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Situation politique et accaparement des terres au Mali !
- Alimenterre
- 20 May 2012
Témoignage d'Ibrahima Coulibaly sur la situation politique du Mali et le problème d'accaparement des terres qui prend une grande importance.
Des Gabonais s'opposent à l'accaparement par Olam de leurs terres
- Le Gabon Enervant
- 19 May 2012
"Nous, Ressortissants des villages concernés par ce projet, avons tenu à exprimer à la communauté nationale et internationale notre point de vue sur ce projet, conscient du fait que les formes et les stratégies de développement ne peuvent être imposées à une population sans leur avis."
US trader goes from Wall-Street investments to buying farmland In Romania and Bulgaria
- Ziarul Financiar
- 18 May 2012
Jeffrey Notaro, a trader who worked on Wall Street for 18 years, set up investment fund Black Sea Agriculture seven years ago, mainly for investments in farmland in northern Bulgaria and south Romania.
Obama urged to reassess Ethiopian relations over land evictions
- Bloomberg
- 18 May 2012
The U.S. should reassess its support for the government of Ethiopia, amid concern that more than half a million people are being evicted to make land available for foreign investment in agriculture, advocacy groups say.
Farmland investments in Africa - Can they be both ethical and profitable?
- Technorati
- 18 May 2012
Given the need for investment in African agriculture, there is no reason that foreign farmland investment on the continent cannot be structured as a win-win for both private investors and the host country populations.
Fact sheet: G-8 action on food security and nutrition
- US government
- 18 May 2012
Obama announces G8's New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition and reiterates support for the "process and pilot use of the Principles of Responsible Agricultural Investment"
From under their feet
- LandforAfricanwomen.org
- 18 May 2012
New paper on the gender dimensions of land grabbing in Africa
Is your retirement fund a land-grabber?
- IATP
- 17 May 2012
The Financial Times reported this week that TIAA-CREF is developing a new “investment vehicle” that will bet the retirement funds of millions of American on the rising price of farmland around the world.
Afrique Centrale : Olam et Wilmar convoiteraient des terres agricoles
- Afrique 7
- 17 May 2012
Le groupe agro-industriel ivoirien SIFCA, détenu par les Singapouriens Olam et Wilmar, seraient prêt à débarquer en Afrique centrale pour y développer des plantations de palmiers à huile.
Beware G8 motives, JK, others cautioned
- The Citizen Reporter
- 17 May 2012
Four African leaders attending the rich nations’ meeting that opens in Washington today have been cautioned to be wary of the G8’s New Alliance to Increase Food and Nutrition Security, noting that it poses a serious threat to small-scale farmers in Africa.
Beleaguered West Papuans left to count the cost of Indonesia's palm oil boom
- The Guardian
- 17 May 2012
Indigenous Papuans are reeling from the cut-price sale of the land and forests that are their lifeblood
Acaparamiento de tierras falta con aviso a Río+20
- IPS
- 17 May 2012
La propiedad agraria y los derechos comunitarios a la tierra no están contemplados en los debates de la próxima Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Desarrollo Sostenible, que se realizará del 20 al 22 de junio en la ciudad brasileña de Río de Janeiro.
Cambodian troops seal off village after land clashes
- AP
- 17 May 2012
Authorities say the land is owned by the government, but the activists claim the previously state-owned land already has been awarded to a Russian company to be developed as a plantation.
UAE investors to invest in agriculture, hotel, tourism sectors in Ethiopia
- NewsDire
- 17 May 2012
Ethiopia's State Minister of Industry, Tadesse Hailem, says the investors have expressed interest to invest in the agriculture sector in Ethiopia and export it to their country.
The allure of farmland investments: Consistent performance, low correlation
- Seeking Alpha
- 17 May 2012
"Investing in Farmland and Feeding the World," was discussed at an interactive session at the 65th CFA Institute Annual Conference in Chicago last week.