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Chinese eye Australia's outback in $43 billion foreign farming frenzy
- Bloomberg
- 04 August 2015
Australia is facing $43 billion foreign farming frenzy by Chinese companies, spurred by mounting food security needs and a push to “go global.”
Brasil: Nacionalização do Grupo El Tejar pode ter sido só fachada
- CO Popular
- 03 August 2015
As várias empresas que compõe o grupo El Tejar são abastecidas por fundos internacionais e tem sócios jurídicos com sede em paraísos fiscais na Europa e no Caribe.
Foreign company to develop 30,000 hectares for oil palm
- Sun Star
- 03 August 2015
New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (NBPOL), a palm oil company operating in Papua New Guinea and in Solomon Islands is looking at Mindanao as its next area for expansion.
Egypt plans to raise crops in sub-Saharan Africa
- AL-Monitor
- 03 August 2015
Egyptian officials say they are pursuing food security farming projects in the DR Congo and Sudan, where they have recently been allocated 1 million acres.
Singapore’s Black River sells stake in PH’s AgriNurture in $7.2m deal
- Deal Street Asia
- 02 August 2015
Singapore-listed firm Black River Capital Partners Food Fund Holdings Pte Ltd has sold most of its stake – pegged at $7.2 million (P331.2 million) – in the Philippine fruit and vegetables company AgriNurture Inc.
Palm oil company is accused of exploiting Liberia’s Ebola crisis
- New York Times
- 01 August 2015
Golden Veroleum has denied using the Ebola crisis to take advantage of Liberian communities but local officials and en disagree.
Plainte des Bunongs du Mondolkiri contre le groupe Bolloré : des «accusations ineptes», selon Socfin
- Cambodge Post
- 01 August 2015
"En aucun cas notre groupe, et donc indirectement les autorités cambodgiennes, n’ont envisagé et n’envisagent d’imposer à des populations de céder leur terrain," soutient le groupe Socfin-KDC.
Californians, Chinese scooping up farmland in Washington state
- NBC News
- 31 July 2015
Farmers from drought-parched California are finding greener pastures in the Pacific Northwest -- and so are buyers from China.
“Ridateci la terra". La lotta dei contadini cambogiani contro la multinazionale francese
- La Repubblica
- 31 July 2015
Si sono uniti e insieme hanno deciso di fare causa alla Socfin-Kcd. Espropriati delle loro terre, sfruttati e privati della propria cultura. E quello della Cambogia non è il primo caso.
Les investisseurs chinois sont friands de terres agricoles australiennes
- ABC
- 31 July 2015
Les investisseurs chinois s'intéressent surtout aux meilleures terres, notamment au bassin Murray-Darling, qui est la principale surface agricole d'Australie
Milan 2015 : l'accaparement des terres agricoles
- Campagnes et environnement
- 30 July 2015
François Collart-Dutilleul, professeur à la faculté de droit de Nantes, fait le point sur ce phénomène d'accaparement des terres, et donne des pistes de réflexions pour que ces investissements soit équitables.
Ukraine agribusiness firms in 'quiet land grab' with development finance
- Guardian
- 30 July 2015
Hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from World Bank’s private lending arm used to expand industrial farms amid mounting concern about local effects