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24 May 2018

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Food scarcity imminent in Edo, ERA raises alarm Tribune | 23 May 2018

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FOEN) has raised the alarm that the incessant land grabbing by multinationals companies would lead to scarcity of agricultural farm products in Edo State.

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Major grocery supplier to Germany accused of environmental crimes in Spain, report says DW | 23 May 2018

G's Espana is the Spanish subsidiary of the British G's Group, which claims to control 5,000 hectares of farmland in Spain and 12,500 hectares around the world.

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Who owns Australia’s farms? Nation’s biggest landholders of 2018 Weekly Times | 23 May 2018

The Weekly Times has compiled a list of more than 900 properties, and their owners, who range from family farms to domestic and international corporate and investment institutions. The result? The big are getting bigger.

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Africa's green revolution stumbles at Congo project to solve food shortages Reuters | 23 May 2018

The African Development Bank is nevertheless accelerating a push for projects such as the failed 80,000 hectare Bukanga Lonzo project in the DRC, for which it provided about $1 million to finance a feasibility study.

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Algeria cancels plan to offer farmland to foreign investors-official Reuters | 22 May 2018

The president of the republic is said to have intervened to cancel the plan aimed at opening up farmland concessions to foreign investors.

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Proposed Chinese agriculture project, ‘very troubling’ Observor | 20 May 2018

Aspiring politician Gameal Joyce says he does not understand why 4,000 acres of land in Antigua and Barbuda are required for the proposed agricultural development project with China.

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“There isn’t any”: Tanzania’s land myth and the brave New Alliance African Arguments | 18 May 2018

Tanzania claims to have abundant unused land to attract investors. But as tensions over resources grow, farmers, pastoralists and experts beg to differ.

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Is Pakistani agriculture ready for CPEC? The Diplomat | 18 May 2018

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor could see Chinese produce grown in Pakistan exported to Chinese markets, with little benefit whatsoever to Pakistan’s economy.

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Congo Basin: The coming storm Earthsight | 29 Apr 2018

How secrecy and collusion in industrial agriculture spell disaster for the Congo Basin’s rainforests.

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Un associé de Bolloré jugé en Belgique pour corruption Le Quotidien | 22 mai 2018

Hubert Fabri, un associé de Vincent Bolloré dans la multinationale luxembourgeoise Socfin, est accusé de corruption par la justice belge. Le procès s'est ouvert le 22 mai, une semaine avant l'Assemblée générale du groupe.

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Algérie : "Pas de concession agricole aux étrangers" L'Expression | 19 mai 2018

La mesure permettant le transfert de la concession des terrains agricoles aux investisseurs nationaux et étrangers a été carrément abrogé dans la nouvelle mouture du projet de la loi de finances complémentaire (LFC 2018) examinée et approuvée, mercredi dernier, par le Conseil du gouvernement.

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Loi sur les zones économiques spéciales : les inspecteurs du domaine contestent de plus belle News Mada | 17 mai 2018

Le Syndicat des inspecteurs du domaine et de la propriété foncière à Madagascar tire la sonnette d’alarme sur le péril encouru si la loi sur les ZES vient à être promulguée car le texte laissent entrevoir un risque d'accaparement des terres.

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Brasil: Empresa que integra fundo de Harvard comprou terras griladas na Bahia Publica | 17 May 2018

Propriedade de fundo bilionário da universidade americana explora terras no cerrado com longo histórico de expulsões, fraudes e mortes

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Brasil: Nos baixões do Piauí, paga-se o preço do progresso do Matopiba Publica | 17 May 2018

Na região conhecida como Matopiba, empresas de agronegócio compram terras com títulos duvidosos e entram em conflito com comunidades do cerrado; no Piauí, os relatos são de expulsões de famílias, incêndios de casas e contaminação dos rios

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