Land “grabbing” in Africa has become a polarizing issue, says Lorenzo Cotula, a senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), in his new book, The Great African Land Grab?
Myanmar's government has entered into a major development agreement with a consortium of Japanese companies to build tech, food and textile factories. But to make room, some farmers are being evicted and losing their livelihood.
La vraie « réforme foncière » que le plan secret de Ouattara semble viser pourrait avoir pour conséquence de faire des attributions de certificats fonciers qui seront assurément contestées demain
- Infodabidjan
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16 July 2013
Black River Asset Management, owned by food giant Cargill, is targeting $400m for its 2nd ag-focused investment fund. So far, the bulk of the financing has come from a US teachers' pension fund.
Founder of the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights says land grabbing is the worst problem facing Cambodians.
Las cartas en las que una multinacional le cuenta al entonces presidente Uribe que está violando la ley
Indian companies have attracted global controversy for a spate of large land deals across Africa, yet the Indian Export and Import (Exim) Bank has largely steered clear of directly financing land deals.
Bonnefield Financial, a farmland investment company based in Ottawa, announced this week that it has acquired about 6,500 acres of lush Dufferin County potato fields in what it called one of the largest farmland transactions in Canadian history.
- Financial Post
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13 July 2013
Cargill, the world’s largest food company, has been secretly amassing land from small farmers in eastern Colombia, despite a law prohibiting the practice.
Con Juan Pablo Ozaeta. Mas del GRUPO PELLAS. Informe señala graves violaciones a los derechos.
Democratic Republic of Congo will modify a law that restricts foreign ownership of agriculture projects as it seeks to raise financing for a proposed $5.7 billion expansion plan, the Agriculture Ministry said.
Robledo insistió en señalar que el diseño de la ruta jurídica de estos negocios fue hecho por Brigard & Urrutia Abogados, la firma de propiedad de Carlos Urrutia, actual embajador de Colombia en Washington.
"Les cultivateurs sont les principales victimes. Ils n’ont souvent d’autre choix que de céder la terre, faute de titre de propriété. C’est là tout le problème." L’assemblée parlementaire de la francophonie étudie un nouveau modèle de titre foncier.
Entre los dos mil y cuatro mil millones de pesos Cargill habría pagado a las sociedades que la misma empresa creó, veinte días luego de haber pagado a los campesinos diez millones.
El caso CARGILL ahora en los Estados Unidos
