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Indonesian plantation monopolies under threat
- food-navigator
- 30 September 2013
The Indonesian Government is planning to crack down on further expansion of groups in the powerful palm oil plantation industry and, indirectly, foreign conglomerates.
Colombia: Divide y comprarás
- ALAI
- 30 September 2013
Una nueva forma de concentrar tierras baldías en Colombia. Cargill adquirió 52.576 hectáreas en la Altillanura a través de 36 sociedades creadas con ese fin.
Japanese civil society statement on ProSAVANA
- 30 September 2013
We, civil society organizations in Japan, call on the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japan International Cooperation Agency for the immediate suspension and fundamental review of the ProSAVANA program.
Inversiones en agricultura a pequeña escala - Boletín Nyéléni Número 14
- Boletín Nyeleni
- 30 September 2013
Mientras que las corporaciones desean controlar vastas extensiones de terreno agrícola, como activo financiero de especulación o para producir mercancía para los mercados mundiales, y siguen sin control, los gobiernos siguen animándolos.
Nampula Civil Society Provincial Platform on ProSavana
- PPOSC-N
- 30 September 2013
Groups say proponents of large-scale agribusiness project are using manipulative and intimidating actions to divide, compartmentalise and weaken Mozambican civil society.
Japanese civil society statement on ProSAVANA
- 30 September 2013
We, civil society organizations in Japan, call on the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), for the immediate suspension and fundamental review of the ProSAVANA program.
「緊急声明　プロサバンナ事業の早急なる中断と抜本的見直しの要請」
- 30 September 2013
日本・ブラジル・モザンビーク政府の大規模農業開発事業「ProSAVANA-JBM」に関する緊急声明〜事業の早急なる中断と抜本的な見直しの要請〜
XPCC signs MOU for agricultural projects in the Ukraine
- XPCC
- 28 September 2013
Statement published by Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps' website detailing the MOU it signed for agricultural projects in the Ukraine (with an excerpt translated to English).
COFCO eyes deals for sugar, wine overseas
- China Daily
- 28 September 2013
China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp, known as COFCO, will focus its overseas acquisition drive in the wine and sugar sectors to meet growing demand at home, a senior company official has said.
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°94
- Commission de l'UEMOA / Hub Rural
- 27 September 2013
Le dernier bulletin d'information de la Commission de l'UEMOA et du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de paraître
Denuncian en Colombia acaparamiento de tierras por multinacional Cargill
- Terra
- 27 September 2013
La multinacional de productos agrícolas Cargill habría adquirido de manera irregular más de 50.000 hectáreas de tierras destinadas a pequeños y medianos campesinos en Colombia, denunció la ONG Oxfam.
Ethiopia: Land policy revised
- Africa Intelligence
- 27 September 2013
After enabling foreign firms to grab vast stretches of land, the government has begun to review its land policy.
Cargill may have broken law over Colombia land buying: Oxfam
- Oxfam
- 27 September 2013
Cargill bought a large area of farming land in Colombia many times bigger than the legal limit by setting up dozens of "shell companies", violating the spirit of agrarian reform laws, Oxfam said in a report released.
Ethiopia: La politique foncière revue et corrigée
- Africa Intelligence
- 27 September 2013
En privé, les officiels éthiopiens reconnaissent l'échec de leur politique d'agriculture commerciale basée sur la location à bas prix d'immenses portions de terres à des firmes étrangères.
Seminario internacional: concentración y acaparamiento de tierras, desarrollo rural y derecho a la alimentación
- Grupo Semillas
- 26 September 2013
Del 9 al 11 de octubre de 2013 se llevará a cabo en la Universidad Externado de Colombia un seminario internacional sobre concentración y acaparamiento de tierras.