Chinese firm’s investment in banana farm approved
      Cambodian government yesterday gave green light to a Chinese-owned firm, Longmate Agriculture Co Ltd, to invest in a banana plantation in Kampot province. Three plantatios cover 5,000 hectares of land that can produce up to 14,000 tonnes of bananas according to Cambodia General Director of Agriculture.
      • Khmer Times
      • 09 August 2018
      Government should clarify land acquisition and compensation
      Deputy Director of Korea Rural Community Corporation on Tuesday urged government of Ghana to clarify land acquisition and compensation issues in the country and to provide guarantee for investors through increased participation in the agricultural value chain.
      • Modern Ghana
      • 08 August 2018
      German Agri Terra Group offers investments in Paraguayan agriculture
      Hundreds of clients have used the services of the German company in order to participate in projects such as cattle breeding, orange plantations or vegetable production in greenhouses in Paraguay
      • Fresh Plaza
      • 08 August 2018
      Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon calls for support to defend forests
      The palm oil industry is causing severe environmental destruction and spiralling violence in the Peruvian Amazon. Investigations of local actions sets out ways in which you can offer support and solidarity.
      • The Ecologist
      • 07 August 2018
      APEC warned PNG has poor record on food security
      Community advocacy group ACT NOW! warns APEC delegates attending food Security Week in Port Moresby that Papua New Guinea government has a very poor record on protecting rural famers. The most glaring example is the SABL land grab, in which over 5 million hectares of land was taken from rural communities.
      • ActNow PNG
      • 06 August 2018
      Tanzania's indigenous communities racing to secure land eyed by investors
      Tanzania has attracted huge interest as a destination for large-scale agricultural investment due to sufficient land and cheap labour. As traditional laws that once protected village land weaken, indigenous communities and farmers have repeatedly lost chunks of land facilitated by foreign investors.
      • InDepth News
      • 05 August 2018
      Land-resource sell-out: Companies becoming more powerful than countries
      An overview of land grabbing in Africa and Asia as lessons for Sri Lanka. In September 2016 the International Criminal Court called land grabs as a crime against humanity and this is an area that Sri Lanka’s lawyers are advised to further look into.
      • LankaWeb
      • 04 August 2018
      Myanmar allows up to 80% of foreign investment in agriculture sector
      Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) have allowed Foreign businesses to invest up to 80 percent in Myanmar's agriculture sector instead of 49 percent.
      • Eleven Myanmar
      • 03 August 2018
      Sokotra Capital buys Tunisian fish-farm business
      Sokotra Capital, a Dubai firm set up by former UBS Group AG banker Albert Momdjian, led a consortium of investors in acquiring fish-farm L’Aquaculture Tunisienne for an undisclosed amount.
      • Bloomberg
      • 03 August 2018
      Video: The Bornean village chief dealing with the fallout from a corrupt plantation deal
      A video from The Gecko Project following an indigenous Dayak man who shows how a corrupt land deals for oil palm plantation affecting village life in the interior of Indonesian Borneo, including their access to clean water.
      • The Gecko Project
      • 31 July 2018
      Nestle response to Cambodian farmers lawsuit against sugar producer over alleged land grabbing
      Nestle response to the Cambodian farmers lawsuit against sugar producer, Mitr Pohl over alleged land grabbing. The Thai company, Mitr Pohl is direct supplier to Nestlé and tier 2 supplier in other supply chains, mostly via traders.
      • Business and human rights resources centre
      • 31 July 2018
      The village women taking on the palm oil giant
      Award-winning Cameroonian journalist Madeleine Ngeunga and Fern’s Indra Van Gisbergen recently visited villages in the shadow of Socapalm’s oil palm plantations to see if issues driving the dispute between locals and the company are being resolved.
      • Fern
      • 31 July 2018

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