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Haro sur l'agro-business
- La Libre
- 30 August 2013
Move With Africa : Le CNCD 11.11.11. lance sa campagne annuelle. Le droit à l'alimentation en est au coeur, et avec lui la lutte contre le business accru des denrées alimentaires.
Rudd channels Bob Katter in debate over foreign land
- Whitsunday Times
- 29 August 2013
Australia's PM says he favours a joint venture approach to farmland investment, comprising equity from farmers, perhaps through co-operatives, with domestic or some external investment.
How Edo is attracting investors in agric
- Daily Trust
- 29 August 2013
Commissioner for Agriculture of Nigeria's Edo State says his government gave 10,000 hectares to Ekha Chemical Company two weeks ago for cassava production, while two other companies have asked for 25,000 hectares each for palm oil and rice.
Govt eyes foreign firms for agriculture
- Jakarta Post
- 29 August 2013
The Indonesian government is aiming to lure foreign investors to develop agricultural fields and farms outside Java, given the “insignificant” foreign contributions to total investments in the sector.
India: Lok Sabha passes land acquisition bill
- Reuters
- 29 August 2013
The bill's pricing rules would oblige developers to pay up to four times the market rate for land in rural areas and twice the rate in urban areas. Displaced people must also be given homes and jobs.
Flour Mills of Nigeria notifies NSE on agreement with Adecoagro
- Business Day
- 28 August 2013
Adecoagro will assist FMN in the management and development of Kaboji Farm, one of the largest commercial farms in Nigeria, comprising 10,000 ha of maize and soybean.
Karuturi flower farm directors skip meeting
- The Star
- 28 August 2013
A meeting called to address the problems facing Karuturi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya, was cancelled. The farm directors who had flown in from India kept off the venue of the meeting due to the anger of union officials and the farm workers
Pork and protectionism in America
- The New Yorker
- 28 August 2013
Today foreigners hold less than 2% of all agricultural land in the US. However, this share is growing as more foreign pension funds and others look to cash in on a boom in farmland values and commodity prices.
L'ONU dénonce les «viols massifs» en RDC
- ats
- 28 August 2013
La Haut Commissaire adjointe de l'ONU aux droits de l'homme Flavia Pansieri a dénoncé mercredi les «viols massifs» ainsi que «le dénuement consécutif à l'accaparement des terres» dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo.
Argentina: FAA advierte que los extranjeros pueden comprar tierras, pero se desalojan a pequeños productores
- Terra
- 28 August 2013
"Firmas del exterior son propietarias en la Argentina de 16 millones de hectáreas. Y pueden comprar, de acuerdo cpm la legislación vigente, 20 millones de hectáreas más".
Indonesian group vows to map 30 million hectares of customary forest in 7 years
- Mongabay
- 28 August 2013
An indigenous peoples’ rights group has vowed to map millions of hectares of customary land in Indonesia, an ambitious target it hopes will help protect indigenous forests from encroachment by palm oil and pulp and paper concessions.
Sierra Leone Climbing out of poverty
- Swedfund International
- 28 August 2013
Swedfund film focuses on the people living in the Sierra Leone countryside affected by the Addax Bioenergy sugarcane project.
Camponeses da Região Norte de Moçambique unidos na luta pela defesa da terra e da agricultura camponesa
- UNAC
- 28 August 2013
Na luta camponesa em defesa da Terra e Agricultura Camponesa nunca foi tão actual e imprescindível quanto arriscada para milhões e milhões de moçambicanos.
Brazil and China scramble for agricultural influence in Africa
- Guardian
- 28 August 2013
Agriculture is central to Chinese and Brazilian development efforts – how trailblazing are their methods?
From rhetoric to practice in South-South development cooperation: A case study of Brazilian interventions in the Nacala corridor development program
- Unige
- 28 August 2013
This article examines Brazilian cooperation practices in the agricultural sector in Mozambique against a backdrop of its discourse