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Uganda: Bidco Dismisses Land-Grab Claims By Kalangala Farmers
By: George Omondi
Date: February 25th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor
Nairobi — Edible oil manufacturer Bidco has dismissed compensation claims raised by Kalangala farmers' lobby saying its involvement in Uganda's palm oil development project does not include land transaction.
In a letter addressed to banks, lawyers and international organisations, Bidco's cheif executive Vimal Shah said the land on which its plantation stands was properly acquired by the Ugandan government.
Berta Cáceres one of hundreds of land protesters murdered in last decade
By: Damian Carrington
Date: March 4th 2016
Source: The Guardian
Killings of environmental protesters, often indigenous people fighting to protect land, on the rise with 2015 likely to have been deadliest year on record
South Africa: Search for common ground in land-reform debate
By: Brian Whittaker
Date: March 15th 2016
Source: Business Day Live
WHAT is the courageous conversation we are not yet having with the unknown future — the world that lies over the horizon, but has not yet been fully articulated? The poet, David Whyte, wants to know.
New Green Challenge: How to Grow More Food on Less Land
By: Richard Connif
Date: March 21st 2016
Source: Yale Environment 360
If the world is to have another Green Revolution to feed its soaring population, it must be far more sustainable than the first one. That means finding ways to boost yields with less fertilizer and rethinking the way food is distributed.
South Africa: Ownership limits will not reform land
By: Neil Gopal
Date: April 1st 2016
Source: Business Day Live
OPINION & ANALYSIS
THE controversial Regulation of Land Holdings Bill, which limits land ownership by foreigners and locals, was again referred to by President Jacob Zuma during his state of the nation address as the way forward for land reform in SA, but as debate continues on whether it will pass constitutional muster, land reform goes on.
Malawi: Minister Condemns Lilongwe 'Land Grab'
By: Mphatso Nkhoma
Date: April 7th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Nyasa Times
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Atupele Muluzi has condemned land grabbing in the capital city Lilongwe from Asian business people by a group of local business traders.
A group f traders over the weekend grabbed land belonging to an Asian businessman in Malangalanga and shared it among themselves.