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President Bio hails Sunbird Bio-energy
- Global Times
- 18 June 2019
Sunbird Bioenergy, after the recent change of management, is set to produce sugar for the local market in Sierra Leone and for export to neighboring countries
State projects leave tens of thousands of lives in the balance in Ethiopia – study
- Guardian
- 14 June 2019
Giant dam and irrigated sugar plantations mean people in lower Omo valley face starvation and conflict, says US thinktank
Karuturi Global's new land deal in Ethiopia must be scrapped
- ASO et al
- 13 June 2019
A diplomatic intervention by the Indian government and law suits filed by the company appear to have pushed Ethiopian authorities to backtrack and offer a new lease in the Gambella region, this time for 15,000 hectares.
Investment companies on notice for selling water to struggling farmers in Australia
- 9news
- 12 June 2019
Investment companies, such as major farmland investor Duxton, that are making “ridiculous” profits from selling water to farmers struggling with drought are on notice, as the Federal Government considers shutting them down.
Australia: Super fund reinforces savings with timber, agriculture
- Financial Standard
- 12 June 2019
LGIAsuper will diversify its investment strategy and invest in the agriculture and timber funds of Folium Capital, run by former managers of Harvard's endowment funds.
Touted as 'development,' land grabs hurt local communities, and women most of all
- Phys.org
- 12 June 2019
Large-scale land transactions in which nations sell huge, publicly owned parcels to foreign and domestic corporations negatively affect local women more than men, a new study by Oregon State University shows.
Cambodian farmers take Thai sugar giant to court
- Al Jazeera
- 12 June 2019
Two Cambodian sugar farmers are bringing a case against Thai firm Mitr Phol claiming its subsidiary illegally cleared their land.
Cambodian farmers battle in landmark lawsuit against Thai sugar firm
- TRF
- 12 June 2019
The lawsuit against Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol, filed on behalf of about 3,000 people, is the first class-action lawsuit filed in a Thai court by plaintiffs from another country against a Thai company operating outside Thailand.
The nature of social justice advocacy and local resistance to land concessions in Liberia
- Front Page Africa
- 11 June 2019
The sustained advocacy by communities affected by large land deals and civil society for change to the policies and laws governing land administration have resulted in departures from the historical norms on land rights and tenure security.
Investments in farmland in numbers
- https://www.dw.com/en/investments-in-farmland-in-numbers/av-49045592
- 10 June 2019
Investors and foreign states are buying up farmland in many parts of the world. Land is often considered a relatively safe investment, and everybody needs food.
Efforts to restrict foreign ownership of US farmland grow
- AP
- 10 June 2019
As foreign ownership of agriculture land continues to increase, efforts to limit foreign ownership of U.S. farmland have gained traction.
Human rights defenders face reprisals. Here’s what OECD and National Contact Points can do to protect them.
- BHRRC
- 08 June 2019
New research by OECD Watch and BHRRC shows that 64% of reprisals from companies against activists occur in the land-intensive extractive and agriculture sectors.