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Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 14 Aug 2013

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Economic Times | 13 Aug 2013
Sugar barons turn to Africa for growth opportunities
"Africa is the next destination for the world sugar industry due to huge land available in that continent," said Abinash Verma, director-general of the Indian Sugar Mills Association.

Manila Times | 11 Aug 2013
SL Agritech, First Pacific eye Indonesia
Because of difficulty in securing commercial-scale agricultural lands in the Philippines, hybrid rice producer SL Agritech Corp. said that it may shift its planned joint venture with the Manny Pangilinan-led First Pacific Co. Ltd. to Indonesia.

7News | 09 Aug 2013
Foreign investors grab for SA farmland
Middle Eastern investors are trying to buy up prime farming land on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. Some farmers who have been offered millions of dollars said they won’t leave at any cost.

The Independent | 09 Aug 2013
Growth of farming bubble threatens £5trn catastrophe
The threat posed to agriculture by environmental hazards is now so great that it could wipe as much as £5 trillion off the value of the world’s farm land, equipment and stock in any one year, a heavyweight study is warning.

Forbes | 08 Aug 2013
Robert Kuok's plantation firm eyes Myanmar as next sugar frontier
Wilmar says it plans to expand its oil palm plantations holdings in West Africa and to start producing sugar in Burma.

The Diplomat | 08 Aug 2013
The great Southeast Asian land grab
Disputes over land tenure threaten social harmony in a number of ASEAN countries

The People | 08 Aug 2013
Financial crisis paralyses flower farm operations
Operations at Karuturi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya, have been paralyzed due to a financial crisis.

FPP | 02 Aug 2013
Agribusiness large-scale land acquisitions and human rights in Southeast Asia
Updates from Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Timor-Leste and Burma, by Forest Peoples Programme


français
News Press | 12 aout 2013
Cameroun : Le projet d'Herakles Farms menace les espèces en danger
Une nouvelle étude démontre que le projet de plantation de palmiers à huile d'Herakles Farm pourrait détruire l'habitat unique d'espèces menacées tels que les chimpanzés du Nigeria-Cameroun et le Drill.

RFI | 09 aout 2013
Huile de palme en Sierra Leone: des ONG dénoncent la mainmise des entreprises étrangères sur les terres
Un groupe d'ONG vient de publier un volumineux rapport pour dénoncer l'accaparement d'un quart des terres agricoles de la Sierra Leone par des entreprises privées étrangères.

Granby Express | 07 aout 2013
Terres agricoles: un placement stratégique pour des investisseurs?
Bien que le phénomène de l’accaparement des terres agricoles par des spéculateurs fonciers reste marginal au Québec, comparativement au reste du Canada, tous les acteurs du milieu s’entendent qu’il vaut mieux prévenir que guérir.

YouTube | 05 aout 2013
Questions Directes avec Cheikh Tidiane Sy
Entretien télévisé de presqu'une heure avec Cheikh Tidiane Sy, le Coordinateur du très controverse project Senhuile-Senéthanol au Sénégal

Elevages sans frontières | 05 aout 2013
Contre l’accaparement des terres
Elevages sans frontières se mobilise pour que les paysans du Togo puissent continuer à pratiquer l’agriculture et l’élevage sur des sols qui leur appartiennent depuis des générations.

Sud Ouest | 02 aout 2013
De l’argent sale russe et chinois dans le vignoble français ?
Des achats de propriétés viticoles en France servent-ils à blanchir de l'argent sale via des montages financiers complexes ?


Español
El Espectador | 13 ago 2013
Colombia: Baldíos, al banquillo en el Congreso
Senador Jorge Robledo afirmó que empresas y abogados crearon un modelo para adquirir y acumular tierras baldías, haciéndole un esguince a la ley.

Semana | 10 ago 2013
Colombia: Tenedores y cuchillos
Escribe Néstor Humberto que el gobierno o la Procuraduría podrán anular las operaciones que acumulen baldíos “siempre que estén registrados en los folios de matrícula con su respectiva restricción”. O sea que si no figura en los papeles, es legal.

LR 21 | 10 ago 2013
Uruguay: Gobierno de Mujica ajusta proyecto para prohibir extranjerización de la tierra
El ministro de Economía y Finanzas, Fernando Lorenzo, presentará en el Consejo de Ministros el proyecto de Ley por el cual se prohibirá que los Estados extranjeros adquieran tierras en Uruguay.

PDA | 07 ago 2013
Emporios económicos nacionales y extranjeros son apoyados por Gobierno de Santos para apropiarse de tierras: Wilson Arias
"Las tierras que tenían como destino los campesinos pobres, por mandato de la ley, es decir las tierras baldías de la nación, le fueron entregadas a grandes capitalistas nacionales y extranjeros".


events
Pan African Land Hearing
AAid, Oxfam, PLAAS, Future Ags | Johannesburg | 15 Aug 2013
http://www.oxfamblogs.org/southernafrica/?p=3267
Foreign investment in African farmland: Opportunities and risks
Deutsche Bank / i2Live | Live webinar | 28 Aug 2013
http://www.i2live.net/foreign-investment-in-african-farmland-opportunities-and-risks/


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