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‘I have no right to cancel Sime Darby deal’ – Sen. Johnson lashes at critics
- FrontPageAfrica
- 23 Mar 2012
Senator says Sime Darby’s contract was entered into by the Liberian government and as such, only the government has power to cancel it.
Land grabs: Trampling human rights and land in Uganda
- International Rivers
- 23 Mar 2012
In Uganda it is the top leadership that initiates the land grabs for global land thieves. Whole communities are being displaced and scattered.
Chinese group expresses interest in WA milk
- Farm Weekly
- 23 Mar 2012
Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co, China's biggest beverage producer, hopes to invest about $220 million in dairy farms in Western Australia in order to expand its import channels for milk.
Citadel touts African infrastructure projects, defends agribusiness investment
- Africa Assets
- 23 Mar 2012
Egypt’s Citadel Capital has been busy defending its work in Africa, such as in South Sudan where it has taken a number of measures to ensure its agribusiness project benefits the local community and doesn’t step on small farmer toes.
Bolivia: la ampliación de las fronteras extractivas
- ALAI
- 22 Mar 2012
No es desconocido que la ampliación de la frontera agrícola -en Bolivia y otros países- está íntimamente relacionada con la privatización, concentración y-como se observa en los últimos años en nuestro país- con la extranjerización de la tierra.
Rapina delle terre: l'accordo Fao sulla sovranità alimentare dice basta
- Il Fatto Alimentare
- 22 Mar 2012
Ora tocca agli Stati membri fare la loro parte
Angola vai reforçar cooperação agro-pecuária com Cabo Verde
- Angola Press
- 22 Mar 2012
O Executivo angolano, por intermédio do Ministério da Agricultura, Desenvolvimento Rural e Pescas, vai ceder a Cabo Verde, nos próximos tempos, cerca de sete mil e 500 hectares de terra, para a produção agro-pecuária, no quadro do reforço e alargamento das relações bilaterais.
Investors observe World Water Day 2012 with focus on land grabs
- Sustainability Investment News
- 22 Mar 2012
The focus of this year's World Water Day is on water and food security, and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility launches a campaign to educate institutional investors on the impacts of large acquisitions of farmland in the global South.
South Sudan: Concord doing good for country
- Nairobi Star
- 21 Mar 2012
To date, Citadel Capital has invested US$ 25 million in the Concord farm project, which makes us by far one of the largest investors in South Sudan outside the oil industry.
Egypt's Citadel to grow crops in South Sudan
- Reuters
- 21 Mar 2012
A unit of Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital plans to cultivate up to 40,000 acres of farmland in South Sudan to sell staple foods such as maize in the newly-independent nation.
Trigon lifts landbank near to 200,000 hectares
- Agrimoney
- 21 Mar 2012
Trigon Agri, in its second acquisition this month , raised its Black Sea landbank nearly to 200,000 hectares, in a deal the farm operator said would "substantially upgrade the quality" of its Russian portfolio.
Sierra Leone: Land deals beginning to stir discontent
- IRIN
- 20 Mar 2012
As more and more companies flock to the country to lease large tracts of land, murmurs of protest and unrest are cropping up among local populations who are unhappy with the way the deals are done.