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UN challenges PNG govt over illegal land grabbing

The United Nations has accused the Papua New Guinea government of racial discrimination against its own people over its failure to stop foreign companies using SABL leases to illegally occupy customary land.
Brazil to fight invasions by landless workers: official

Brazil's land issues secretary says his government will seek to classify the occupation of farmland by landless workers movements as akin to terrorism, while at the same time offering to support foreign investors interested in buying farmland.
Russian businessmen to invest P8B in Camp Abubakar banana plantation

The Russian investors, accompanied by the Agriculture Secretary of the Philippines, inspected an area in Barangay Oring, Maguindanao where they identified 7,000 hectares for banana plantations.
Civil society groups welcome decision of development bank complaints panel to proceed with complaint from DR Congo communities against palm oil company

A step forward to resolve a long-standing land conflict with PHC, a subsidiary of Feronia Inc
Palm oil companies continue to criminalize farmers in Sumatra

Criminalization is now the strategy being used by the Indonesian palm oil company PT Sandabi Indah Lestari, which supplies Wilmar International, to grab lands.
Abia community leases 1040-hectare oil palm to Dufil Prima Foods

A 1040-hectare oil palm farm has been given by Amokwe and Okai villages of Bende, Abia State, Nigeria to Dufil Prima Foods Plc, a company whose owners include Kellog's and PT Indofood, to enable it source its raw materials.
Equatorial Palm Oil au Liberia a réalisé sa première vente d’huile de palme

EPO, société majoritairement detenue par le malaisien Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad, a réalisé sa première vente d’huile de palme en provenance de son usine au Libéria où elle a une concession de 20 234 ha.
Consolidated Pastoral Company sells three stations in NT and WA

One of Australia’s largest pastoral empires has sold three properties in its portfolio spanning more than 740,00ha to a Vietnamese investment group in a deal understood to be worth $135 million.
Guatemalan farms shift to palm oil, fueling family migration

In the poor, hot region of Guatemala that was home to a seven-year-old migrant girl before she died in U.S. border custody last month, palm oil cultivation is taking over from subsistence farming, adding to pressure on people to leave.
Brésil : la démarcation des terres indigènes confiée au ministère de l'Agriculture

Pour les défenseurs des peuples autochtones, ce transfert de compétences dans la démarcation des terres revient à livrer les territoires ancestraux à l'appétit de l'agrobusiness.

Chinese investors protest against new crackdown on investment

Australia's foreign investment regulator no longer believes private companies in China are free of Communist Party control, and plans on subjecting Chinese takeovers and deals, such as those for farmland, to more screening on national security grounds.

18 Jan 2019 AFR

Cambodia: Chinese firm to invest in cotton plantations

Chinese firm Jiangsu Lianfa is now crop testing in Pursat province, in the country’s west, and will start growing cotton on 180 hectares of land if test results are satisfactory.

18 Jan 2019 Khmer Times

Lao protest villager freed, 11 still held

Lao authorities have released a villager held since 2017 for protesting the loss of land awarded by the government to a Vietnamese rubber company, but 11 others remain in detention, with another reported to have died in custody last year.

18 Jan 2019 RFA

UN challenges PNG govt over illegal land grabbing

The United Nations has accused the Papua New Guinea government of racial discrimination against its own people over its failure to stop foreign companies using SABL leases to illegally occupy customary land.

18 Jan 2019 Loop

Brazil to fight invasions by landless workers: official

Brazil's land issues secretary says his government will seek to classify the occupation of farmland by landless workers movements as akin to terrorism, while at the same time offering to support foreign investors interested in buying farmland.

15 Jan 2019 Reuters

BFB, one of Australia’s largest grain growers, announces new majority shareholder, PSP Investments

One of Canada’s largest pension funds acquires majority stake in Australian company that owns 44,167 ha of arable land, as well as significant grain storage, fertilizer, agronomy, livestock, farming and logistics businesses.

15 Jan 2019 Mirage News

Russian businessmen to invest P8B in Camp Abubakar banana plantation

The Russian investors, accompanied by the Agriculture Secretary of the Philippines, inspected an area in Barangay Oring, Maguindanao where they identified 7,000 hectares for banana plantations.

15 Jan 2019

Civil society groups welcome decision of development bank complaints panel to proceed with complaint from DR Congo communities against palm oil company

A step forward to resolve a long-standing land conflict with PHC, a subsidiary of Feronia Inc

15 Jan 2019 RIAO-RDC et al.

Les groupes de la société civile accueillent favorablement la décision d'une banque de développement de donner suite à la plainte déposée par des communautés de la RDC contre une société d’huile de palme

Cela signifie un pas en avant pour résoudre un conflit foncier de longue date avec les Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), une filiale de la société canadienne, Feronia Inc.

