which last month signed a political association with the European Union – would "lead to the fundamental transformation of the country".
'Incredibly high' NZ land prices divert Aquila to Australia
- Agrimoney
- 17 April 2014
The "incredibly high" prices of New Zealand dairy farms have prompted Aquila Capital to switch its investment drive to Australia.
Brazilian development ccoperation in Agriculture
- CIFOR
- 17 April 2014
A CIFOR scoping study on ProSavana in Mozambique, with implications for forests
Dubai’s emir to discuss partnerships in Brazil
- ANBA
- 17 April 2014
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is also travelling to Mexico, Argentina and Chile. The agenda includes negotiations for strategic partnerships, agriculture in Africa and mutual investment.