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Senegal's shady farmland agreement
- Al Jazeera
- 23 December 2013
Allegations of a 'land grab' by a murky consortium of corporations stokes tensions with villagers.
Argentina: Reclamos en los esteros
- Página 12
- 23 December 2013
Cuatro grandes empresas concentran 370 mil hectáreas en la zona de los Esteros del Iberá. Una fundación explotada por pequeños productores e intervenida por el gobierno provincial en 2001 corre el riesgo de ser entregada a las empresas.
Altima buys 8.18 pct in Gruppa Razgulyay
- Reuters
- 23 December 2013
Altima Restructure Fund Ltd. (Altima), a unit of an international agricultural investor Altima Partners, has acquired an 8.18 pct stake in Russian agricultural holding Gruppa Razgulyay.
India a major destination for global land sharks
- Hindustan Times
- 22 December 2013
Foreign companies from Britain, US, Austria and Thailand have concluded 36 deals to buy agricultural land in India in the states of Gujarat, Orissa, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.
For Chinese farmers, a rare welcome in Russia's Far East
- Reuters
- 22 December 2013
Chinese firms already lease or control at least 600,000 hectares of land in Russia's Far East, which is equivalent to the size of a small U.S. state like Delaware.
Carta Política da V Assembleia-Geral da ADECRU sobre a Realidade das Comunidades Rurais e do País
- Verdade
- 21 December 2013
O Fundo Nacala e a Nova Aliança para Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional do G8 enquanto instrumentos operacionalizadores do Prosavana, representam a destruição da agricultura camponesa.
ナカラ回廊地域の農業開発マスタープラン形成のためのコンセプト・ノート（Concept Note)についての専門家による分析
- Landgrab-Japan
- 20 December 2013
本分析は、第7回「ProSAVANA事業に関するNGO・外務省意見交換会」での議論に寄与するために作成された。日本のアフリカ農村経済学、アフリカ農業・農村開発、モザンビーク研究、国際協力研究の専門家によるものである。
Japanese experts’ analysis: "The Concept Note for formulation of agricultural development Master Plan in the Nacala Corridor”
- Landgrab-Japan
- 20 December 2013
Japanese experts provide an analysis of the ProSavana project's concept note for the development of a large-scale agricultural project in Northern Mozambique.
Authorities in the Gambela region of Ethiopia are investigating Karuturi Global and other farmland grabbers for criminal activities
- ASO
- 20 December 2013
Several investors with large agricultural leases are being investigated for illegal activities, including corruption, environmental destruction, and failure to uphold the terms of their contracts
Audio: UK’s Equatorial Palm Oil accused of human rights abuses in Liberia
- BFM
- 20 December 2013
BFM speaks to Natalie Ashworth, the senior campainger at Global Witness about the recent allegations of UK’s Equatorial Palm Oil accused of human rights abuses in Liberia.
Cresud planea expansión agropecuaria en la región vía Brasil por el cepo cambiario
- Cronista
- 20 December 2013
Tras la reciente compra de tierras en Paraguay, apunta a Colombia. Por las trabas en Argentina para enviar dólares al exterior lo hará a través de BrasilAgro, una de las firmas que controla
Principles for Responsible Institutional Investment in Farmland Report PGGM 2013
- PGGM
- 20 December 2013
PGGM manages an agriculture portfolio comprising around 300,000 hectares of purchased farmland in three major food-producing regions: Eastern Europe, Australia and South America.
UK’s Equatorial Palm Oil accused of human rights abuses in Liberia
- Global Witness
- 20 December 2013
Investigations by a coalition of international and Liberian NGOs reveal allegations that EPO security personnel and members of the elite Liberian Police Support Unit assaulted and arrested unarmed civilians
Las semillas de la discordia
- FUHEM
- 20 December 2013
El documental está grabado en una pequeña comunidad del norte de Mozambique, en la provincia de Niassa, donde una compañía, Chikweti, establecida con inversiones de iglesias suecas y noruegas y del fondo de pensiones holandés ABP, está creando grandes plantaciones de árboles.
Le pillage des forêts de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée s’accélère
- Le Temps
- 20 December 2013
S’abritant souvent derrière des projets de développement agricole sans avoir d’expérience réelle en la matière, des entreprises étrangères ont déboisé de vastes surfaces, enregistrant sur la vente de ce bois un gain bien supérieur aux compensations versées aux communautés propriétaires des terres.