This report describes the Addax Bioenergy Project in Makeni, Sierra Leone. It covers the period of July 2014 to June 2015 when Addax was still operational as well as the period of July 2015 to June 2016 when Addax scaled down its operations.
- SiLNoRF & BfA
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30 June 2016
With a large portion of agricultural land rendered unavailable for local farmers over the next 70 years (the average lease period of ELCs), food security of future generations of rural Cambodians has been put at serious risk.
- Economy Watch
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29 June 2016
More than 150 companies operating in 18 provinces have been involved in Economic Land Concession-related conflicts since ELCs were established more than 20 years ago, according to an annual report by the NGO Forum on Cambodia. Only 42 of the 158 companies have resolved their conflicts.
Oman Food Investment Holding Company and Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development signed a memorandum of understanding for enhancing the existing cooperation between them in several food security projects
- Times of Oman
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25 June 2016
Like other indigenous activists in Malaysia, Kayong actively conducted paralegal activities to raise the rights awareness in communities facing land grabbing by big oil palm or timber companies
The memorandum calls for establishing a major logistics corridor consisting of 30 facilities, including a grain terminal and 29 elevators in various parts of Russia to support shipments.
Taiwan’s Wei Yu Engineering Company has sought licenses from Vietnam's central province of Ha Tinh to build a US$1 billion livestock farming and food processing complex and a $1.5 billion wharf.
New GRAIN study finds changed conditions in international “land grabs.”
- Circle of Blue
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24 June 2016
Duncan Pruett reflects on the last 5 years at work advocating on the issues of land rights and foreign investments in agriculture.
- Landportal.info
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24 June 2016
India, one of the world’s largest consumers and importers of pulses, may soon take over agricultural land in Africa and Myanmar to meet growing demand in its domestic market.
Grow Africa executive director William Asiko dismisses concerns about large-scale land grabbing in Ethiopia as "perceptions".
- howwemadeitinafrica.com
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23 June 2016
The Bank will itself invest US $24 billion and leverage additional investments through equity, quasi equity, debt and risk instruments to catalyze investments at scale from the private sector and with co-financing from traditional donors and new players.