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Sexual abuse among claims against HAGL
- Phnom Penh Post
- 14 May 2014
Sexual assault and the annihilation of sacred graveyards are among the many claims levelled at Vietnamese Rubber giant HAGL by villagers in Cambodia's Ratanakkiri province.
Courts, cops, cronies driving farmers to ruin
- AHRC
- 14 May 2014
Asian Human Rights Commission says the frenzy of land grabbing in Burma amid the country's transition to nominally democratic government shows no signs of abating.
Rabo Farm interview with IP Nederland
- Rabobank
- 14 May 2014
This year Rabo Farm's first fund, with a size of € 315 million, will be fully subscribed, and a new fund, the Rabo Farm Europe Fund II, will be launched.
New billboard outside Papua New Guinea Parliament sends clear message: Revoke all unlawful SABLs
- ActNow
- 13 May 2014
A new billboard with a clear message for the Papau New Guinea Prime Minister has been erected in central Waigani.
Anti SAVANA: A program that could affect the lives of millions of peasants in Mozambique
- Radio Mundo Real
- 12 May 2014
Mozambican organizations and movements say an agribusiness project threatens biodiversity, the lives of millions of peasants and the food sovereignty of the country.
Africa is up for sale by the acre to the highest bidder
- African Renaissance
- 12 May 2014
Land grabs in Africa could herald a new dystopian age of hunger
‘Land-grabber’ or farming’s future? Quebec’s Pangea says bigger is better
- Financial Post
- 12 May 2014
Serge Fortin, chief executive of Canadian farmland investment company Pangea, believes Quebec's small farms must be replaced by larger farms to survive
Dangote Group pledges to invest $2.3bn in Northern Nigeria
- This Day
- 11 May 2014
He said the conglomerate would require about 250,000 hectares of land for sugar cane production and 130,000 hectares for rice farming.
How Japan's Marubeni stumbled in China after rapid expansion
- Chicago Tribune
- 11 May 2014
Japan's Marubeni Corp has been shaken by defaults on soybean sales and faces an investigation into alleged tax evasion in the world's top food consumer.
Vast hidden profits: from Asia's palm oil giants to a tiny British tax haven
- The Observer
- 10 May 2014
Indonesian court helps to tear aside the veil of secrecy under which huge corporations operate in UK-linked tax havens
EU, Dar sign agribusiness pact
- Tanzania Daily News
- 09 May 2014
The European Union (EU) has provided Tanzania a grant of 59.5 million euros for improved agri-business and trade facilitation that will support the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania.
Project to support Bagamoyo sugarcane outgrowers imminent
- Tanzania Daily News
- 09 May 2014
The company wants an end to land conflicts in the area "where Dar es Salaam based bigwigs are frustrating the project" and incentives for ethanol production.