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farmlandgrab.org WEEKLY 06 Jul 2016
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Stop further destruction by Bidco Africa! The No2Bidco Campaign in Uganda and Kenya request support for their struggle against Bidco Africa- a multinational joint venture involving Wilmar International that has decimated Bugala Island Uganda, clearing some 18,000 acres of rainforest to make way for an oil palm plantation. Sign this letter to request that the UNDP immediately disassociate from the project.
 
The Irrawaddy | 06 Jul 2016
Burma: Parliament receives thousands of new complaints of confiscated farmland

Some 200,000 acres (81,000 ha) of farmland have been confiscated nationwide during past decades

FarmingUK | 06 Jul 2016
Non-farming buyers set to 'exert more influence' over farmland market following Brexit

Investors could find farmland more appealing in the face of wider economic uncertainty.

New Era | 06 Jul 2016
Foreigners own 1.4 million hectares of farmland

A total of 281 foreign nationals own 1.4 million hectares of agricultural land in Namibia, some in partnership with Namibians, Minister of Land Reform Utoni Nujoma revealed last week.

Business Review | 06 Jul 2016
Romania agriculture outlook: The legal challenges that investors are facing

Although the local agriculture sector remains attractive to investors, there are ongoing issues with the legislation, which hampers the acquisition of farmland and the sale of crops at the best prices, according to legal experts.

Bloomberg | 06 Jul 2016
Gabon, Olam persuade people to farm as income from oil dwindles

Olam has partnered with Gabon to develop 100,000 hectares of oil-palm plantations in the nation, which has a population of less than 2 million.

Scoop | 04 Jul 2016
Saudi company denies lawsuit against NZ govt

Opposition parties criticized the government for not revealing documents related to the expenditure of $11 million on a farm to breed sheep in Saudi Arabia for the interest of a Saudi businessman who owns a sheep farm in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Reuters | 04 Jul 2016
Clarion call for Nigerian farmers to unite in the battle to save their lands

Reverend Father Maurice Kwairanga works with farmers in northeast Nigeria to fight large scale land acquisitions

Retail Detail | 04 Jul 2016
FrieslandCampina targets market in Pakistan

FrieslandCampina has acquired 51 % of Engro Foods Limited, the second largest dairy producer in Pakistan and owner of a 4,000 cattle dairy farm.

TAP | 01 Jul 2016
Tunisie : Nouveau code d'investissement : Les agriculteurs entre craintes et attentisme

Selon l’Union tunisienne de l’agriculture et de la pêche le nouveau code de l’investissement permettra aux structures financières étrangères non agricoles d’acquérir et d’exploiter des terres agricoles en Tunisie

Romania Insider | 01 Jul 2016
Draft law: Foreigners allowed to buy up to 50 hectares of arable land in Romania

Romania’s Agriculture Ministry has drafted the law that regulates the purchase of agricultural land by foreigners.

Curtis Research | 01 Jul 2016
Chinese, Brazilian and Indian investments in African agriculture: impacts, opportunities and concerns

New report for Acord International says land grabs are not a generalised feature of Brazilian, Chinese and Indian investment in African agriculture but some do raise major concerns

SiLNoRF & BfA | 30 Jun 2016
Final monitoring report on the operations and the scale down of Addax Bioenergy (2016)

This report describes the Addax Bioenergy Project in Makeni, Sierra Leone. It covers the period of July 2014 to June 2015 when Addax was still operational as well as the period of July 2015 to June 2016 when Addax scaled down its operations.

Economy Watch | 29 Jun 2016
Economic land concessions risk Cambodia's future food security

With a large portion of agricultural land rendered unavailable for local farmers over the next 70 years (the average lease period of ELCs), food security of future generations of rural Cambodians has been put at serious risk.

Khmer Times | 29 Jun 2016
NGO releases its report on land concessions

More than 150 companies operating in 18 provinces have been involved in Economic Land Concession-related conflicts since ELCs were established more than 20 years ago, according to an annual report by the NGO Forum on Cambodia. Only 42 of the 158 companies have resolved their conflicts.

AfDB | 23 Jun 2016
“Feed Africa” – AfDB develops strategy for Africa’s agricultural transformation

The Bank will itself invest US $24 billion and leverage additional investments through equity, quasi equity, debt and risk instruments to catalyze investments at scale from the private sector and with co-financing from traditional donors and new players.

