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Saudi agricultural investment abroad - land grab or benign strategy?
- Middle East Eye
- 05 October 2016
After food costs spike, Saudis spent billions buying up farm land around the world. Who benefits exactly and can the spree continue?
Chinese group seeking 10,000 hectares for cacao
- Business World
- 05 October 2016
A group of Chinese investors has tapped the Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao, Inc. (CIDAMI) to help obtain a 10,000-hectare (ha) area for development into a cacao plantation.
244 fermiers camerounais portent plainte contre SGSOC
- Cameroon-Info.Net
- 05 October 2016
244 fermiers camerounais ont porté plainte le 27 septembre contre la plantation de palmiers à huile de Sithe Global Sustainable Oils Cameroun (SGSOC), ex-filiale de la firme agro-alimentaire américaine Herakles Farms, pour violation du droit de propriété.
Let’s stop SGSOC palm oil plantation project
- Greenpeace
- 05 October 2016
As SGSOC's provisional land lease is about to expire this November, the communities’ strongly hope that the government will stop the project.
244 Cameroonian farmers bring SGSOC palm oil plantation to justice
- Greenpeace
- 05 October 2016
Local communities affected by a large-scale palm oil plantation took their case to the Court of First Instance in Bangem, south-west Cameroon, with the first hearing set for 9 November.
DR Congo to publish land deals in bid to gain public trust
- Reuters
- 05 October 2016
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) plans to make all of its large-scale agricultural contracts public, in an effort to increase transparency over land deals and improve management of natural resources, say officials and researchers.
Olam Palm Gabon : premier en Afrique à obtenir la certification RSPO
- Financial Afrik
- 04 October 2016
Olam devient la première société sur le contient africain à obtenir la certification Rspo pour de nouvelles plantations et pour son usine de transformation d’huile de palme.
Au Cameroun, mettons un terme à la plantation de palmiers à huile de la SGSOC !
- Greenpeace Afrique
- 04 October 2016
Au Cameroun, une entreprise qui produit de l’huile de palme menace les forêts tropicales. Son bail expire en novembre. Greenpeace Afrique explique pourquoi ils sont mobilisés aux côtés des paysans locaux contre le renouvellement de la concession.
Large M&A deal could change Vietnam’s sugar industry
- VietNamNet
- 04 October 2016
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAGL) has finally confirmed that it is negotiating with Thanh Thanh Cong (TTC) on the transfer of its sugar mill and 6,000 ha plantation in Laos.
Les communautés font entendre leurs voix dans les discussions au sujet de l’huile de palme
- FPP
- 04 October 2016
Au Liberia, les communautés locales s'inquiètent de l'absence d'integration du régime foncier dans les principes directeurs de la Tropical Forest Alliance 2020
Sierra Léone : des activistes dénoncent les accaparements de terres agricoles par la Socfin
- Agence Ecofin
- 03 October 2016
« Nous nous opposons à ce que des personnes viennent s’approprier toutes nos ressources sans notre consentement », s’indigne Shiaka Sama, le porte-parole de l’association MALOA.
South America's farm operators lure another top investor
- Agrimoney
- 03 October 2016
Ruane, Cunniff and Goldfarb has bought a 5.1% stake in BrasilAgro, which has a total landbank of more than 250,000 hectares - an area about the size of Luxembourg - in Brazil and Paraguay.