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Ukraine unrest may boost farming, says Trigon Agri
- Agrimoney
- 28 February 2014
Danish-based Trigon Agri downplayed the risk to agriculture from Ukraine's crisis, saying it would probably herald a "better business environment".
Campesinos y pastores senegaleses exigen a la sombría multinacional Senhuile SA que se salga de sus tierras
- Colectivo de Ndiaël et al.
- 28 February 2014
Un grupo de campesinos y pastores del noroeste de Senegal está viajando por Europa para exigir que se cancele un negocio con tierras que amenaza la vida y los modos de subsistencia de unas 9 mil personas. Por favor ¡apoye su acción ahora!
L’agrobusiness attaque le Sénégal
- Libération
- 27 February 2014
Monoculture industrielle contre système pastoral : Senhuile SA a bien multiplié les promesses (hôpitaux, écoles, bourses). Une poignée d’emplois est venue. «Des jobs mal payés, jetables, qui consistent surtout à faire de la surveillance des champs. Une misère», déplore Ardo Sow.
Des paysans et éleveurs sénégalais exigent que la multinationale Senhuile SA quitte leurs terres
- Collectif de Ndiaël et al.
- 27 February 2014
Des paysans et des éleveurs du Sénégal exigent la fin d’une transaction foncière qui menace les vies de 9000 personnes. Soutenez leur action !
Colombia: The deadly fight for land
- Al Jazeera
- 27 February 2014
Al Jazeera's Fault Lines investigates the threats facing Colombian farmers struggling to return to their land.
Evicted families in Guatemala still face an uncertain future
- Trócaire
- 27 February 2014
Update on the Rio Frio community who were forcibly evicted off their land in the Polochic Valley to make way for a sugarcane plantation.
The global land grab: Beyond the hype
- Zed Books
- 27 February 2014
"A comprehensive and much-needed intervention on one of the most hotly contested but little-understood issues facing countries of the South today."
Tanzania: Partners keen to empower millions of farmers
- Tanzania Daily News
- 27 February 2014
Growers associations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen farmers' participation in the design and implementation of the Southern Agriculture Growth Corridor of Tanzania.
La guerra del arroz en Guinea Bissau
- ABC
- 27 February 2014
La llegada de una empresa española no trae el progreso prometido y abre un conflicto con ciudadanos que se han visto empobrecidos y desplazados de sus tierras.
Holding agropecuario chino comprará Nidera y desembarcará en el mercado local de granos
- Infobae
- 27 February 2014
Es una de las cinco cerealeras más grande del mundo y muy importantes en Argentina. Aunque no hay información oficial, la operación se cerraría en u$s600 millones. El grupo asiático busca garantizare alimentos en el futuro
Senegalese farmers and herders demand shady transnational conglomerate Senhuile SA get off their land
- Ndiaël Collective et al
- 27 February 2014
Farmers and herders from Senegal demand the scrapping of a land deal that threatens the lives of 9,000 people. Please join their action now!
« Venez investir chez nous ! » : l'agriculture ivoirienne drague à Paris
- Terre-Net
- 26 February 2014
Le ministre ivoirien de l'Agriculture Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly a tenté de rassurer et convaincre les entrepreneurs français qui avaient fui la guerre de revenir et miser sur son pays.
Asia's great land grab
- RFA
- 26 February 2014
Rising tension over land seizures is emerging as a critical issue in Asia. An RFA special report examines the changing dynamic of Asia’s Great Land Grab.
Docente universitário apreensivo com o futuro dos camponeses em Nampula
- Ndhaneta
- 26 February 2014
Pelo menos quatro mil agricultores correm o risco de perder as terras nas quais produzem comida para si e seus dependentes por causa dos megaprojectos, sobretudo os de extracção de recursos minerais, em vias de implantação no Corredor de Nacala.
Ivory Coast eyes rice self-sufficiency with foreign firms' help
- Reuters
- 25 February 2014
The country is pinning its hopes on foreign companies, like trading giant Louis Dreyfus Commodities, with which it has signed agreements under which the firms will oversee rice output and marketing in 10 production zones.