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Why the Mozambican farmers issued a statement protesting Japanese aid for an agriculture project?
- IWJ
- 26 February 2013
Video of a seminar in Hokkaido, Japan on the ProSavana project featuring representatives of UNAC.
Pillage organisé en Mauritanie
- Afrik.com
- 26 February 2013
En trois ans, l’auto-proclamé « Président des pauvres » a établi un quasi-monopole du business : état des lieux des pillages du pays et présentation des hommes du président.
17 Avril : Résistez à la commercialisation de la nature - Stop aux accaparements de terres!
- Via Campesina
- 26 February 2013
La Via Campesina appelle à une journée de mobilisation massive le 17 Avril, journée Internationale des Luttes Paysannes, pour reprendre possession de notre système alimentaire
Agricultores mozambiqueños temen escasez de tierras
- IPS
- 25 February 2013
Sindicatos de agricultores de Mozambique advierten que pronto escaseará la tierra pues el gobierno otorga cada vez más hectáreas a compañías agroindustriales extranjeras y deja a miles de campesinos a la deriva, sin títulos legales sobre su propiedad.
Ma terra, ma vie
- ENDA Pronat
- 25 February 2013
Video produit par Enda Pronat sur l'accaparement des terres au Sénégal
Middle East secretly targets our farms
- Adelaide Now
- 25 February 2013
A Qatari Government-owned company is buying up prime agricultural land in South Australia at well above market rates and is forcing farmers to sign confidentiality agreements.
Land tenure plan 'not anti-investment'
- SA News
- 25 February 2013
The proposal to limit foreign farmland ownership in South Africa to a leasehold of a minimum of 30 years is not a sign of antagonism to foreign investment, says Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti.
Indian land grabs in Ethiopia show dark side of south-south co-operation
- The Guardian
- 25 February 2013
The takeover of peoples' land and water by corporations – even if they are from the global south – is a new form of colonisation, writes Anuradha Mittal.
Government adopts land policy in South Sudan
- Sudan Tribune
- 24 February 2013
Land grabbing, which is the acquisition of land without regard for the interests of existing land rights holders, and disagreements regarding boundaries between counties and payams (districts) will also be addressed by the policy.
Uruguay: MPP defendió tributo contra extranjerización de la tierra y criticó a la derecha conservadora
- Unoticias
- 24 February 2013
Luego de la reunión de la Dirección Nacional, el sector de izquierda expresó que “es imprescindible la creación de herramientas tributarias para contrarrestar” a los productores extranjeros.
Wilmar buys 53.7% stake in Noble’s Indonesia palm venture
- Today Online
- 23 February 2013
Wilmar International has taken a majority stake in a palm plantation venture in Indonesia’s Papua owned by Noble Group, giving the world’s biggest palm oil supplier a toehold in the province where it also hopes to grow sugar cane.
Berkshire finally takes a stake in Archer Daniels Midland
- Seeking Alpha
- 22 February 2013
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has initiated a position in Archer Daniels Midland when it is anticipated that companies like ADM and Bunge will seek out targeted acquisitions of global farmland in order to both expand and diversify operations
Le palmier à huile menace désormais le bassin du Congo
- Journal de l'Environnement
- 22 February 2013
Dans un rapport récent, Rainforest Foundation UK dénonce le développement massif en cours des plantations de palmier à huile dans les 6 pays du bassin du Congo.
Land grabbing looms: New palm oil plantation threatens Cameroon's rainforest
- Huffington Post
- 22 February 2013
"We will continue to speak out against what can only be considered land grabbing, because the proposed location of Herakles Farms plantation is in the midst of a rainforest that sustains my local community and our unique wildlife."
Patient for profits
- World Magazine
- 22 February 2013
US-based Aslan Global Management, a leader in the "patient capital" movement, manages more than 12,000 hectares of farmland in Ukraine and Mozambique on long-term lease and just entered into a 99-year lease for 45,000 hectares in Tanzania.