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Sime Darby to sell Liberia plantation to local manufacturer

Malaysia’s Sime Darby says it will sell its underperforming palm oil concession in Liberia to Mano Manufacturing Company (MANCO), Liberia’s largest manufacturer of household health and cleaning products.
Cameroon: Safacam plans to invest XAF3.5 bln to extend its oil palm and hevea plantations in Dizangué

The government of Cameroon recently granted an additional 2,000 hectares of land to Société Africaine forestière et Agricole du Cameroun, subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Socfin, to expand oil palm and rubber plantations
Des ONG dénoncent les nouvelles poursuites-bâillons du groupe agro-industriel SOCFIN

Du 2 au 5 décembre, 4 ONG et 7 de leurs employé.e.s ont été appelé.e.s à comparaître devant un juge d’instruction au Luxembourg suite à une plainte en diffamation initiée par la multinationale agro-industrielle SOCFIN.
Canadian pension fund loads up on Australian water rights and almond farms

A Canadian pension fund has bought a huge parcel of Australian permanent water rights for $490M to irrigate almond trees, in a move that puts the spotlight on foreign ownership of farms and water resources as drought ravages the country.
Fast food suppliers importing deforestation and violence from Brazil

Mega-traders Cargill and Bunge are exporting soya from an agricultural estate in Brazil with a long record of violence, illegality, and environmental destruction, a Greenpeace International investigation has uncovered
Indigenous Colombians escalate fight to rescue ancestral lands

The Nasa of Colombia are carrying out direct actions in which they cut down cane fields, plant organic crops in their place, and allow the native vegetation to cover additional areas within the same reclaimed lands.
Chinese company to build UGX.1.6 trillion fish breeding centre in Uganda

Hainan Qinfu Foods Company Limited from China is looking for 5,000 acres of land to invest a total of $450m in a specialized aquaculture industrial park.
For Gujarat farmers, it’s Africa calling

Abundance of fertile land, cheap labour and availability of water are driving farmers from Gujarat to explore Africa, which has 60 per cent of world’s agriculture land, most of it unexplored.
Nigeria: Firm, Kebbi partner on N20bn tomato factor

Deal between the Kebbi Government and the Spanish company GB Foods Africa will proceed when legal backing is given to cultivate 1,000 hectares of farm lands to produce tomatoes in the Ngaski local government area.
Letter from NGOs to the UK's CDC regarding its actions to undermine a community mediation process with Feronia

NGOs call on the CDC Group and all the development banks involved in the Feronia-PHC oil palm plantations to publicly issue a clear statement of support for the mediation process and to ensure the security of participating community members.

Sime Darby to sell Liberia plantation to local manufacturer

Malaysia’s Sime Darby says it will sell its underperforming palm oil concession in Liberia to Mano Manufacturing Company (MANCO), Liberia’s largest manufacturer of household health and cleaning products.

07 Dec 2019 Reuters

Cameroon: Safacam plans to invest XAF3.5 bln to extend its oil palm and hevea plantations in Dizangué

The government of Cameroon recently granted an additional 2,000 hectares of land to Société Africaine forestière et Agricole du Cameroun, subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Socfin, to expand oil palm and rubber plantations

06 Dec 2019 Business in Cameroon

Cameroun: Palmier à huile, Hévéa – 2 000 hectares de plus pour un opérateur

La Société africaine forestière et agricole du Cameroun (Safacam), filiale du groupe SOCFIN, vient de bénéficier de 2 161 hectares supplémentaires pour étendre ses plantations dans le Littoral

05 Dec 2019 Cameroun Tribune

NGOs brought before Luxembourg judge in Socfin defamation case

Four NGOs and seven of their employees were summoned to appear before an investigating judge in Luxembourg, from 2 to 5 December 2019, following a defamation complaint filed by the agro-industrial multinational Socfin.

05 Dec 2019 Chronicle

Des ONG dénoncent les nouvelles poursuites-bâillons du groupe agro-industriel SOCFIN

Du 2 au 5 décembre, 4 ONG et 7 de leurs employé.e.s ont été appelé.e.s à comparaître devant un juge d’instruction au Luxembourg suite à une plainte en diffamation initiée par la multinationale agro-industrielle SOCFIN.

05 Dec 2019 FIAN Belgium

Gouvernance foncière : Un forum africain s’ouvre ce jeudi à Sélingué sur la question

Au Mali, les mobilisations au niveau national ont permis de fléchir les politiques qui ont adopté des lois pour limiter l’accaparement des terres.

05 Dec 2019 Maliweb

Canadian pension fund loads up on Australian water rights and almond farms

A Canadian pension fund has bought a huge parcel of Australian permanent water rights for $490M to irrigate almond trees, in a move that puts the spotlight on foreign ownership of farms and water resources as drought ravages the country.

