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PepsiCo enacting a new land policy
- AP
- 19 Mar 2014
PepsiCo enacting policy that will have zero tolerance for land grabs by agricultural suppliers.
FG plans $75bn oil mill, plantation investment expansion in Edo State, NIgeria
- This Day
- 18 Mar 2014
Governor of Edo State announces allocation of another 20,000 ha of land to SOCFIN's Okomu Oil Palm Plc and 50,000 hectares of land to Dangote Group for rice production.
China to cooperate with Crimea after situation stabilizes
- ITAR-TASS
- 18 Mar 2014
China has plans to lease about 10,000 hectares of agricultural land in Crimea, says Russian news agency ITAR-TASS.
Comprar tierras para tener agua
- ESGlobal
- 18 Mar 2014
En América Latina las grandes empresas controlan el fenómeno del acaparamiento de terrenos cultivables ricos en oro azul.
Production de Bio Carburant au Sénégal: 850 milles hectares de terre « accaparés »
- Sud Quotidien
- 18 Mar 2014
L’Ong Actionaid mène une campagne autour du slogan «Touche pas à ma terre» qu’elle compte répéter à «toutes les autorités, aux ambassades, aux agro business, aux entreprises étrangères, qui viennent au Sénégal».
Accaparement des terres au Cambodge : l’UE face à ses responsabilités
- Novethic
- 18 Mar 2014
La question des conséquences sociales de l’accord « Tout sauf les armes » est désormais sur la table.
Spéculation foncière : La société civile pour un juste équilibre entre les investisseurs et l’agriculture familiale
- Dakar Actu
- 18 Mar 2014
Une quarantaine d’organisations de la société civile africaine se réunissent pour formuler une stratégie d’engagement dans l’Initiative sur les Politiques Foncières (Land Policy Initiative, LPI)
Saudi must look east for grains
- food-navigator
- 18 Mar 2014
Saudi food firms have invested in Sudan, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt, but their respective political situations have forced investors to look for alternatives, with Pakistan and Australia looking to be a good fit.
Paraguay: impunidad que da placer
- Argenpress
- 17 Mar 2014
El asesinato selectivo de emergentes dirigentes campesinos se está volviendo un estilo de gobierno en Paraguay, desde el Golpe de Estado del 22 de junio del 2012.
El gigante se "provee acá": China profundiza su avance en la Argentina y viene por más insumos estratégicos
- Iprofesional
- 17 Mar 2014
La compra de Nidera le aseguró el control de semillas clave para la evolución de los alimentos y su desembarco en el negocio de los transgénicos. Además, negocia quedarse con otra comercializadora de granos. Sus planes chinos para el petróleo, la energía eólica y hasta la exploración espacial.
Ningxia Province to invest in rice production at Weta
- Diamond Radio
- 17 Mar 2014
Under an agreement between the Volta Regional Coordinating Council and China's Ningxia Province, the Ningxia Agricultural Development Group will begin investing in 100 hectares acquired at the irrigation site.
Burst and bubble: the scramble for Africa’s land, who benefits?
- Joy Online
- 17 Mar 2014
Where the culprits were largely governments and authoritative bodies, now multinational governments are working with these entities to take lands and deprive local communities of critical resources.
Land grabbing for agriculture is causing conflict in southern, Sierra Leone
- Development Diary
- 17 Mar 2014
Farmers say Socfin Agricultural Company's plantation causes instability, fear, mistrust, poverty, and violence.
Govt to assess land concession viability
- Vientiane Times
- 17 Mar 2014
The Lao government has approved hundreds of thousands of hectares in concessions, but has yet to identify how many hectares of land investors have already used or whether they have followed their original proposals.
The complex world of big land deals
- ENSIA
- 17 Mar 2014
Can we minimize downsides and maximize benefits of transnational land investments?