Mauritanians living in Boghe, 300km south-west of Nouakchott, have asked their government to cancel a 31,000 ha rural land concession granted to a Saudi society, Al-Rajihi.
Forest clearance in the Congo basin from oil palm plantations and illegal logging has increased again since 2010 and the future is not rosy.
- Africa in Fact
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01 February 2014
Chinese farming businesses are facing multiple challenges in their overseas push.
- Want China Times
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01 February 2014
The top priority for Mitsui's massive investments in Australia is starting to shift from resources to agribusiness
- The Australian
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01 February 2014
Groups from across Asia meet in Manipur to share their experiences on some of the key process of land grabbing and its impact on agriculture in their respective countries.
At least 41 new land disputes were reported in Cambodia last year despite a government moratorium on the widespread grant of so-called economic land concessions.
The government is going to lease 600,000 hectares to local and foreign investors.
Write to Herakles Farms and tell the company to stop its intimidation of Nasako Besingi and other defenders of local communities and forests.
An agro-industry project jointly financed by capital from Italy, the US and Senegal has aroused resistance from the rural communities living in Gnith in Senegal.
Fakfak (on the Southern Coast of West Papua Province), has plans to start a program to develop integrated agribusiness similar to MIFEE in Merauke.
- Awas MIFEE
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29 January 2014
As the economy thrives, filmmakers Veronique Mauduy and Romain Pelleray examine the plight of Ethiopians forced from their land to make way for foreign investors.
- Al Jazeera
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29 January 2014
The arrangement will provide a government-to-government framework to encourage commercial partnerships between New Zealand and Ethiopian agricultural interests.
- National Party
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28 January 2014