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Stop the sugar industry from bleeding Cambodian farmers by taking their land
- Clean Sugar Campaign
- 03 July 2012
Statement by Cambodia Clean Sugar Campaign
Rwanda : les terres agricoles, "c'est presque cadeau"
- Jeune Afrique
- 03 July 2012
Les exploitations rétrécissent à mesure que la population rwandaise se densifie. Pourtant, des baux longue durée sont concédés à des sociétés étrangères. Les raisons de ce paradoxe.
The SR Fund offers long term SIPP investors a multitude of benefits
- SR Fund
- 03 July 2012
The new Luxembourg-registered Sustainable Resources Fund boasts anticipated potential returns of at least 15% per annum on forestry, agriculture, biomass and land.
European Report on Development 2011/2012
- ERD Report
- 03 July 2012
The European Report on Development 2011/12 covered the nexus between water, energy and land, with several commissioned papers on land grabbing.
New claims of rights abuses in World Bank-funded 'land grabs'
- Bretton Woods Project
- 03 July 2012
As the World Bank held its Annual Conference on Land and Poverty in April, campaigners accused it once again of facilitating and legitimising 'land grabs' that harm local communities.
Growing Africa's land
- This is Africa
- 02 July 2012
"Africa will be more food insecure if these investments go to other parts of the world and Africa has to turn to those places to buy food," according to Dr Ousmane Badiane of IFPRI
Landgrabbing Pension vom Acker
- Frankfurter Rundschau
- 02 July 2012
In fruchtbaren Boden zu investieren, lohnt sich - kein Wunder, dass die Nachfrage boomt. Auch die Finanzbranche mischt mittlerweile kräftig mit. Von Nichtregierungsorganisationen kommt unterdessen heftige Kritik am "Landgrabbing".
Destacan funcionamiento de registro de tierras rurales en Argentina
- UPI
- 02 July 2012
El Registro Nacional de Tierras Rurales recibió parte de los datos de la superficie de predios rurales bajo titularidad de personas físicas o jurídicas extranjeras.
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°79
- Le Hub Rural
- 02 July 2012
Le dernier bulletin d'information du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de sortir.
Indians decry move to open up retail to foreign investment
- Global Times
- 02 July 2012
Many in India's eastern state of West Bengal worry the central government's decision to allow foreign direct investment in retail trade would incur loss of jobs even farmers' land.
How African politicians gave away $100bn of land
- The Africa Report
- 02 July 2012
With minimal consultation, governments and local authorities are signing away huge tracts of land for lease on the cheap. Now communities are raising their voices in opposition to these projects that bring little local development.
Les droits fonciers au Gabon, faire face au passé - et au présent
- FERN
- 02 July 2012
Ce rapport de FERN rédigé par la spécialiste en droits fonciers Liz Alden Wily documente la situation au Gabon pour informer sur, entre autre, les discussions en cours concernant FLEGT et REDD dans le pays.
AAF chez les francophones
- Jeune Afrique
- 01 July 2012
Le conseil de surveillance du fonds dédié à l'agriculture en Afrique, African Agriculture Fund, s'est réuni à Lusaka pour clôturer une levée de 250 millions de dollars. Une partie est destinée à des entreprises en Afrique francophone.
Argentina: los gigantes chinos ya miran a Neuquén
- La Mañana
- 01 July 2012
Otro que estaría en busca de inversiones es el gobernador rionegrino Alberto Weretilneck. Concretamente, estaría evaluando retomar el proyecto de desarrollar el cultivo de soja en 200.000 hectáreas de la provincia.
$10m Argentine farming deal mulled
- China Daily
- 30 June 2012
Chongqing Grain Group Co Ltd, one of China's largest State-owned grain companies, is in talks with Molino Canuelas SA, a major agribusiness group in Argentina, about joint investments totaling $10 million in a soybean farm and dairy farms in the South American country.