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.
Farmers along Colorado's Grand Valley are concerned a New York City-based hedge fund is buying farmland to speculate on water.
- Inside Climate News
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08 June 2020
Funds managed by North American farmland and timber giant Hancock Natural Resource Group are poised to snap up two almond properties worth around $12 million in the NSW Riverina and South Australia’s Riverland.
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
The debt-ridden oil palm plantations company operating in the DR Congo announces that it is pursuing a restructuring plan that includes a sales process and potential liquidation.
- Globe Newswire
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24 May 2020
In response to resistance from people’s movements, Sri Lanka has pulled out of MCC agreement, which would have opened the door for commercial agriculture and large scale acquisition of Sri Lankan lands for foreign individuals and corporations.
- LVC South Asia
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21 May 2020
In 2013, Missouri’s legislature pushed through a law altering a previous ban on foreign ownership of agricultural property in the state to facilitate the sale of Smithfield Foods to Hong Kong-based Shuanghui International.
- St. Louis Post
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19 May 2020
DR Congo's largest plantation company announces resignation of its Executive Chairman, soon after departure of its CEO.
The past few years has seen a steep increase in the players involved in the Australian agribusiness investment sector, particularly with Canadian and American pension funds.
Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard joins international civil society groups to shed light on HMC’s morally repugnant land investments
The US Trade Representative has stated that restrictions in the Kenyan constitution banning foreign ownership of land are an investment barrier.
- ActionAid, IATP
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07 May 2020