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Remise en cause des lois foncières et semencières : qui tire les ficelles des changements en Afrique ?
Source:GRAIN
Le lobby qui cherche à industrialiser la production alimentaire en Afrique modifie aussi la législation semencière et foncière pour qu'elle serve les intérêts de l'industrie agroalimentaire. L'objectif final est de transformer ce qui a longtemps été considéré comme un bien commun en Afrique en une marchandise commercialisable que le secteur privé peut contrôler et dont il peut retirer des profits, au détriment des petits agriculteurs et des communautés.
Brazil urged to expand land rental market but small farmers aren't convinced
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 8th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Under rental agreements, small-scale landowners retain their title deeds, but larger companies with access to capital and machinery pay for the right to use the land to grow their crops
The Land Battle: 15 Organizations Defending Land Rights
The Huffington Post
The Land Battle: 15 Organizations Defending Land Rights
Posted: 07/29/2015 4:22 pm EDT Updated: 07/29/2015 4:59 pm EDT
New Urban Agenda good on ‘what’ but not on ‘how’, critics warn
By: Greg Scruggs
Date: September 20th 2016
Source: Citiscope
The Habitat III strategy ‘doesn’t go far enough on financing’, one observer noted at an event on the eve of the U.N. General Assembly.
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For Brazil's 1 Percenters, The Land Stays In The Family Forever
Via National Public Radio (USA)
For Brazil's 1 Percenters, The Land Stays In The Family Forever
AUGUST 25, 2015 4:49 AM ET
By Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
Ghana to lose over $3m project over land dispute
By: Eliasu Tanko
Date: September 28th 2016
Source: STARRFM Online
A longstanding land dispute which continues to brew raw tensions in the Bole district of the Northern region has threatened the survival of a $3,139,383 poverty alleviation project.
The project, Babator Irrigated Farming Hub, an initiative of the Africa Agriculture Development Company (AgDevCo) a social impact investor and project in Agriculture sector missioned to reduce poverty, hunger, under-nutrition and improve food security.
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