The Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company signed an agreement to join forces in the search of investment projects in the Russian agricultural sector
- Arab News
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15 October 2019
Terra Firma, founded by British multi-millionaire Guy Hands, has owned CPC since 2009 when it paid James Packer and partners about $425m for what was then a 5.6m hectare estate.
- Farm Weekly
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15 October 2019
Banana plantations are raising local salaries but the chemicals used are poisoning rivers and land
- China Dialogue
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14 October 2019
About 19% of Indonesia’s palm oil plantations are unlicensed. The government now plans to take back unplanted palm oil concessions.
- Bloomberg
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10 October 2019
Representatives of 24 indigenous groups from 15 provinces of Cambodia urge the government to solve their outstanding land dispute and expedite the process of registering their collective farmland to prevent private companies grabbing it.
- Phom Penh Post
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10 October 2019
French lawyer Fiodor Rilov's account the lawsuit brought by Bunong communities from eastern Cambodia against Bolloré group.
For decades, the island of Aru escaped the attention of companies clearing Indonesia’s rainforests. But then it came into the sights of the Menara Group, which wanted to plant sugarcane across nearly two-thirds of Aru.
- Gecko Project
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09 October 2019
Some 81% of Ukrainians oppose the sale of agricultural land to foreigners and 74% say that any change in these rules should be decided through a national referendum, a new survey says
- Ukrinform
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09 October 2019
Navis, which is backed by the US government’s development finance institution Overseas Private Investment Corporation, will also look to acquire 10,000 acres for a durian plantation, starting in Pahang state.
- Deal Street Asia
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08 October 2019
Community representatives, impacted by palm oil companies in Liberia and Indonesia have traveled to the Netherlands to convey their grievances with ABN Amro, the financier of those companies.
- Milieudefensie
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07 October 2019
Overall, nearly $5b of sensitive land has changed hands in New Zealand through the Overseas Investment Office since the Labour-led government was formed.
Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board has made another move to deepen its presence in Australian agriculture, taking full ownership of the largest irrigated farmer in Australia.