Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 05 Feb 2014
Herakles Farms is engaged in the development of a controversial 20,000 ha oil palm plantation in the South-West Region of Cameroon that faces strong opposition from affected communities.
Tell Herakles to stop its intimidation of Nasako Besingi and other defenders of local communities and forests.
APO | 05 Feb 2014
At the opening of the “Emerging Equatorial Guinea” Symposium, the government announces a Co-Investment Fund to support foreign investments, including in agriculture for which it has set aside 100,000 ha.
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Business Standard | 04 Feb 2014
"Agriculture land in Asia is under pressure ... there is an opportunity for responsible investment in agriculture by Asian countries in Africa," says India's Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.
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IPE | 04 Feb 2014
Pension funds try to adopt a sustainability perspective when investing in farmland abroad, but there is not much consensus on what it means and how to measure it.
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Deccan Herald | 03 Feb 2014
A true revolution would be in encouraging people's own agricultural innovations not creating new (African) markets for Big Business in agriculture, argues Shalini Bhutani.
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Survival International | 03 Feb 2014
The 2-minute animation 'There You Go!' shows how 'development' can rob self-sufficient tribal people of their land, livelihood and pride, and turn them into beggars.
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PANA | 02 Feb 2014
Mauritanians living in Boghe, 300km south-west of Nouakchott, have asked their government to cancel a 31,000 ha rural land concession granted to a Saudi society, Al-Rajihi.
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Africa in Fact | 01 Feb 2014
Forest clearance in the Congo basin from oil palm plantations and illegal logging has increased again since 2010 and the future is not rosy.
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Want China Times | 01 Feb 2014
Chinese farming businesses are facing multiple challenges in their overseas push.
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The Australian | 01 Feb 2014
The top priority for Mitsui's massive investments in Australia is starting to shift from resources to agribusiness
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RFA | 30 Jan 2014
At least 41 new land disputes were reported in Cambodia last year despite a government moratorium on the widespread grant of so-called economic land concessions.
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ANBA | 30 Jan 2014
The government is going to lease 600,000 hectares to local and foreign investors.
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GRAIN | 30 Jan 2014
Write to Herakles Farms and tell the company to stop its intimidation of Nasako Besingi and other defenders of local communities and forests.
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AEFJN | 30 Jan 2014
An agro-industry project jointly financed by capital from Italy, the US and Senegal has aroused resistance from the rural communities living in Gnith in Senegal.
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Awas MIFEE | 29 Jan 2014
Fakfak (on the Southern Coast of West Papua Province), has plans to start a program to develop integrated agribusiness similar to MIFEE in Merauke.
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Reuters | 28 Jan 2014
Bulgaria's top court overturned a ban on selling arable land to investors from the European Union, averting a legal clash with Brussels and resolving a dilemma for the country's coalition government.
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NAI | 17 Jan 2014
In Gambella, enormous areas of fertile land are lying fallow at an unfinished huge agricultural project site, and agricultural machines stand idle in rows, sinking into the ground.
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Herakles Farms a entrepris de faire, dans la région sud-ouest du Cameroun, une plantation de palmiers à huile de 20 000 hectares qui se heurte à la forte opposition des communautés concernées.
Demandez à Herakles Farms d'arreter sa campagne d'intimidation contre Nasako Besingi et d’autres défenseurs des communautés locales et des forêts.
Demandez à Herakles Farms d'arreter sa campagne d'intimidation contre Nasako Besingi et d’autres défenseurs des communautés locales et des forêts.
Jeune Afrique | 04 fev 2014
Un vaste territoire, un fort potentiel... mais une production en berne. Pour redynamiser le secteur, les autorités de la RD Congo misent sur la création de parcs agro-industriels.
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APO | 04 fev 2014
Le fonds a pour objectif d'encourager la diversification de l'économie au-delà du secteur pétrolier et gazier, y compris dans l'agriculture où 100 000 ha de terres arables sont disponibles aux investisseurs, selon le gouvernement
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Commission de l'UEMOA / Hub Rural | 04 fev 2014
Le dernier bulletin d'information de la Commission de l'UEMOA et du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de paraître.
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Ouest France | 03 fev 2014
La Cour constitutionnelle bulgare a annulé le 28 janvier 2014 une résolution parlementaire interdisant de vendre des terres à des étrangers.
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Financial Afrik | 03 fev 2014
77 représentants de communautés villageoises du département de Boghé contestent une concession rurale attribuant 31.000 ha à la société saoudienne Al Rajihi, dans une correspondance adressée au président Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.
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Le Pays | 30 jan 2014
A l’heure actuelle, la question du juste partage des terres reste une bombe à fragmentations et à retardement, menaçant la stabilité sociale des Etats du continent.
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DakarActu | 30 jan 2014
C’est un long et douloureux conflit qui a pris fin mercredi 29 janvier 2014, avec la signature d’un protocole d’accord entre la société Senhuile et les populations de Ngnith et de Ronkh, au Sénégal.
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GRAIN | 30 jan 2014
Des activistes camerounais au tribunal pour protestation pacifique contre un accapareur de terres de Wall Street
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Slate.fr | 27 jan 2014
On croyait ce phénomène réservé aux pays pauvres ou émergents. Mais voilà qu'en France même, certains s'alarment.
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Herakles Farms está negociando el establecimiento de una controvertida plantación de 20.000 hectáreas de palma aceitera en la región Suroeste de Camerún, y se enfrenta a una fuerte oposición de las comunidades que se verán afectadas por dicho emprendimiento.
Envía un correo electrónico a la empresa Herakles para reclamarle que deje de intimidar a Nasako Besingi y otros defensores de las comunidades locales y los bosques.
GRAIN | 30 ene 2014
Envía un correo electrónico a la empresa Herakles Farms para reclamarle que deje de intimidar a Nasako Besingi y otros defensores de las comunidades locales y los bosques.
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ANBA | 30 Jan 2014
O governo vai arrendar 600 mil hectares para investidores locais e estrangeiros.
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