Agriterra, an Africa focussed agricultural company, announces that Phil Edmonds has stepped down as chairman of the company.
The funds will acquire farms and farmland assets, including permanent crops, arable, and pastoral farmland, and lease to experienced operators across the focused geographical regions of Australia and New Zealand.
Despite important legal victories, Anuak of Gambella continue to face land evictions and repression to clear their lands for foreign and domestic investors.
A petition denouncing the unjust imprisonment of three Ethiopian human rights defenders is being presented this week to the Ethiopian government as well as its financial backers.
Craigmore highlighted resilient demand for investing in dairy, as it revealed it had raised $51m for its second New Zealand farmland fund, 14 months after closing its first.
- Agrimoney
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16 December 2015
L'agro-colonialisme et impacts sociaux et environnementaux : alimentation et climat, avec comme invités Ange David Baimey de l’ONG GRAIN et Mamy Rakotondrainibe du Collectif pour la défense des terres malgaches-TANY
L'acharnement est considéré comme une tentative de les faire taire afin qu'ils arrêtent leur travail légitime de plaidoyer contre l'accaparement des terres et autres violations des droits humains entraînées par la société Feronia.
- FrontLineDefenders
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23 November 2015
Intelligence agency interrogates people it suspects of leading protests against Canadian oil palm company, Feronia, owned by European and US governments.
- FrontLineDefenders
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23 November 2015
CDC Group plc, the UK Government's Development Finance Institution, has expressed its intention to lead the Offering with a minimum US$10 million investment.
- Marketwired
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05 November 2015
The three activists, who face terrorism charges for attempting to attend a workshop on food security, face a court hearing in Addis Ababa on October 22.
En RDC, un conflit oppose depuis des années une firme canadienne financée par des agences de développement à des communautés villageoises à propos de palmeraies qu’elle aurait accaparées.
Donlinks, one of China's biggest vegetable oil producers, will partner with British Virgin lslands-registered Genius Link Capital, to make an offer for S. Kidman & Co, Australia's largest landholder.
- Financial Review
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02 October 2015