The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency— the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank— announces additional support for Agrivision Africa (Chayton Africa) of Mauritius.
While Vietnamese investors always have to wait long time to get land allocated, foreign invested enterprises do not have to spend much time on administrative procedures.
- VietNamNet
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13 January 2015
Finding the key personnel to manage a complex and capital intensive 200,000 hectare agribusiness can represent a major operational headache, says agribusiness advisor for PwC.
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
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13 January 2015
Kenyans near world’s largest desert lake predict conflict, hunger and cultural devastation when hydroelectric project and sugar plantations are completed.
Police have suppressed a mass protest against Indian government plans to legalize corporate land grabs.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro today announced the creation of an alliance with Qatar to boost a special project for agricultural production development of both nations.
It takes a gallon of water to produce one almond. And that's not the most insane fact about the mad dash to plant the thirsty trees in the middle of a catastrophic drought in California.
- Mother Jones
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12 January 2015
China’s biggest potential investment in Australian agriculture, a $1 billion high-risk foray in the fabled Ord River irrigation scheme.
- The Australian
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10 January 2015
Many members of communities that have lost land to the development of the plantations since 2010, say they will continue to protest and fight against the evictions, in hopes of eventual change.
- VoA Khmer
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09 January 2015
Ethiopia is building huge dams and plantations in the Omo River Valley, displacing its own people in addition to causing lost livelihoods in Kenya.
- International Rivers
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08 January 2015
The Philippine Palm Oil Development Council wants government to support its road map of developing 300,000 hectares for oil palm in the next ten years with Mindanao as a main investment area.
- Davao Today
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08 January 2015
New Zealand's biggest farming industry group on Thursday threw its support behind opposition politicians who have pledged to conduct an audit of foreign purchases of sensitive assets.