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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.
Kings of concessions
- Phnom Penh Post
- 25 February 2014
Vietnam and China lead the pack of foreign companies granted economic land concessions in Cambodia for agro-industrial development by a wide margin.
Le Maroc envisage de quadrupler les baux de terres agricoles publiques
- Reuters
- 24 February 2014
Afin d’atteindre les objectifs de croissance agricole dessinés par le plan Maroc Vert à l’horizon 2020, le gouvernement entend quadrupler les locations de terres agricoles à destination des agriculteurs locaux et investisseurs étrangers.
Washington State Investment Board commits $1.2 billion to 4 alts funds
- PI
- 24 February 2014
A $50 million commitment was made to ACM Permanent Crops, a fund managed by Agriculture Capital Management that seeks “superior value creation from vertically integrated, sustainable farming.”
Union Agriculture Group acquires El Tejar operation in Uruguay
- PR Newswire
- 24 February 2014
The largest agricultural landholder in Uruguay has acquired the totality of the Uruguayan assets of international agriculture group El Tejar, the second largest agribusiness in the country.
Morocco says aims to quadruple farmland leases by 2020
- Reuters
- 24 February 2014
The target is 500,000 hectares by 2020, nearly four times the current level.
Déclaration de presse des FLAM: Halte à l´expropriation des terres des populations de la vallée du fleuve !
- Points chauds
- 24 February 2014
Les FLAM rappellent que la juste solution au problème réside dans la mise en oeuvre d´une réforme agraire à caractère National
Mauritanie:la vente de terres au profit d'hommes d'affaires saoudiens dénoncée
- PANA
- 24 February 2014
Le bradage de terres de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal au profit d'hommes d'affaires saoudiens est dénoncé par les Forces de libération africaine de Mauritanie (FLAM).
Paragon Resources PLC acquisition of interest in Paragon Volta Limited
- Wall Street Journal
- 24 February 2014
AIM-listed Paragon acquires 10% shareholding in Paragon Volta Limited, which is in the process of finalising a sublease over 5,000 ha close to the River Volta in Ghana from a much larger farm land estate.