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CPPIB buys Saskatchewan farms in $128-million deal
- Globe and Mail
- 12 December 2013
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is buying a portfolio of Saskatchewan farms, with the $128-million purchase of Assiniboia Farmland LP.
South-South land grabbing: what the case of Egypt and its southern neighbours reveals
- Pambazuka
- 12 December 2013
Emerging regional powers’ in the South have produced powerful finance capitalists such as the Egyptian firm, Citadel Capital. Allied with global governance institutions, such firms represent greater control over vital resources and distribution routes for private wealth accumulation
Colombian rebels seen blocking farmland overhaul
- Bloomberg
- 11 December 2013
Bloomberg reports that a Colombian government plan to help Cargill and other investors acquire farmland was possibly killed by the FARC, meeting with officials for peace talks 1,400 miles away in Havana.
Sierra Leone police open fire during anti-palm oil protest
- Reuters
- 10 December 2013
Police in Sierra Leone opened fire on Tuesday on an armed protest against the expansion of palm oil plantations operated by the international agro-investor Socfin Group, a police chief said.
Police attack palm oil protestors in Sierra Leone
- CorpWatch
- 10 December 2013
Sierra Leone police opened fire on a group of protestors who were demonstrating against a palm oil plantation being developed by Socfin, a French agri-business giant.
African land rush by firms ‘may put lives of millions at risk’
- Business Day
- 10 December 2013
Nedbank Capital head of Africa business Zhann Meyer referred to a number of recent acquisitions in the sector, concluding that "the livelihoods, ways of life and culture of millions of Africans are at risk".
Liberian communities continue to resist landgrabbing by UK company Equatorial Palm Oil
- SDI
- 10 December 2013
The RSPO complaint by Liberian communities extends to Equatorial Palm Oil’s new majority shareholder Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd of Malaysia
Middle East company adds spice to Australian grain
- ABC
- 09 December 2013
In four years, Hassad Foods has accumulated 255,000 hectares of agricultural land with the aim of producing 165,000 tonnes of grain and 100,000 lambs annually.
Featherstone: G8 land deal to boost land rights in Ethiopia
- DFID
- 09 December 2013
Governments of Ethiopia, UK, US and Germany sign land country partnership to work together to improve rural land governance for economic growth and to protect the land rights of local citizens in Ethiopia.
Saudi investors leave Ethiopia
- Al-monitor
- 09 December 2013
A Saudi agricultural investor warns about the failure of Saudi agricultural investments in Ethiopia and the liquidation of businesses due to the conditions set by the Saudi Agricultural Development Fund
RRDC’s rejoinder: Wilmar International announces policy to protect forests and communities.
- RRDC
- 09 December 2013
NGO working extensively in the forest region of Cross River State of Nigeria, expresses doubts about Wilmar International's new policy to protect forests and communities.
Land grabbing and human rights in Colombia
- Telebraille
- 09 December 2013
The debate over land grabbing in Colombia by European multinational companies has crossed borders and has aroused the interest of the European Parliament.