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Leaked report says World Bank violated own rules in Ethiopia
- ICIJ
- 20 January 2015
Internal watchdog finds link between World Bank financing and Ethiopian government's mass resettlement of indigenous group
That boiling tension in Sahn-Malen
- New Citizen
- 20 January 2015
Tensions keep mounting between the all-powerful SOCFIN Agricultural Company and people of the Sahn-Malen chiefdom in the Pujehun District.
Tanzania: Ministry ordered to recover 3,000ha at Saadani Park
- Guardian (Tanzania)
- 20 January 2015
Parliamentary committee orders Ministry of Lands to recover 3,000 hectares of land the latter had sold to a Swedish company - EcoEnergy Ltd in Bagamoyo District, Coast Region.
Edo’s goal to become Nigeria's food basket
- This Day
- 20 January 2015
As major investors like Dangote and makers of Indomie Noodles, Dufil, move massive investments into Nigeria's Edo State, the Commissioner for Agriculture says the state is set to take over as the nation’s food basket.
Licensed to grab: How international investment rules undermine agrarian justice
- TNI
- 20 January 2015
Investor-state dispute settlement clauses in trade treaties give investors far-reaching protection, reinforcing the notion of land as a commodity.
Itochu, CP in deal to take $10.4 billion stake in Citic
- WSJ
- 20 January 2015
A Japanese trading conglomerate and the holding company of Thailand’s richest person acquire a fifth of Citic Ltd., in one of the biggest foreign investments in a Chinese state-owned company.
Former Swiss banker sells 600 ha of land in Romania
- Romania Insider
- 19 January 2015
A former Swiss banker, now turned farming investor in Romania, has sold 601 hectares of land in Timis county, making a 50% profit.
Karuturi under the spotlight
- The Reporter
- 17 January 2015
Director of agricultural investment at Ethiopia's Ministry of Agriculture says Karuturi is on the verge of collapsing in Ethiopia and that the company "has gone bankrupt following internal management crisis”
Belgian, Zimbabwean shot in land protest in Sierra Leone
- Reuters
- 17 January 2015
A Belgian and a Zimbabwean working for international agribusiness company Socfin Group have been shot during a protest over land rights in Sierra Leone.
Chinese rent over 6 thousand hectares of farmland in Tajikistan
- TCA
- 16 January 2015
China’s Xinyang Inhai company has rented 6,300 hectares of farmland in the Dangara and Yovon districts of the Khatlon province for cultivation of cotton and cereals.
San Diego County unveils 2015 alternatives commitment pacing targets
- P&I
- 16 January 2015
San Diego County Employees Retirement Association plans to commit $275 million to $400 million to real assets including agriculture, mining, energy and timber in 2015.
Fight foreign ownership of Wisconsin farmland
- Agri-View
- 15 January 2015
The foreign ownership of agricultural land is a significant issue in many countries and is gaining increasing attention here in the United States.