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Oil palm in Peru: Destruction advancing upon the Amazon
- WRM
- 26 September 2018
Even though Peru is not a major player in the global palm oil market, according to some statistics, it is the country where this crop is expanding the fastest.
UAE’s Al Dahra to invest further $500m in Romania
- Reuters
- 25 September 2018
Abu Dhabi-based Al Dahra Holding said on Monday it will invest a further $500m in various sectors in the Romanian market after acquiring the largest farm producer there.
International Farming Corporation raising $1.5B for US farmalnd fund
- 22 September 2018
The $128 billion Washington State Investment Board is considering investing up to $250 million in the IFC Core Farmland Fund – an open-ended vehicle focused on investing in U.S. farming operations
UNGP, human rights and Norwegian development cooperation involving business
- Norad
- 22 September 2018
The cases of Norwegian development cooperation covered in the report include the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania and the Agrica – Kilombero Plantation Ltd. rice farm in Tanzania
Declaration: No to abuse against women in industrial oil palm plantations
- WRM, GRAIN et al
- 21 September 2018
We said it in Mundemba, Cameroon, we reiterated it in Port Loko, Sierra Leone, we re-affirm this in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: the abuse against women in and around industrial oil palm plantations must STOP!
Liberia passes landmark law to secure ancestral land rights
- Reuters
- 21 September 2018
Liberia has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral territory,
Preparation of an international guidance document on agricultural land investment contracts
- Unidroit
- 21 September 2018
A UNIDROIT Working Group is currently developing, in collaboration with FAO and IFAD, an instrument on agricultural land investment contracts.
JICA signs $50-million loan agreement with Amaggi Exportação e Importação Ltda for the Agriculture Supply Chain Enhancement Project in Brazil
- JICA
- 20 September 2018
The Japan International Cooperation Agency says the project will advance sustainable agricultural development in the northeastern region of Mato Grosso State and bring benefits to Japanese and global food security
Chinese investors shift agriculture practices in North
- The Nation
- 17 September 2018
Widespread contract farming for Cavendish bananas to export to China began in the North of Thailand two years ago, along with a large-scale plantation owned by a Thai-Chinese joint venture.
Move to acquire lands in Sudan for farming
- Daily New Nation
- 17 September 2018
The Government of Bangladesh has decided to acquire land in Sudan in a bid to explore commercial farming opportunities in the Northeast African country.
Kebbi farmers allege takeover of farmlands
- Daily Trust
- 17 September 2018
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria decries the takeover of 14,000 ha of farmlands by the Kebbi State government to give to a company for cassava planting
Foreign farm tax to drive agri REITs: Pitcher Partners
- AFR
- 17 September 2018
Under a proposal from Australia's federal government the 15 per cent concessional rate of withholding tax for foreign investors in agricultural land will be lifted to 30 per cent by July 1 next year.