Over the past decade, foreign companies have been investing in agricultural land in the U.S. at a record pace, according to a Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting analysis of USDA data.
- Successful Farming
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28 June 2017
An NGO working in the land sector has called on the Government of Sierra Leone to take issues of land seriously so as to avoid possible conflict
Four land rights activists, members of Youth Affected by Socfin Agricultural Company, were freed from the custody of Pujehun Correctional Centre
After consultation with civil society and in light of growing awareness of abuses, UN experts on economic, social and cultural rights stress in new guidance that protecting against corporate abuse is not just important, but a government's obligation.
- Business & Human Rights
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27 June 2017
More than 100 farmers and farm workers became beneficiaries of the first bungkalan - land cultivation- in the Philippines under Duterte regime. Farmers collectively cultivated 7.9 hectares which is part of the 700 hectares Sanson landholding covering about 17 villages of the said town.
This report seeks to provide an overview of the current state of China’s overseas investment in agriculture in the Mekong region - including through land acquisitions - with a focus on Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
German meat company Tönnies has applied to the Serbian authorities to secure more than 100 hectares of available land in five municipalities to set up pig farms.
- Global Meat News
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22 June 2017
On June 20, a conflict broke out between police and farmers in Diokoul, Senegal, as the farmers tried to prevent Senegindia from putting barbed wire around a 1,000 ha area which it's taking from them.
According to the agreement, Turkey will lease a total of 793,000 hectares in six different regions in Sudan, of which 12,500 hectares will be allocated to the joint company. The rest will be leased to private sector firms.
- Asharq Al-Awsat
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21 June 2017
China has replaced the United States as the second-largest foreign owner of agricultural land in Australia. (The U.K. is No. 1.)
An Indian company locked in a land dispute with villagers in Svay Rieng province yesterday used machinery to clear land being used by the villagers for farming.
Majority of workers have stopped working on the oil palm plantation until the SOCFIN General Manager addresses concerns raised in the Malen Youth Development Union’s letter dated 20 May 2017.
- Concord Times
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19 June 2017