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Senhuile-Senéthanol: Farmers determined to oppose it
- AEFJN
- 30 January 2014
An agro-industry project jointly financed by capital from Italy, the US and Senegal has aroused resistance from the rural communities living in Gnith in Senegal.
Plan similar to MIFEE in FakFak
- Awas MIFEE
- 29 January 2014
Fakfak (on the Southern Coast of West Papua Province), has plans to start a program to develop integrated agribusiness similar to MIFEE in Merauke.
Ethiopia - Land for sale
- Al Jazeera
- 29 January 2014
As the economy thrives, filmmakers Veronique Mauduy and Romain Pelleray examine the plight of Ethiopians forced from their land to make way for foreign investors.
NZ and Ethiopia sign food security agreement
- National Party
- 28 January 2014
The arrangement will provide a government-to-government framework to encourage commercial partnerships between New Zealand and Ethiopian agricultural interests.
Arabs invest $850m in Mauritania projects
- AFP
- 28 January 2014
The investments, equivalent to almost a fifth of the size of the economy, will pump cash into fisheries, agriculture, livestock, health and roads while funding imports from Arab countries to the tune of $145 million.
Japan’s Marubeni Corp. to produce sugar cane in Angola
- Macauhub
- 28 January 2014
Marubeni plans to plant sugar cane on an area of 75,000 hectares and to construct a factory to transform the sugar cane into sugar and ethanol.
Cambodian tribe accuses chinese of massive land grab
- VOA
- 28 January 2014
A Cambodian minority group in northern Preah Vihear province is calling for the cancelation of two licenses for Chinese companies accused of grabbing thousands of hectares of land.
Bulgaria lifts ban on selling land to EU investors
- Reuters
- 28 January 2014
Bulgaria's top court overturned a ban on selling arable land to investors from the European Union, averting a legal clash with Brussels and resolving a dilemma for the country's coalition government.
Gabon : Olam va vendre 18 millions de dollars d'actifs forestiers à des investisseurs chinois
- Jeune Afrique
- 27 January 2014
Le groupe singapourien Olam va vendre une partie de ses actifs forestiers au Gabon, d'un montant de $18 millions, à un groupe d'investisseurs chinois.
La spéculation sur les terres agricoles n'est plus un phénomène réservé à l'Afrique. En France aussi...
- Slate.fr
- 27 January 2014
On croyait ce phénomène réservé aux pays pauvres ou émergents. Mais voilà qu'en France même, certains s'alarment.
Accaparement des terres à Madagascar : la pression des investisseurs continue…
- Grotius
- 27 January 2014
Ces projets d’investisseurs sont toujours présentés aux populations rurales comme des projets de développement alors qu’ils ont des conséquences irrémédiables sur leur accès à la terre et sur leur environnement, détruisent les fondements de leurs sources de revenus et de leur organisation sociale.
US Congress takes a historic stance against land grabs-related forced evictions in Ethiopia
- Oakland Institute
- 27 January 2014
The 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill contains provisions that ensure that US development funds are not used to support forced evictions in Ethiopia.
Citadel Capital’s plan for East Africa’s growing businesses
- East African
- 27 January 2014
"If you are satisfied with a one per cent return on your investment, buy 10-year Swiss bonds. Otherwise, go to Africa."
Sennar State signs MoU with Algerian company for production of sugar, edible oils
- SUNA
- 27 January 2014
The Sennar State government signed an MoU with an Algerian company engaged in the production of sugar and edible oils, covering 405,000 acres.
British envoy cautions on land investments in Burma
- Irrawaddy
- 27 January 2014
The UK’s business ambassador for agriculture and CEO of large-scale agriculture firm Velcourt Group, James Townshend, met with Burmese government officials and toured agricultural projects in the country.