03 Dec 2019 SMH

Fast food suppliers importing deforestation and violence from Brazil

Mega-traders Cargill and Bunge are exporting soya from an agricultural estate in Brazil with a long record of violence, illegality, and environmental destruction, a Greenpeace International investigation has uncovered

03 Dec 2019 Greenpeace

Un fonds de pension canadien se dote de droits sur l'eau en Australie et de fermes d'amandiers

Olam a déclaré avoir signé un accord de partage des revenus avec Investissements PSP pour les vergers d'amandiers, les actifs associés et les droits d'utilisation de l'eau en Australie

03 Dec 2019 Jambon Burst

'Not in national interest': Ministers block foreigners from buying 4500ha of farmland

In a rare rejection of New Zealand's Overseas Investment Office application, Canadians have been barred from buying more than 4500ha of South Island farmland.

02 Dec 2019 NZ Herald

Liberia: Regional oil palm stakeholders call for community inclusion in natural resource governance

Stakeholders attending a two-day regional dialogue on oil palm development in West Africa have called for the inclusion of local communities in oil palm development in the sub-region.

02 Dec 2019 Front Page Africa

New EADI Webinar: This land is your land, this land is my land? (Dec 12)

Sylvia Kay and Attila Szocs will discuss their research and activism on land grabbing, with a particular focus on Romania, and the implications for political struggles over land and territories.

02 Dec 2019 EADI

Indigenous Colombians escalate fight to rescue ancestral lands

The Nasa of Colombia are carrying out direct actions in which they cut down cane fields, plant organic crops in their place, and allow the native vegetation to cover additional areas within the same reclaimed lands.

01 Dec 2019 Truthout

Chinese company to build UGX.1.6 trillion fish breeding centre in Uganda

Hainan Qinfu Foods Company Limited from China is looking for 5,000 acres of land to invest a total of $450m in a specialized aquaculture industrial park.

01 Dec 2019 PML Daily

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30 Nov 2019

Kratie resolves Memot Rubber Plantation land dispute in Snuol

Kratie provincial authorities have resolved a land dispute between more than 1,800 families and the Memot Rubber Plantation Company in Snuol district’s Pi Thnou commune.

28 Nov 2019 Khmer Times

Brazil investigates agribusiness bribes to judges for favorable land rulings

Brazil’s Federal Police have launched an investigation, dubbed “Operation Far West,” to crack down on an alleged massive land grab by an agribusiness collective in western Bahia, one of Brazil’s largest soy producing regions.

27 Nov 2019 Mongabay

Land grabbing a growing concern as climate change threatens food production

A century of ever-increasing farm size and land concentration is now leading Canada into a new era of speculation on farmland -- one where private companies not traditionally involved in agriculture are acquiring tracks of land.

27 Nov 2019 Rabble.ca

DR Congo palm-oil firm Feronia accused of abuses

Feronia, a company 38% owned by the UK government’s development bank, has been accused of a series of environmental and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

26 Nov 2019 BBC

Chi Khor Leu land dispute resolution reached

Ninety-five out of the 317 families who were locked in a long-running land dispute with sugar company since 2006 in Cambodia accepted the solution to end the dispute under a compromise negotiated by the Koh Kong provincial authority.

25 Nov 2019 Phnom Penh Post

Australia: Local, offshore funds pounce on $50m of Chinese-owned farms

The Chinese exodus from the east coast beef, lamb and cropping sectors is gathering pace, with recent divestments by Rifa Salutary and Union Agriculture surpassing $50 million.

25 Nov 2019 Commercial Real Estate

For Gujarat farmers, it’s Africa calling

Abundance of fertile land, cheap labour and availability of water are driving farmers from Gujarat to explore Africa, which has 60 per cent of world’s agriculture land, most of it unexplored.

25 Nov 2019 Ahmedabad Mirror

« Il nous a été demandé de ne plus nous rendre dans la forêt. »

Une enquête de Greenpeace met en lumière les violations des droits humains par Halcyon Agri.

25 Nov 2019 Greenpeace

Nigeria: Firm, Kebbi partner on N20bn tomato factor

Deal between the Kebbi Government and the Spanish company GB Foods Africa will proceed when legal backing is given to cultivate 1,000 hectares of farm lands to produce tomatoes in the Ngaski local government area.

25 Nov 2019 New Telegraph

A joint statement from CDC Group, BIO, DEG and FMO on the long-term role of Development Finance Institutions in poverty-stricken regions of the world

Today’s Human Rights Watch report concerning our shared investment in PHC/Feronia highlights the need for further investment to improve environmental and working conditions

25 Nov 2019 CDC et al.

Cameroun: Palmier à huile, Hévéa – 2 000 hectares de plus pour un opérateur

La Société africaine forestière et agricole du Cameroun (Safacam), filiale du groupe SOCFIN, vient de bénéficier de 2 161 hectares supplémentaires pour étendre ses plantations dans le Littoral

05 Dec 2019 Cameroun Tribune