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RFI | 04 juil 2016
Roumanie : terre d’opportunités pour les agriculteurs européens ?

De source roumaine, sur les 10 millions de terres arables, environ un tiers est exploité par des étrangers.

Sud Online | 02 juil 2016
Enjeux et defis de la gouvernance fonciere

L’atelier national sur la Réforme foncière et l’accès des femmes à la terre, organisé les 28 et 29 juin derniers à Dakar par le CNCR, a été un véritable mur de lamentations pour les nombreux producteurs venus des différentes régions du Sénégal.

APS | 01 juil 2016
Le foncier, d'hier à aujourd'hui, ou Saga autour du foncier au Sénégal

Pour la Commission nationale de réforme foncière, il faut immatriculer toutes les terres du domaine national au nom de l'Etat. Pour la société civile, cela conduira à une marchandisation des terres.

Sénat en action | 01 juil 2016
Sénat en action : Après les vignobles, les chinois achètent en toute discrétion des terres agricoles

Le ministre français de l’agriculture a lancé une enquête et remettra ses conclusions en septembre.

AFP | 30 jui 2016
Philippines: dix projets emblématiques du président Duterte

Le nouveau président philippin Rodrigo Duterte souhaite amender certaines lois restreignant les investissements étrangers mais reste hostile à la vente du foncier à des intérêts étrangers.

Le Parisien | 30 jui 2016
France : pourquoi les Chinois achètent nos champs

Pour la FNSEA, le problème est celui de l'installation de jeunes exploitants français, rendue forcément plus compliquée par l'arrivée de richissimes investisseurs et la spéculation qui peut en découler.

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ADN Río Negro | 05 jul 2016
Argentina: Doñate busca que se declare incostitucional el decreto de extranjerización de tierras

“El decreto del Ejecutivo viola la Ley y desconoce las limitaciones para la venta de tierras, permitiendo además a través de argucias contables contempladas en el mismo, la compra de propiedades que posean espejos de agua a inversores extranjeros”

Página 12 | 05 jul 2016
Argentina: Del campo a la guarida fiscal

Empresas offshore controlan 1,1 millones de hectáreas de territoio rural argentino

GAJAT | 02 jul 2016
Argentina: El decreto del Gobierno Nacional que nos deja sin ley de tierras

Florencia Gómez, directora del GAJAT y ex Directora Nacional del Registro Nacional de Tierras Rurales, explica el Decreto y, como el mismo, habilita la compra de lagos y espacios de agua por extranjeros y crea dispositivos para eludir la tramitación del certificado de habilitación y así del control estatal.

| 02 jul 2016
Agua y protección del ecosistema, el suelo

Un nuevo informe desde el Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina alerta de la necesidad de proteger los ecosistemas mediante el uso eficiente del agua en beneficio de la agricultura de calidad y el uso coherente del suelo.

Cronista | 01 jul 2016
Argentina: Macri cambió la Ley de Tierras y facilita la compra a extranjeros

El Presidente dio marcha atrás con las restricciones para la venta de campos que impuso el kirchnerismo en diciembre de 2011. Es el primer paso hacia una ley sin topes

Pueblos en Camino | 12 jun 2016
Colombia: ¿El Vichada para el rey de la soya?. ¿Qué se negocia con la paz del modelo?

Está cobrando fuerza el plan Grobocopetel de entregar 3 millones de hectáreas del Vichada para inmensos monocultivos transgénicos de maíz, soya y arroz.

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MST | 30 Jun 2016
Venda de terras para estrangeiros prejudica a soberania nacional e dificulta acesso à terra, avaliam especialistas

Temer deve apoiar votação de PL que libera a compra de terras por pessoas físicas e jurídicas de outros países. PL da bancada ruralista está pronto para ser votado na Câmara.

Vermelho | 30 Jun 2016
Estrangeirização: PL ruralista é rebatido por movimentos e economistas

Movimentos populares, trabalhadores do campo e economistas, veem com preocupação a aprovação de projeto de lei da bancada ruralista que libera a compra de terras por pessoas físicas e jurídicas de outros países.

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