15 Jan 2019 RIAO RDC et al.

Brésil: L'exécutif veut durcir la répression face aux paysans «sans terres»

Le nouveau gouvernement brésilien souhaite modifier le droit pour que les envahissements de terrains agricoles par des paysans "sans terres" soient considérés comme du terrorisme, a déclaré aujourd'hui un responsable du ministère de l'Agriculture.

15 Jan 2019 AFP

Saudi Arabia, UAE to invest in Indian agriculture: Suresh Prabhu

India's Union Minister for Commerce & Industry says Saudi Arabia and UAE will be using India as a base for their food security.

14 Jan 2019 Indian Express

Palm oil companies continue to criminalize farmers in Sumatra

Criminalization is now the strategy being used by the Indonesian palm oil company PT Sandabi Indah Lestari, which supplies Wilmar International, to grab lands.

14 Jan 2019 Mongabay

Abia community leases 1040-hectare oil palm to Dufil Prima Foods

A 1040-hectare oil palm farm has been given by Amokwe and Okai villages of Bende, Abia State, Nigeria to Dufil Prima Foods Plc, a company whose owners include Kellog's and PT Indofood, to enable it source its raw materials.

11 Jan 2019 Guardian Nigeria

Foreign fund buys its fifth farm in Denmark

FarmCompany, a farmland investment company owned by investors from England, Hong Kong and the Netherlands, adds a 545 ha dairy farm to its portfolio of farms covering 1,605 ha across Denmark.

10 Jan 2019 FarmCompany

Equatorial Palm Oil au Liberia a réalisé sa première vente d’huile de palme

EPO, société majoritairement detenue par le malaisien Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad, a réalisé sa première vente d’huile de palme en provenance de son usine au Libéria où elle a une concession de 20 234 ha.

09 Jan 2019 Commodafrica

Walhi Imbau KPK untuk Awasi Izin Lahan Sawit di Buol

Walhi meminta Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) memperhatikan pemberian izin pengelolaan sawit kepada PT Sebuku Inti Plantation, di Kabupaten Buol, Sulawesi Tengah. Sebelumnya, Bupati Buol pernah ditangkap karena menerima suap agar menerbitkan HGU kepada PT Sebuku Inti Plantation pada tahun 2012.

09 Jan 2019 Tirto ID

Feronia Inc. announces $3 million short-term loan facility

The loan to the Canadian company operating oil palm plantations in the DR Congo is provided by provided by the CDC Group plc, the UK Government’s Development Finance Institution and KN Agri LLC.

09 Jan 2019 Globe Newswire

Consolidated Pastoral Company sells three stations in NT and WA

One of Australia’s largest pastoral empires has sold three properties in its portfolio spanning more than 740,00ha to a Vietnamese investment group in a deal understood to be worth $135 million.

09 Jan 2019 Weekly Times

More foreign ownership of NT than anywhere else

Foreign ownership of Australian agricultural land rose more than two million hectares in the past year, with investors from the island nation of the Bahamas buying up 2,201,000 hectares.

08 Jan 2019 Katherine Times

Cargill enters Polish protein market with poultry acquisition

US-headquartered Cargill has completed the acquisition of Polish food and fresh chicken firm Konspol, adding a feed mill, broiler farms, and processing plants to its Global Poultry network.

07 Jan 2019 Food Navigator

Guatemalan farms shift to palm oil, fueling family migration

In the poor, hot region of Guatemala that was home to a seven-year-old migrant girl before she died in U.S. border custody last month, palm oil cultivation is taking over from subsistence farming, adding to pressure on people to leave.

07 Jan 2019 Reuters

Green Advocates, IDI develop new tools to hold oil palm growers accountable for environmental and human rights violations

Green Advocates and Inclusive Development International have developed new advocacy tools that would be used by local communities to hold oil palm growers accountable for environmental and human rights violations committed in Liberia.

07 Jan 2019 Daily Observer

Chinese investors protest against new crackdown on investment

18 Jan 2019 AFR

Cambodia: Chinese firm to invest in cotton plantations

Chinese firm Jiangsu Lianfa is now crop testing in Pursat province, in the country’s west, and will start growing cotton on 180 hectares of land if test results are satisfactory.

18 Jan 2019 Khmer Times