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Game over for Flora EcoPower
- Africa Intelligence
- 22 September 2017
One final straw for the German company which owns 70,000 ha of land in Oromia has put a definitive end to its Ethiopian adventure.
Infographic: Economic land concession sugarcane plantation and sugar industry, Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia
- The Mekong Butterfly
- 21 September 2017
Around 2006, Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation., Ltd. One of major sugarcane and sugar companies in Thailand began to expand their production base to neighboring countries. This infograhpic solely looks at the case of sugarcane plantation investment in Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia.
Karuturi demands compensation from Ethiopia for failed land deal
- Bloomberg
- 21 September 2017
Karuturi Global Ltd., an Indian flower grower, demanded compensation from the Ethiopian government for a series of failed land deals as it prepares to exit the Horn of Africa nation.
Bindaree’s Chinese investors plan to develop northern WA cattle assets
- Beef Central
- 20 September 2017
Hong Kong based investors who recently took a 51 percent stake in northern NSW export beef processor, Bindaree Beef have plans to further develop their Western Australian grazing property investments, purchased in April last year.
COFCO goes global to grow grain security
- China Daily
- 20 September 2017
COFCO Corp, China biggest agricultural products supplier by revenue, plans by 2020 to see 60 percent of its revenue contributed by overseas markets and control up to 50 million metric tons of foreign grain resources.
Mozambique: ProSavana implemented “by sword and fire”?
- DW
- 16 September 2017
“Full speed ahead with the ProSavana!” is the position of the Mozambican government, despite the agricultural project raising a chorus of criticism.
Papua New Guinea: SABL untold stories
- Act Now!
- 16 September 2017
Locals in Bewani, West Sepik Province are paid poorly for their labour on oil palm plantations by logging companies.
One hundred years later, reviving a ‘jewel’ deep in the jungle
- Bloomberg
- 16 September 2017
An obscure company’s quest to rebuild a century-old business could lead to the British stock exchange.
European Development Finance Institutions and land grabs: The need for further independent scrutiny
- FERN
- 16 September 2017
This study highlights the role of European Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in possible land grabs and questionable forestry projects in Africa.
Samsung won’t partner with Korindo following outrage over forest destruction in Indonesia
- Mongabay
- 14 September 2017
Under fire from watchdogs and consumers of its smartphones, Samsung said it would not pursue a joint venture with Korindo amid an NGO campaign highlighting Korindo’s rainforest destruction for palm oil in Indonesia’s Tanah Papua region.
Well-to-do investors plow cash into Canadian farmland
- Globe and Mail
- 13 September 2017
In Canada, surveying the land you own a share of, and talking crops with your farmer partner, might just be as close to real farming as many investors care to get.
AgDevCo supports banana production in Mozambique
- MacauHub
- 13 September 2017
The Africa Agriculture Development Company (AgDevCo) has partnered with Nika SA, a Mozambican investment company, to recover a banana plantation by increasing its planted area and productivity