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Land grabbing on TV

Land grabbing on TV

February 24th, 2015 | by Redac
The TV broadcast “Le dessous des cartes”, on Arte, is dedicated to geostrategy and explores contemporary stackes thanks to maps. Two issues are dedicated to the global competition for arable land. The 28th of February, the...
Land grabbing in Europe – View of the ESSC

Land grabbing in Europe – View of the ESSC

February 24th, 2015 | by Redac
The European Economic and social Committee (EESC) is the voice of the civil society in the European Institutions. The 21st of January, the EESC published an opinion entitled “Land grabbing – a wake-up call for Europe and an...
Zoom on our members : VLM

Zoom on our members : VLM

February 23rd, 2015 | by Redac
What is VLM? The Flemish Land Agency (VLM) is responsible for managing open space in Flanders (Belgium). As a government agency in the area of Environment, Nature and Energy, VLM helps to shape rural policy in Flanders, and...
New publication about land issues

New publication about land issues

February 17th, 2015 | by Redac
France. Club Demeter is a French agricultural think-tank. Its latest publication entitled “competition between functions of soil and soil users, a new point of view of land issues” (in french) was coordinated by Mr....
An integrated solution to avoid recurrent floodings : the case of Silly

An integrated solution to avoid recurrent floodings : the case of Silly

February 9th, 2015 | by Redac
Belgium, Wallonia. The little village of Bassilly (municipality of Silly) has to face recurrent floodings. To solve that problem, the Direction of Rural Land Development in close collaboration with the municipality of Silly...
Zoom on our members : ANR

Zoom on our members : ANR

February 6th, 2015 | by Redac
Poland is the sixth largest country in Europe with the area of 312 700 square km. The area of agriculturally used land is about 16 million hectares (ha) in majority owned by private farmers. The number of holdings classified as...
Zoom on our members : BLG

Zoom on our members : BLG

February 6th, 2015 | by Redac
BLG is the German federation of 9 non-profit making land companies or land settlement companies. These companies operate in 10 territorial states and 2 city-states. The business objective of land companies is to strengthen...
Seminar  “Land for family farming ?” – Speakers’presentations

Seminar “Land for family farming ?” – Speakers’presentations

February 6th, 2015 | by Redac
  07/10/2014 – Namur (Belgium) This event was a success. About 200 people attended this seminar. Farmers, surveyors, notaries…had a nice opportunity to debate. Members of AEIAR took stock of the situation of...