A land measuring and titling campaign launched and financed by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen lacks transparency and accountability and could leave thousands dispossessed from their land.
The AU supports the acquisition of African farmland by foreign investors subject to the appropriate checks and controls being in place
Farmers remain the main buyer group as they seek to expand their existing acreage, followed by UK investors and private purchasers, including overseas buyers taking advantage of the current weakness of sterling
China is headed to spend a record this year on food assets and farms after a $32.7 billion splurge in the past five years and just $4.2 billion in the prior half-decade, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Le gouvernement du Québec veut limiter à 1 000 hectares par année le nombre total de terres agricoles pouvant être acquises par des non-résidents.
Elizabeth afirmó que las mujeres de la Vía Campesina África apuntan a destacar el papel de las mujeres en la mayoría de los temas tales como el acaparamiento de tierras y las políticas neoliberales: desafíos que enfrentan también las mujeres.
El Gobierno entrerriano continúa trabajando en la elaboración de las equivalencias en el marco de la ley Nº 26737 que pone límite a la extranjerización de tierras.
What is striking is how brazen and unapologetic the New Alliance is in its quest to open up African farmland to an unprecedented wave of industrial-scale investment.
While NGO pressure has had some impact on speculative investments in agricultural commodities, financial institutions still seem to be very attached to their farmland investments.
La coopération belge appuie, via certains canaux de financement, l'accaparement des terres qu'elle dénonce pourtant dans ses objectifs
The Land Matrix partnership today launches its thoroughly updated dataset which allows tracking of large scale land acquisitions, from negotiation to implementation.
Mozambique’s President Armando Guebuza has rebuffed allegations that land-grabbing has taken place along the Nacala Corridor under the Japanese and Brazilian-supported ProSavana agriculture project in the north of the country.
Decades-old laws barring foreign ownership of farmland in Iowa, Missouri and at least three other Midwest states may complicate Chinese company Shuanghui International's $4.7 billion planned purchase of US pork powerhouse Smithfield Foods.
Occidente y los países árabes son los que más tierras compran en los países menos desarrollados, según un nuevo estudio.
Hassad Food Co., the agricultural investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, plans to invest $500 million in India after buying Bush Foods Overseas Ltd.
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Socfin's response on Mbonjo case
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