World Bank and UNCTAD workshop brings 25 participants from the private sector together to discuss and share experiences and views on large scale agricultural investment
Kenya's Court of Appeal has opened the door for Indian bank ICICI to revive its plans to sell Karuturi’s land in Naivasha valued at $80 million to recover loans extended to the flower firm
- Business Daily
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09 July 2017
In some countries huge areas of land are being taken over and farmed to feed consumers’ appetites in faraway lands. A study investigates which countries suffer most from the conflict between land grabbing and protecting forest.
- Environmental research web
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05 July 2017
Babator Farming Company Ltd is a 356 ha irrigated farming company established by AgDevCo Ghana Ltd as the first phase of the Babator Irrigated Farming Hub project.
- AgricInGhana
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04 July 2017
A Chinese firm that plans to invest $2 billion into developing Cambodia’s first special economic zone (SEZ) dedicated solely to agricultural processing and storage has signed on a new partner to jumpstart the stalled project.
- Phnom Penh Post
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04 July 2017
The value of the foreign-owned U.S. farmland soared from $17.4 billionto $42.7 billion, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Most of today’s foreign investment in agricultural land began to increase in 2005
- Demoines Register
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03 July 2017
IFC financial intermediary investments linked to land grabs and displacement in Africa. CSOs critique proposed changes to IFC lending policies
- Brettonwood project
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03 July 2017
Civic Response study finds that large scale land acquisitions in the country, especially within the frame of Customary tenure do not meet the FPIC guidelines and the requirements of most of the laws and policies of the country.
- Civic Response
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01 July 2017
Agribusiness conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) is building a pig breeding farm for 500,000 pigs in remote western China.
- Global meat news
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30 June 2017
Brazil’s ambition to become a palm oil giant could have devastating social and environmental impacts if the move is not carefully managed, say experts
- The Guardian
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29 June 2017
Illegal oil palm development is playing a leading role in deforestation in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Chiapas is both the most biodiverse state in Mexico and its biggest palm oil producer, responsible for 70 percent of the country’s total output.
Agribuiness partnerships with Africa are high on Germany’s agenda, says Amatheon Agri, which farms 3,000 ha in Zambia together with Toyota Group
- Lusaka Times
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29 June 2017