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04 Jul 2019
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Tanzania farmers violently displaced by a REDD+ project have launched a crowdfunding campaign for legal support.
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Qatar re-evaluates its food security strategy Future Directions | 03 Jul 2019
While Qatar has adopted a more indirect approach to its foreign agricultural investment and increased domestic production of some food products, it is unlikely that it will be able to significantly reduce its dependence on foreign food supplies in the long term.
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Agriculture: Germ of an asset class IP&E | 02 Jul 2019
According to asset managers, a window is emerging for institutional money to flow into agriculture due to change of ownership, notably in markets such as Australia and the US.
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More than 7,000 hectares of farm land available for development through DAA pilot project The Scoop | 28 Jun 2019
The government of Brunei offering heavily subsidised land for rent to both locals and foreigners. 300 hectares of government-owned agricultural land have been given out over the past two years as part of state efforts to fuel growth of agriculture industry.
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Chinese rice farm helps boost food security, employment in central Uganda Xinhua | 27 Jun 2019
Apart from its own 3000 acre (1200ha) farm, Zhong's Industries Ltd plans to also use the out-grower model where millions of acres of land will be opened up for rice farming across the country.
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Customary land map, a first for Indonesia, launches to mixed reception Mongabay | 26 Jun 2019
Indonesia has published its first ever map of customary forests, in a move it says to prevent land grabs by businesses and resolve existing conflicts.But indigenous rights activists are unconvinced, saying land recognition process for local communities continues to be hampered by onerous bureaucratic requirements.
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Big four banks financing companies accused of human rights abuses The Sydney Morning Herald | 25 Jun 2019
Australia’s big four banks; ANZ, the Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac are financing companies accused of land grabs, deforestation and labour abuses in developing countries according to a new report by Friends of the Earth Australia.
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Feronia Inc. announces US$19.3 million private placement and related debt settlement Globe Newswire | 28 May 2019
Canadian company operating oil palm plantations in the DR Congo announces new round of share sales to its existing shareholders, including the UK's CDC Group and the African Agricultural Fund.
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Resistance against land grabs in Senegal: Factors of success and partial failure of an emergent social movement Emerald Insight | 28 Feb 2019
This article examines the emergence of this social movement and explains why anti-land grabs campaigns were successful in halting some projects, but not successful in others.
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Après l'élection à la FAO, le modèle agricole et alimentaire chinois en question Capital.fr | 01 juil 2019
Selon Guo Pei, rédacteur en chef de la China agricultural economic review, à partir de 2006, la Chine a "encouragé" ses sociétés à investir dans le domaine agricole en Afrique
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Terres agricoles chinoises dans l'Indre : "Le foncier agricole est victime de la spéculation" France Bleu | 26 jui 2019
Tout ça pour ça ! Le conglomérat chniois qui avait acheté 1700 hectares de terres agricoles dans l'Indre a été placé en faillite. Le foncier agricole doit être beaucoup mieux protégé selon la Confédération Paysanne.
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Le groupe chinois qui avait acheté près de 3000 hectares en France a fait faillite AFP | 25 jui 2019
Le conglomérat chinois Reward, avec à sa tête le milliardaire Hu Keqin, avait réalisé plusieurs investissements, notamment dans des terres agricoles dans l’Indre et l’Allier. Il a été déclaré en faillite le 13 mai dernier, selon le registre chinois des faillites.
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Bruxelles, des organisations de développement dénoncent l'entreprise Feronia de la RD Congo Cheik Fita News | 20 jui 2019
Un point d'information a été organisé sur la problématique de l'accaparement des terres en RD Congo financé par la coopération belge, allemande, française, anglaise, hollandaise... et en point de mire : la société Feronia.
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El nuevo acuerdo de tierra que Karuturi Global pretende con Etiopía debe desecharse ASO et al | 20 jun 2019
Una coalición de grupos hace un llamado urgente ante las autoridades de Etiopía y de India para que se cancele la concesión de nuevos contratos de arrendamiento de tierras a la compañía de agronegocios Karuturi Global.
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Events
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LANDac Annual International Conference 2019
LANDac | Utrecht | 03 Jul 2019
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“Winning the fight against Corruption in Africa's Land Sector”
UNECA | Abidjan | 25 Nov 2019
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