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13 Dec 2018
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Failed bioethanol project in Romania leaves unanswered questions for Hungarian legislator OCCRP | 11 Dec 2018
Hungarian legislator Erik Bánki claims his farmland purchases in Romania were financed from loans from foreign and Hungarian companies but he does not remember the names of these companies.
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Turkish, Kuwaiti business people invest $100M in greenhouses in southeast city Daily Sabah | 11 Dec 2018
Turkish investors have been cooperating with Kuwaiti businesspeople to invest some $100 million in greenhouses on a 100 hectare area in the Karaali region to export agricultural products to Gulf countries.
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Harvard quietly amasses California vineyards—and the water underneath WSJ | 10 Dec 2018
Making a bet on climate change, the university’s $39 billion endowment has been snapping up farmland and the related water rights
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Brazil could open up 43 mln hectares of new agricultural land - SLC Reuters | 07 Dec 2018
Aurélio Pavinato, CEO of SLC Agrícola SA, says the potential to expand soybean, grains and sugarcane plantations on 43 million hectares in the Cerrado region will "demand heavy investments".
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How not to conduct large-scale agricultural investments: Lessons from the Malen/Socfin Land dispute in Sierra Leone Standard Times | 06 Dec 2018
The SOCFIN land acquisition in Malen Chiefdom reads like a collusion between the government and the investor—an alliance of the powerful and wealthy—to strip a community of their most valuable resource.
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The SABL land grab: Papua New Guinea’s ongoing human rights scandal War on Want | 06 Dec 2018
New report shines a spotlight on the ongoing resistance to land grabs and provides recommendations calling for immediate action, not only by the PNG government but also various UN bodies and national governments.
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Greenpeace Afrique et des artistes camerounais lancent une campagne contre l’accaparement des terres APO | 12 dec 2018
Les vidéos et les sketches humoristiques constituent un moyen utilisé par les acteurs tels que Nsang Dilong, Freddy Kristel et AleneMenget pour présenter le grave problème de l'accaparement des terres d'une manière compréhensible pour tous les Camerounais.
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«On se dirige vers une agriculture financiarisée» JDLE | 12 dec 2018
On peut se poser la question de savoir s’il y a pas de grands groupes agro-alimentaires et financiers derrière l'achat des terres en France
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Cameroun : La société PHP arrache 743 hectares de terres dans le Moungo Camer.be | 10 dec 2018
Au mépris d’une décision de justice datant de l’époque coloniale, l’entreprise français occupe et exploite de vastes parcelles de terrains appartenant à quatre communautés du Moungo, informe Camer.be
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