Agriculture

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[22/05/2013] Upheaval in Chinese Villages A Case Study of Rural Land Expropriation for “Large- Scale” Commercial Farming in Rural China
“Tens of millions of Chinese peasants are in the process of being uprooted from their agricultural land and farmhouses, leaving them in the short run with few means to sustain their families....
News
[06/05/2013] L'urgence d'un changement
“Le modèle de développement qui prévaut aujourd’hui donne la priorité à l’ouverture des marchés, à la concurrence et à la concentration de la rente, au détriment des petits producteurs. De...
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[06/05/2013] A Growing opportunity: measuring investments in African Agriculture
“Agriculture remains the backbone of many African economies. Across the continent, agriculture represents 15% of GDP1 and over half of all rural employment.2 With rapidly increasing populations...
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[26/04/2013] Reducing Risk: Landscape Approaches to Sustainable Sourcing
“This synthesis report emerged from work led by the Landscapes for Peo­ple, Food and Nature (LPFN) initia­tive, an international coalition of leading conservation and develop­ment organizations...
Events
[25/04/2013] "Agriculture en crise et transition en cours : quelle dynamique ?"
“870 millions d’êtres humains souffrent de la faim, le double sont mal-nourris, la pauvreté des campagnes s’accentue, les crises alimentaires se multiplient et les liens entre agriculteurs et...
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[12/04/2013] VIDEO DOCUMENTAIRE: "Coton BT au Burkina Faso - La parole aux paysans"
“Ce documentaire décrypte la stratégie de contamination par le coton BT au Burkina avec pour objectif sous-tendu la disparition de l’agriculture paysanne pour un accaparement des terres. Il...
News
[10/04/2013] Foncier rural: Le Bénin au cœur de l’accaparement des terres
“Conscients de l’importance de l’agriculture dans le processus de développement du Bénin, beaucoup de cadres béninois en fonction dans les villes sont acquéreurs de parcelles. Mais confrontés...
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[07/04/2013] Biofuels and Sustainability Challenge -
“Via the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation has released a new report entitled “Biofuels and the Sustainability Challenge...
Events
[04/04/2013] CALL FOR MOBILISATION/ 17 April: International Day of Peasants’ Struggles-
“The dramatic environmental, economic and social crises that we are currently observing have surprisingly not led to a complete change in the direction taken by most national and international...
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[04/04/2013] The Business Case for Transparent Land Deals
“The paper explores the ‘business case for transparent land deals’, starting with a critical inspection of common arguments in favor of such a business case. There may be a business case, but...
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