Seventy-nine Kenyans have launched a legal claim in the High Court in London against Camellia Plc (and other UK companies in the Camellia Group) for alleged human rights abuses at its Kenyan plantations.
- Leigh Day
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11 October 2020
Palm-producing company Poligrow has an undeniable role in land-grabbing and intimidation in the municipality of Mapiripán, Colombia. Even so, it plans to expand its operations.
Numerous women say they were raped by workers of three multinational companies that have been evicting people off a chunk of land in Uganda measuring about 37.8 square miles to establish large scale commercial farms.
- Observer
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01 September 2020
Agilis Partners has released a statement denying all allegations of land grabbing and assuring the public and its stakeholders that they have not evicted anyone from their land.
- Uganda Tribune
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27 August 2020
Thousands of families are being violently evicted from their farms to make way for foreign-owned plantations in Kiryandongo, Uganda.
- Witness Radio et al
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25 August 2020
Communities brutally evicted by the British to make way for tea plantations seek compensation for ‘colonial crimes’.
A en croire des documents confidentiels obtenus par Senenews, l'homme d’affaire d’origine roumaine est à la recherche de bailleurs de fonds pour financer son gigantesque projet agricole au Sénégal.
Feronia announces that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with Straight KKM 2 Ltd that provides for the acquisition of its operating subsidiary, Plantations et Huileries du Congo.
- Globe Newswire
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21 July 2020
London-based Stafford Capital Partners has raised €12m from three European pension funds towards its soon-to-be-launched follow-up to its Australian farmland fund.
- IPE Real Assets
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22 June 2020
The communities have already introduced traditional and artisanal palm oil harvesting and production systems for the abandoned areas.
Après l’annonce de l’abandon de certaines plantations, les communautés ont introduit des systèmes de récolte et de production de huile de palme artisanaux et traditionnels.
You’d be surprised to learn that the billion dollar barons of Australian farmland are a Canadian government worker super fund, a New York teacher insurance fund and an Australian pastoral giant backed by a Dutch pension fund