Dole

Dole plans Philippine expansion
- BusinessWorld
- 19 Jul 2021
Dole Sunshine Co, which grows pineapples and other produce across more than 30,000 hectares of farmland in the Philippines, says it plans to increase its farm production area in the country
Sierra Leone: Parliament legalize Sierra Tropical operations
- Awoko
- 08 May 2019
Sierra Tropical Investment Company, a subsidiary of Dole Asia Holdings, has been given the green light to operate a 4,335 ha pineapple farm by the House of Parliament.
Itochu to invest US$57.7m in bananas
- Produce Plus
- 25 Oct 2016
Itochu's $57.7m investment through its Dole business will include a 55 per cent increase of its 20,000 ha plantations in the Philippines by 2018
Dole acquires Chile's TucFrut Farms
- Business Wire
- 10 Oct 2016
The TucFrut property, located 140 miles South of Santiago, consists of five different farms spread over 1,000 hectares and currently produces apples, blueberries and kiwifruit on over 660 hectares.
Somawathiya National Park Falls Victim to Unscrupulous Developmental Projects
- Dhamsara
- 31 Oct 2011
It concerns 5000 acres of the Somawathiya National Park in Sri Lanka being cleared for a large-scale banana plantation by an international agribusiness company, Dole.
Cameroonian filmmaker unpeels banana inequalities
- VoA
- 13 Aug 2011
Disputed land rights, food insecurity and pollution caused by large-scale export-based agriculture are main themes of the Cameroonian-made movie "The Big Banana".
Jusqu'où ira la razzia sur les terres agricoles des pays pauvres ?
- Inter Press Service
- 01 Mar 2009
La FAO s’apprête à sortir ces jours-ci un mode d’emploi sur la bonne gouvernance foncière. Histoire que le nouveau droit foncier de Madagascar ne soit pas défini par Daewoo Logistics. Et que les petits paysans du Sud participent enfin au débat
FACTBOX: Investing in Africa: Land and agriculture
- Reuters
- 07 Oct 2008
Soaring food prices, supply fears among import-dependent countries and rising demand for biofuels have driven up investment in agricultural land, notably in Africa.