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OpenDemocracy | 19 Oct 2016
With land grabbing fast becoming one of the most pressing human rights issues of our time, the International Criminal Court has started to recognize that the guise of economic development can mask many crimes against humanity. |
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Beef Central | 19 Oct 2016
Preqin estimates that more than 100 unlisted agriculture/farmland-focused funds have closed since 2006, raising about $22 billion in aggregate capital. |
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EIA | 19 Oct 2016
EIA releases today a video that shows how large-scale oil palm project has negatively impacted the lives of community members, threatened biodiversity hotspots, and failed to meet development promises to communities in the Southwest region of Cameroon. |
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Phnom Penh Post | 18 Oct 2016
Six ethnic Kuoy families were violently evicted from their homes in Preah Vihear over the weekend, with further evictions threatened for another 13 families. |
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Pulse | 17 Oct 2016
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference laments the rate at which multinational companies indiscriminately acquire lands leading to displacement of occupants. |
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IIED | 17 Oct 2016
Changes in legal frameworks are redefining control over natural resources, and facilitating transitions toward more commercialised land relations |
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SWI | 15 Oct 2016
Three-quarters of the 20 states most affected by land grabbing are in Africa and Asia and among the poorest in the world, and in these countries the rights of the population have scant protection. |
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Bloomberg | 15 Oct 2016
Companies are betting that global appetites will increasingly rely on Black Sea soil even as obstacles to growth remain. |
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Ecologist | 14 Oct 2016
Investing in agroecology requires a drastically different model than the agribusiness-led version many Governments are currently pursuing |
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CIRAD | 11 Oct 2016
Depuis l'année 2000 et à l'échelle de la planète 26,7 millions d'hectares de terres agricoles sont passées dans les mains d'investisseurs étrangers. |
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Business Wire | 10 Oct 2016
The TucFrut property, located 140 miles South of Santiago, consists of five different farms spread over 1,000 hectares and currently produces apples, blueberries and kiwifruit on over 660 hectares. |
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IIED | 17 Jun 2016
Unless proactive steps are taken to enable women to have a stronger voice, large-scale agribusiness projects will leave them even more marginalised. |
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SLM Partners | 17 Jan 2016
This paper for institutional investors, family offices and investment managers explains why ecological and regenerative farming systems provide an attractive investment opportunity. |
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