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¿De quién es la tierra?
- El Diario
- 22 April 2013
La agricultura familiar lucha en todo el mundo por sobrevivir en medio de una gran competición por los recursos naturales.
Swedish buffer fund AP2 under scrutiny from NGO over Brazilian farmland investments
- Responsible Investor
- 22 April 2013
Sweden’s SEK227.3bn (€26.7bn) state buffer fund Andra AP-fonden (AP2) has been accused of a lack of transparency and snapping up cheap agricultural land in Brazil by campaign group Swedwatch. AP2 denies the allegations.
Karuturi : une litanie de problèmes
- TJN et al
- 22 April 2013
Karuturi Global Limited, société holding de droit indien et dont le siège est situé à Bangalore, peut se retrouver sous la loupe de l'administration fiscale du Kenya pour fraude fiscale, mais les plaintes déposées contre elle vont plus loin.
Ghana: Stop foreigners from taking over our lands - Varsity registrar pleads
- Ghana Web
- 22 April 2013
The Registrar of the Knutsford University College has filed a suit at the Supreme Court seeking to compel the government to take action to prevent foreigners from taking over the lands of Ghana.
Find out more about landgrabbing on our doorsteps
- ARC2020
- 22 April 2013
ARC2020 is organising a 10-day EU-wide Speakers’ Tour on Landgrabbing in Romania from 21-30 April
Karuturi, coupable de fraude fiscale
- TJN et al
- 22 April 2013
Le gouvernement kenyan a déclaré Karuturi coupable de fraude fiscale. C'est la première fois qu'un gouvernement africain traduit une importante société multinationale en justice pour une manipulation des prix de transfert par le biais d'une procédure entièrement publique.
Karuturi culpable de evasión fiscal
- TJN et al
- 22 April 2013
El gobierno de Kenya halló culpable de evasión fiscal a Karuturi Global Ltd, el productor de rosas cortadas más grande del mundo. Ésta es la primera vez que un gobierno africano lleva a los tribunales —mediante un proceso público— a una enorme compañía multinacional por manipular sus precios de transferencia.
Karuturi guilty of tax evasion
- TJN et al
- 22 April 2013
The Kenyan government has found Karuturi Global Ltd, the world's biggest producer of cut roses, guilty of tax evasion. This is the first time an African government has brought a large multinational company to court for transfer mispricing through a fully public process.
Karuturi: una letanía de problemas
- TJN et al
- 22 April 2013
Nota de contexto que acompaña al boletín de prensa del 19 de abril de 2013
Karuturi: A litany of trouble
- TJN et al
- 22 April 2013
Background note to accompany a joint press release on the Kenyan government finding Karuturi Global Ltd guilty of tax evasion
Eastern Europe beckons farmland investors
- Farmers Weekly
- 21 April 2013
Farmland prices are firming across much of Central and Eastern Europe, as interest from institutional investors -- mainly pension funds -- begins to translate into transactions on the ground.
Ethiopian PM rejects land-grab allegations
- Sudan Tribune
- 21 April 2013
Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Dessalegn has denied that the government is forcing tens of thousands of people off their land in order to lease it to foreign investors.
Land ownership debate hots up
- The Times of Zambia
- 19 April 2013
Delegates demand that land should not be recklessly sold to foreigners during proceedings at Zambia's National Constitution Convention in Lusaka.
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°88
- Commission de l'UEMOA/Hub Rural
- 19 April 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
OSA’s appeal letter to the Secretary General of the UN on land-grabbing in Oromia
- Gadaa.com
- 19 April 2013
The following is a statement from the Oromo Studies Association (OSA).