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Farmers still not sold on overseas investors
- The Land
- 25 August 2014
Close 60 per cent of farmers in a major new survey still believe there should be less foreign direct investment in Australian farms.
Scandinavian fund's big dairy investment
- Stock & Land
- 25 August 2014
A Scandanavian pension fund has poured $20 million into Australian dairy farms to help lift stagnant local milk production.
La société Cgc international sollicite 30.000 ha pour cultiver du manioc au Congo
- Pana
- 24 August 2014
La société chinoise Cgc International a sollicité 30.000 hectares de terrain pour cultiver le manioc à Pointe-Noire, principal centre économique et industriel du Congo.
Hun Sen in new push to tackle land crisis but NGOs call for total review
- RFA
- 24 August 2014
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has set up an interministerial panel to tackle the worsening problem of land grabs in the country, but NGOs say his own policies are fueling the crisis and need urgent revamp.
SLAPP: Arm of India Inc. to silence watchdogs
- HotnHitNews
- 22 August 2014
Journalist Keya Acharya has been served a defamation notice demanding 20 million USD as compensation from the legal counsels of Sai RamaKrishna Karuturi, Managing Director of Karuturi Global Ltd.
Teays River Investments to take loss on drought-struck California cropland sale to Gladstone
- Farmland Intelligencer
- 22 August 2014
Teays River Investments, LLC, a big farmland and agribusiness investment company opted to sell two irrigated strawberry and vegetable cropland holdings, purchased just a few years ago, at a $650,000 loss.
Thai human rights body says plantations stole land
- Cambodia Daily
- 22 August 2014
The National Human Rights Commission of Thailand on Wednesday corroborated claims that a Thai sugar company that supplied Coca-Cola has illegally taken land off of villagers in Oddar Meanchey province and violated their human rights.
Expert Group Meeting to validate the Land Policy Initiative Communications and Advocacy Strategy
- African Union
- 21 August 2014
A two-day Experts’ Group Meeting to validate the Communications and Advocacy Strategy for the Land Policy Initiative was held 21-22 Aug in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Kenya in pact with Iran to boost trade cooperation
- Business Daily
- 21 August 2014
During a meeting with Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed, Iranian Minister for Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjiati expressed the interest of Iranian investors in leasing land in Kenya for agricultural development.
Iran and Kenya signed cooperation documents on culture extraterritoriality
- Ayar
- 21 August 2014
The governments of Kenya and Iran are exploring the possibility of Kenya leasing farmland to Iran for overseas food production
“NO to ProSavana Campaign”: Mozambicans seek regional solidarity
- Via Campesina
- 19 August 2014
UNAC, the Mozambique Union of Farmers, a member of La Via Campesina regionalises its “NO To ProSavana” campaign at the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) People’s Summit in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Continued judicial harassment against Mr. Nasako Besingi
- OPHRD
- 19 August 2014
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders calls upon the authorities of Cameroon to put an end to all acts of harassment against Besingi and all other human rights defenders in Cameroon.