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CBK seeks answers about Karuturi saga
- The Standard
- 22 November 2018
CFC Stanbic bank has been asked to explain a debt it is owed by struggling Naivasha-based Karuturi flower farm.
Paraguay: Con la Soja al Cuello 2018: Una mirada completa y actualizada al agronegocio
- BASE-IS
- 21 November 2018
En los artículos de Con la Soja al Cuello se aborda la problemática de la tierra, tema central y estructurante de los problemas del país que se van agudizando por el actual modelo de desarrollo.
Australia: Have offshore players got the jump on local investors?
- The Land
- 21 November 2018
The BFB sale has raised concerns that even if local bidders are able to raise the cash required for these deals, they’re not able to compete with the vast resources and track records of international players.
Meru woos Chinese investors with free land, licences
- The Nation
- 21 November 2018
The Governor of Meru, Kenya has promised Chinese investors free land as he seeks to attract investment in agribusiness and the hospitality industry.
Tongaat seeks bids for 4 000ha sugar project
- The Chronicle
- 21 November 2018
Sugar giant, Tongaat Hullets, is seeking bids from companies or individuals with capacity to develop 4 000 hectares of virgin land to boost sugarcane production in the lowveld of Zimbabwe
Salala Rubber Company closes operations
- Daily Observer
- 21 November 2018
Operations at one of Liberia’s major exporters of rubber, the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC), have been paralyzed for days, because the workers are on a go slow action demanding permanent employment.
Tax havens and Brazilian Amazon deforestation linked: study
- Mongabay
- 21 November 2018
Between 2000-2011, 68% of all investigated foreign capital to 9 top companies in soy and beef sectors in the Brazilian Amazon was transferred through tax havens. Soy and beef production cause major Amazon deforestation.
Côte d’Ivoire: L’accaparement des terres par des multinationales dénoncé à Aboisso
- AIP
- 20 November 2018
L’accaparement des terres résiduelles pour les monocultures extensibles par des multinationales dans le département d’Aboisso a été dénoncé lors d’un symposium tenu lundi au centre saint Jean-Baptiste
Paraguay: Indert vendió a brasileños propiedades indígenas como si fueran fiscales
- Demoinfo
- 20 November 2018
Es lo que presume la Unión de Comunidades Indígenas de la Nación Yshir (UCINY) que la semana pasada realizó su Asamblea General.
The colonial empire of Japan and the origins of the ProSavana agricultural project in Mozambique
- DW
- 20 November 2018
At the Triangular People's Conference on ProSavana in Tokyo, Japanese researcher Sayaka Funada-Classen explains how this agricultural megaproject in northern Mozambique follows Japan's historical model.
Liberia: Lawmaker eyes mechanised farming in Grand Bassa County
- FrontPageAfrica
- 19 November 2018
The Wee Statutory District Representative, Vicent Willie, told reporters that he and his partners from India and China have concluded talks to engage into large scale farming.
PHL, Papua New Guinea sign 5-year MOA on agri cooperation, including tie-up on rice production
- Eagle News
- 19 November 2018
The Philippines and PNG signed a five-year Memorandum of Agreement for greater cooperation on agriculture, including a tie-up on rice and grain production, as well as coconut and coffee production.