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Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 11 Jun 2014

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FOEi | 11 Jun 2014
Liberian politician speaks out against landgrabbing
Byron Browne, Member of Parliament from Grand Bassa County, Liberia, has lambasted the government for protecting investors rather than the rights of its own people.

VietNamNet | 11 Jun 2014
Finance, real estate investors pour money into agriculture
Vietnamese businessmen, who have earned high profits with their finance and real estate investment deals, are now rushing to pour money into agriculture projects.

Devex | 11 Jun 2014
MIGA and OPIC team to unlock investments in African agriculture
A US government agency, a World Bank Group member and a private equity fund plan to help half a million small-scale farmers boost yields and improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa.

Financial Standard | 10 Jun 2014
UBS launches farmland investment service
UBS Global Asset Management has established an Australia and New Zealand farmland investment advisory service to meet the growing institutional demand for assets, particularly from Asia.

The Reporter | 07 Jun 2014
Foreclosure notice forces Karuturi to pay off 25 percent debt
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia is pressuring Karuturi Global Ltd to repay a credit provision of 65 million birr (US$3.3 million).

SESDev | 06 Jun 2014
Our Land, Our Future
From May 26th-28th Liberian communities impacted by palm oil came together to share their experiences and discuss their hopes for the future.

Daily News | 06 Jun 2014
Grow Africa sees local agribusiness improving
Government of Tanzania pilots a win-win deal whereby communities receive a 10% shareholding in Bagamoyo EcoEnergy Ltd. in exchange for a 99-year lease of their land free from encumbrance.

APK | 06 Jun 2014
KKR backs Cofco drive to ramp up China hog output
Cofco revealed that its pork subsidiary had sold stakes to private equity groups including KKR in a "strategic partnership" to construct and manage "large scale" hog farms and meat processing plants in China.

Ethiiomedia | 06 Jun 2014
Borrowing bonanza: Is Ethiopia rich or poor to lend to multinationals
Profit maximization for multinationals like Karuturi is bolstered by the fact that borrowing locally is highly profitable.

The Citizen | 05 Jun 2014
Smallholders lose land to large-scale farmers: study
A study titled ‘Sad stories about agricultural investment on right to food: A case of SAGCOT areas in Ruvuma’ notes that “cries of loss of land for small-scale farmers are widespread”.

FIN Alternatives | 05 Jun 2014
KKR makes maiden African investment
KKR will invest about US$200 million from its European fund in Afriflora, an Ethiopian flower farm.


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La Nation | 11 jui 2014
Voyage présidentiel : Coopération ou cession détournée de terres ?
18 millions d’hectares de terre arable ont été étalés sur la table des Israéliens lors de la visite en Israël du président malgache Hery Rajaonarimampianina

Dakar Actu | 08 jui 2014
Des experts pour l’encadrement de l’accès des investisseurs dans le cadre des politiques agricoles et foncières
Un séminaire organisé par la SAED et l’AFD recommande d’encadrer l’accès des investisseurs dans le cadre des politiques foncières en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre

PANA | 07 jui 2014
Les terres agricoles africaines doivent rester aux africains
Face à l'achat des terres cultivables par les milieux capitalistes, le président tunisien plaide pour la protection des terres agricoles africaines.

Revenu Agricole | 05 jui 2014
Foncier : Plus de 120 000 hectares à l'international pour Tereos, Bonduelle et Michelin
Les firmes françaises sont de plus en plus enclines à l'acquisition de terres agricoles à l'internationale.

La Voix de la Russie | 05 jui 2014
La Chine recherche les terres agricoles
La Chine loue des terres agricoles en Australie, en Océanie, en Amérique du Sud et en Russie, dit Ivan Obolentsev.


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GRAIN | 10 jun 2014
Hambrientos de tierra: los campesinos en pequeña escala alimentan al mundo con menos de una cuarta parte de toda la tierra agrícola
Un boletín de prensa conjunto con La Via Campesina hace un llamado urgente para que la tierra vuelva a manos campesinas. La lucha por una genuina reforma agraría integral es parte fundamental de la lucha en pos de mejores sistemas alimentarios.

Agencia Paco Urondo | 06 jun 2014
Argentina: Latifundistas brasileros y la policía desalojan pequeños productores
Las familias de Cerro Morenita denunciaron cortes de alambrado, amenazas con disparos de arma de fuego e intimidaciones de los inversores brasileros acompañados por el comisario de Wanda para que desalojen los lotes fiscales.



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