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Olam sells down Uruguay dairy land
- NZ Herald
- 28 April 2014
NZ Farming Systems Uruguay, the South American dairy unit of Singapore-based Olam International, has sold some 7,771 hectares of farm land in Uruguay to local interests.
‘Karuturi and government displaced locals, disrupted Gambela'
- Millennium Post
- 28 April 2014
Nyikaw Ochalla outlines the disparaging treatment towards locals in Gambela as he highlights government as well as Karuturi’s complacency towards the displaced locals.
Morocco, Mali to boost agricultural collaboration
- Magharebia
- 25 April 2014
Mali says it will supply 10,000 hectares in the Office du Niger zone for agricultural exploitation by Moroccan financiers.
The global land grab as modern day corporate colonialism
- The Conversation
- 25 April 2014
The problem is often not so much regulations as the failure to implement them or a lack of practical control, write Annelies Zoomers and Mayke Kaag.
Arab investors and land grabbers wanted by Egypt
- Green Prophet
- 24 April 2014
Egypt plans to lease 25,000 hectares of agricultural land to Arab investors.
Food security is about more than land grabs
- Think Africa Press
- 24 April 2014
Foreign powers are not just engaged in African land. They are also engaged in African food systems, often in damaging ways.
Flawed land leases in PNG will be revoked, says PM
- ABC
- 24 April 2014
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says all Special Agricultural and Business Leases, or SABLs, are under review and that those abused for forestry will be revoked.
Over a third of Romania’s fertile land is now owned by foreigners
- Black Sea Grain
- 24 April 2014
A third of Romania’s fertile land is now owned by Italian, Danish, German, Norwegian, Dutch, Hungarian and Lebanese citizens.
Major agricultural investors at risk: Smallholder farmers
- Oxfam
- 23 April 2014
In a new report released today, Oxfam analyzes how companies are approaching and developing their agricultural investments in Latin America, how land was acquired, and how small farmers and communities were affected in Paraguay, Guatemala and Colombia.
EBRD issues $40 mln to NEPF fund to support grain farms in Ukraine
- Interfax
- 23 April 2014
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has issued up to $40 million to New Europe Property Fund L.P. managed by NCH Capital Inc. to improve the efficiency of its agricultural projects in Ukraine.
Palm oil industry struggles to build trust in rights pledges
- Reuters
- 23 April 2014
In Indonesia alone, there are some 4,000 land conflicts between palm oil companies and local people, which can take years to be resolved in court.
IFC investigates over ‘land-grabbing link’
- Phnom Penh Post
- 23 April 2014
The International Finance Corporation has launched an internal investigation into a complaint lodged against the institution for investing in a Vietnamese rubber firm accused of land grabbing.