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Argentina: Benetton plantó su arbolito
- El Cohete a la Luna
- 17 Mar 2020
El grupo Benetton recibió fondos públicos no reintegrables para las forestaciones con especies exóticas en Chubut hasta el final del gobierno de Mauricio Macri
Chinese soybeans grown in Russia want subsidies
- Dimsums Blogspot
- 15 Mar 2020
China grow more soybeans in Russia to replace imported American soybeans. More than 70 companies from Heilongjiang province already grow soybeans in Russia and there are eight foreign agricultural "industry parks" covering an area of 600,000 ha. The main threat of the soybean ventures appears to be incursions of Russian territory as China effectively colonizes its distant, empty Far East.
Behind the findings of the Global AgInvesting rankings & trends report 2019
- GAI
- 12 Mar 2020
This report highlights nearly 700 organizations that are investing in food and agriculture globally in a sector that had over $131 billion in Assets Under Management in 2019.
À Abidjan, l’Église ouest-africaine à l’heure de Laudato Si
- Africa La Croix
- 11 Mar 2020
Du 9 au 14 mars, évêques, prêtres et laïcs membres des Caritas, Commissions justice et paix, et pastorale des migrants des conférences épiscopales d’Afrique de l’ouest sont en travaux à Abidjan pour proposer des solutions au problème de l’accaparement des terres
IFC set to invest $4 million in Suguna Poultry Kenya
- Africa Agribusiness
- 11 Mar 2020
Suguna Poultry Kenya, subsidiary of India’s multinational Suguna Foods, will expand its breeder and hatchery poultry farms with financing from the World Bank's IFC.
Seeds of Gulf-Africa agribusiness
- Cairo Review
- 11 Mar 2020
When Gulf nations face food, security, and water scarcity issues, one response is to seek lucrative agricultural investments in fertile African lands. Yet, while such deals can bring benefits to the countries involved, there are also sizeable risks
Vietnamese company buys three cattle stations, with plans to expand into cotton and tourism
- ABC
- 10 Mar 2020
The TH Group has settled a deal to buy three Top End cattle stations in Australia, covering 732,900 hectares and with 60,000 head of cattle, more than 12 months after a contract was signed.
Hungary held liable for expropriating the investment of a British investor and ordered to pay EUR 7 million in compensation for damages
- IISD
- 10 Mar 2020
On November 13, 2019, an ICSID tribunal ordered Hungary to pay damages to a British investor in compensation for its breach of the Hungary–United Kingdom BIT.
How palm oil production is fuelling land grabs, environmental degradation and repression in the DR Congo, and the Canadian connection
- Amandla
- 09 Mar 2020
There are many Canadian connections to this story, including the agribusiness company Feronia, which now stands accused of complicity in the murder of an activist and the incarceration of five others in the DRC.
Development or exploitation? The cry of rural women in Sierra Leone
- Culture Radio
- 09 Mar 2020
The women of Malen, who are struggling to get their lands back from SOCFIN Agricultural Company, are calling on the government to intervene as soon as possible so that they can have access to their lands since that is all that they know.
Mega Chinese wool processor grabs another Victorian farm
- Farm Online
- 09 Mar 2020
China's biggest buyer of Australian wool is reported to have added to his portfolio of Victorian farmland with the purchase of a third sheep farm covering 2348 hectares.
Saudi-based Bateel to expand farming operations into Africa
- Arabian Business
- 09 Mar 2020
Saudi-based gourmet date connoisseur Bateel has revealed that joint-venture agreements are to be signed this year for new date farms in South Africa and Namibia