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Norfund lost NOK 146 million on a plantation in Tanzania
- Bistandsaktuelt
- 08 January 2021
Norfund reports losses of over $23 million on its investments in the UK company Agrica and its large-scale rice plantation in the Kilombero Valley of Tanzania.
Interview: Despite escalating assassinations, Colombian farmworker union fights for the right to the land
- Labour Notes
- 08 January 2021
In Colombia, big agribusinesses, cattle ranchers, transnational corporations, and wealthy landowners have been able to claim land that is not theirs by acquiring titles through a legal system farming families have no access to.
Liberia: Salala Rubber Corporation accused of masterminding violence against affected communities, Green Advocates
- Front Page Africa
- 08 January 2021
Salala Rubber Corporation holds a concession of over 40,000 hectares in central Liberia, but has often been accused of land grabbing and destruction of the locals’ farms
Extranjeros controlan al menos 17 mil hectáreas de unidades de conservación en Brasil
- Brasil de Fato
- 05 January 2021
Cerca del 59% de esa área está a nombre de Fiat, en Minas Gerais; abogada alerta sobre subregistro y analiza intereses
Liberia: Villagers, SRC at loggerheads over land
- Daily Observer
- 05 January 2021
There are 22 impoverished villages of over 2,000 inhabitants surrounding the Salala Rubber Corporation, and all are contending that the company turns over their land of inheritance, which it claimed without their consent years ago.
Senegal judge closes gas corruption case
- AFP
- 05 January 2021
A Senegalese judge finds no evidence of alleged corruption over the sale of gas contracts to British energy giant BP, an affair suspected of possible links to Senhuile agibusiness project
Danish investors accumulate arable land in eastern Romania
- Romania Insider
- 05 January 2021
FirstFarms, controlled by Danish investors, has consolidated its position in the eastern part of Romania, where it owns silos with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes, by taking over lease contracts for 400 hectares.
Trooper Group of Companies (Pty) Ltd to invest $525M to cultivate to 60,000 hectares of land in Angola
- Trooper Group
- 05 January 2021
The project led by the South African company will cultivate 60,000 hectares of land in order to produce 300,000 tons of maize and 90,000 tons of soya annually.
Agribusiness giants ADM, Bunge trading in ‘conflict’ palm oil, report says
- Mongabay
- 04 January 2021
A report by Global Witness has found that more than 100 Indonesian palm oil mills supplying agribusiness giants ADM and Bunge have been accused of land and human rights violations and environmental destruction.
Farmland investing pays solid 12pc return, but China tensions niggle
- Country Life
- 04 January 2021
Bullish returns from farmland investments are likely to falter in 2021 because of Australia's increasingly prickly trade relationship with our huge agricultural export customer, China.
Colombia: La cruzada por proteger la Amazonía: solo en 6 meses de 2020 se deforestaron 76 mil hectáreas
- Noticias Caracol
- 03 January 2021
Aunque hace casi tres años, a través de una tutela, la Corte Suprema le otorgó derechos a la Amazonía y conminó al gobierno y a los entes territoriales para crear una política de protección de nuestros bosques, el zarpazo ambiental de los acaparadores de tierras prosigue sin tregua.
Tate & Lyle accused of betraying Cambodia families whose land was allegedly taken
- The Guardian
- 02 January 2021
UK company Tate & Lyle has been accused of betraying 200 families in Cambodia who have fought for years to secure compensation for land they say was taken from them to make way for a sugar plantation.