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Ethiopia: Highlanders will overtake soon Gode
- Shekosh Report
- 18 October 2013
Huge delegation lead by Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam is on a tour at Shabelle region to inspect lands prepared for investors.
Shanghai Pengxin poised to buy 2nd NZ dairy farm business
- Reuters
- 18 October 2013
Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Pengxin is poised to buy its second set of dairy farms in New Zealand, the world's leading dairy produce export country, as China's firms increasingly look overseas for sources of milk to meet growing demand at home.
Ethiopia’s land grabs: Stories from the displaced
- InterContinental Cry
- 17 October 2013
Anywaa Survival Organisation (ASO) recently had an opportunity to interview affected community representatives and leaders who fled their homes in Gambela and Lower Omo because of government land grabs.
Colombian farmers risk death to reclaim lost land
- Guardian
- 17 October 2013
The government wants to correct decades of 'land reform in reverse'. But powerful criminal, armed and business interests are ranged against the country's displaced peasants.
‘Land grabbing’ in Africa: Biofuels are not off the hook
- Eco-Business
- 17 October 2013
A new report claims that European demand for biofuels is not to blame for land acquisitions in poorer countries. But evidence suggests that the issue is more complex than the biofuels industry would like us to believe.
EPO shares soar after approach from palm oil giant
- Agrimoney
- 17 October 2013
Shares in Equatorial Palm Oil soared 40% after the palm oil minnow revealed it was in talks over a takeover by Malaysia-based giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong, which would gain a foothold in Africa through a deal.
Palm oil deal undermines efforts to resolve 25-year conflict in Sumatra
- Mongabay
- 16 October 2013
Local groups call on governor of Jambi province to cancel PT Asiatic Persada’s permit after Wilmar’s sale of the company stalls IFC-mediated talks.
Looming nightmare, Daewoo Logistics back on the offensive?
- TANY
- 16 October 2013
Five years after it was proposed, Daewoo Logistics' agribusiness project, which envisioned a 99-year lease of 1.3 million ha in four regions of Madagascar, has now returned to the news.
Black Earth founder invests in dairy cows in Chechnya
- RBC Daily
- 15 October 2013
Mikhail Orlov, after having sold his Russian farming operations and shifted focus to Zambia, is back with a 4,800 cow dairy farm project in Chechnya.
Victimising the victims of land grabbing in Malen Chiefdom
- Green Scenery
- 15 October 2013
Five members of Malen Affected Land Owners Association arrested by police for allegedly destroying oil palms of Luxembourg-based SOCFIN say they are being unfairly targeted by those profiting from the plantation.
Old powers and new powers: agriculture and investment in Africa
- Zimbabweland
- 14 October 2013
Panel on food and agriculture included a discussion about ‘land grabs’, large and small farm models, and how investment in Africa could be increased, but also guided and regulated.
Agri-Vie invests in Cape Olive Holdings
- Business Day
- 14 October 2013
Agri-Vie, a private equity fund focused on food and agribusiness investments in sub-Saharan Africa, announces it has acquired a 63% stake in South Africa's largest table olive supplier.