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Reportage sur le projet Sénéthanol
- ENDA Pronat
- 27 Mar 2013
Un reportage sur le projet Sénéthanol, production de biocarburant dans la communauté rurale de Ngnith, par Enda Pronat
Philippines: Oil palm expansion is tearing apart indigenous peoples lives
- InterContinental Cry
- 27 Mar 2013
The bulk of oil palm operations are being carried out by the Palawan Palm & Vegetable Oil Mills Inc. and its sister company Agumil Philippines Inc., which were established through joint ventures between Filipino, Singaporean and Malaysian investors.
Singapore asset manager in talks over Australian farms --exec
- Dow Jones
- 26 Mar 2013
Singapore-based Duxton Asset Management said it is in talks over planned investments in four Australian farms despite increasing scrutiny of farm purchases by foreigners.
Chinese and Brazilian cooperation with African agriculture: The case of Mozambique
- Future Agricultures
- 26 Mar 2013
Report examines Brazil’s programme to transform Mozambique’s Nacala corridor, the Chinese Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre, and a private Chinese rice investment project in the Xai-Xai irrigation scheme.
Latvia plans restrictions on land ownership
- Baltic Business News
- 26 Mar 2013
The Latvian government is planning restrictions on selling land to foreign investors. "We are not planning to restrict the purchase of agricultural land, but we do plan regulations to make sure that the land is used productively."
Sinar Mas firm to invest $1.6 billion in Liberian palm oil
- Jakarta Post
- 26 Mar 2013
Sinar Mas Group says it will invest US$1.6 billion in the Liberian palm oil business to expand operations overseas.
AVCO to invest US $500,000 into rice production
- Ghana Web
- 26 Mar 2013
An American multinational, AVCO Agri Company Limited Ghana has acquired 500 hectares of land at Dorfor Agorveme in the North Tongu district of the Volta Region to start rice cultivation
Chinese firms grab land from fleeing Kachin farmers
- Kachin News
- 26 Mar 2013
As conflict raged across Kachin state, a group of Chinese investors recently bought up large amounts of farmland in the Hukaung Valley and other parts of the state in order to expand rubber and cassava plantations, says Kachin peace activist, Khun Jar.
More cases of land grabs in South Sudan
- SSNA
- 26 Mar 2013
The land grabs are not an Equatorian issue. It is a national problem that should not be looked at from a regional or tribal perspective.
Projet Sen-huile Sen-éthanol: Les éleveurs menacent d’assiéger le Palais avec 30.000 bœufs
- Leral.net
- 26 Mar 2013
Le collectif des 37 villages de Ndiaël est prêt à tout pour arrêter le projet Sen huile-Sen Ethanol.
Saint-Louis : Senhuile/Senethanol diversifie sa production pour gagner le pari
- PressAfrik
- 25 Mar 2013
Délocalisé de Fanaye pour la région de Saint-Louis, le groupe Senhuile/Senethanol a décidé de miser sur la diversité dans sa production pour atteindre l’embouchure de son projet
Colombia: Las reservas campesinas, la tierra y la paz
- La Nación
- 25 Mar 2013
“Esta propuesta se ha estigmatizado por quienes tienen intereses en la extranjerización de la tierra, en su acaparamiento y en que estos territorios no queden en manos de los campesinos sino de multinacionales o dueños de los grandes feudos de este país”
Oxfam amplía el plazo para participar en un videoclip benéfico de Coldplay hasta el 2 de abril
- Europa Press
- 25 Mar 2013
Para denunciar el "acaparamiento de tierras"
Argentina, Entre Ríos: el uso de la tierra a la deriva
- El Argentino
- 25 Mar 2013
Ponerle un freno a la extranjerización de la tierra, establecer un límite a los pool de siembra e instituir una nueva norma de arrendamiento es el único camino para que el uso y la tenencia de la tierra sea parte del concepto democrático.
Land reforms in Liberia must learn from and protect communities' customary land and resource rights, urge Grand Cape Mount communities in new report
- Green Advocates & FPP
- 25 Mar 2013
Rural communities in Grand Cape Mount, north-western Liberia, present new report about their dispute with Malaysian oil palm giant Sime Darby.