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Ukrinform | 06 Dec 2017
Ukraine and the People's Republic of China have signed the program of investment cooperation in the agricultural sector. Ukrainian agricultural sector said to have potential to become production hub for foreign partners. |
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VoA | 06 Dec 2017
Workers at Indonesian palm oil plantations that supply Pepsi and Nestle suffer from labor abuses according to new report from RAN. The report covers three palm oil plantations operated by Indofood, the biggest food company in Indonesia. |
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AFSA | 06 Dec 2017
AFSA’s new study on Land Rights in Africa identifies the drivers of the land use changes that have displaced millions of rural people and continue to threaten millions more – particularly women |
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Pegasus FF | 06 Dec 2017
"2017 has been an exciting year for Pegasus Food Futures, as we acquired farms in Abu Dhabi, Ras-Al-Khaimah and two sites in Portugal," says UAE-based company which already owns farms in Oman, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Bahrain. |
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Khmer Times | 06 Dec 2017
Malaysia's Camcashew Company and South Korean Naroo Marine Company will invest $100 million in a cashew nut export project in Kampong Cham province, including a 4,000 ha plantation and a 40,000 ha contract farming scheme. |
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NY Times | 05 Dec 2017
The ripples from the firing of Matt Lauer as the co-host of the “Today” morning news show have hit the world of New Zealand property, where officials are already scrutinizing the role of foreign buyers in an increasingly expensive market. |
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Maryknoll | 05 Dec 2017
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns reports on a fact-finding mission to document, verify, and guarantee the visibility of the social, economic, environmental and human rights impacts caused by the “financialization” of land in the Cerrado region in central Brazil. |
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PHI Group | 05 Dec 2017
PHI Group, Inc, a company investing globally in agriculture and farmland, signs an agreement to set up a bank fund in Luxembourg to provide financing for the Company’s and its clients’ projects. |
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Radio NZ | 01 Dec 2017
Associate Finance Minister David Parker says "New Zealanders should not be outbid by "one percenters" from overseas" when it comes to farmland. |
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Business Times | 01 Dec 2017
Commodities supplier Olam International announced on Dec 1 it has completed the sale of its 5,100 acre (around 2,100 hectares) Edible Nuts orchards to Farmland Partners Inc (FPI) for US$110 million in cash. |
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Scoop | 01 Dec 2017
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) is very pleased that the Government announced that, as of December 2017, the rules around foreigners buying NZ farmland have been tightened up. |
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Seeking Alpha | 30 Nov 2017
BrasilAgro might face the risk of losing access to clients and an overvaluation of its land portfolio because of its sustainability impacts. |
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Reuters | 30 Nov 2017
China’s Hunan Dakang International Food and Agriculture Co, which has acquired controlling stakes in two Brazilian soy companies, is next looking to enter the beef business in the country, its chairman told Reuters on Wednesday. |
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Reuters | 24 Nov 2017
The struggle for land in northern Uganda has been going on for a decade but has taken a violent turn recently. The government is currently trying to amend the constitution so that it can acquire land quickly in cases where compensation is disputed. |
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RIAO-RDC | 02 Nov 2017
Communiqué from RIAO DRC denouncing recent threats and intimidation against communities and NGOs in the oil palm plantation areas of the Canadian company Feronia. |
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