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Fonterra completes sale of China JV farms
- COOP News
- 19 July 2021
Dairy giant Fonterra has sold two joint venture farms in China to Singapore-based AustAsia Investment Holdings for US$115.5m.
Stanbic to auction Karuturi assets over Sh1.8bn loan
- Business Daily
- 19 July 2021
Stanbic Bank, in Kenya, is now free to auction assets of Karuturi Ltd over a debt of USD 16.6 million after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by its shareholders and guarantors.
Peut-on contraindre les multinationales à respecter les droits humains ?
- France Culture
- 19 July 2021
De l’accaparement des terres au travail forcé, de plus en plus de multinationales se retrouvent sous le feu des projecteurs pour violation des droits humains. Faut-il instaurer une réglementation internationale ?
Accaparement des terres au Burkina Faso : « Le gouvernement reste responsable » (Issoufou Porgo)
- Burkina 24
- 16 July 2021
La Confédération Paysanne du Faso (CPF) tire la sonnette d’alarme sur l'accaparement des terres au Burkina Faso et pointe de doigt le gouvernement
Neuf raisons de dire NON à l’agriculture contractuelle des entreprises d’huile de palme
- WRM
- 16 July 2021
L’objectif principal des entreprises industrielles d’huile de palme est de maximiser leurs profits. Plus elles peuvent contrôler de terres, plus elles peuvent vendre d’huile de palme. Nouvelle brochure de WRM.
How farmland fits in the investment portfolio of the future
- GAI
- 16 July 2021
Global AgInvesting held its 13th annual gathering in the US with a special optional golf tournament at the exclusive Sleepy Hollow Country Club, bringing together ag investors, asset managers and agribusiness executives.
Bunong, Bollore land dispute overruled by French tribunal
- Phnom Penh Post
- 15 July 2021
A joint statement issued by 97 Bunong indigenous families in Mondulkiri province expressed disappointment in the Tribunal of Nanterre in France which overruled their complaints concerning 2,386ha of disputed land with French company Bollore. The families from Pech Chreada district’s Bou Sra commune said they would grant lawyers the right to file an appeal in France.
Korindo: Korean palm oil giant stripped of sustainability status
- BBC
- 15 July 2021
Korean palm oil giant, Korindo has been rejected from the world's green certification body in the wake of a BBC investigation. Korindo controls more land in Papua than any other conglomerate. The company has cleared nearly 60,000 hectares of forests inside its concessions - an area the size of Chicago or Seoul.
Chinese companies corralling land around world
- Nikkei
- 13 July 2021
In Japan, concerns are growing that emerging and developing countries, as sources of supply for food and natural resources, will fall under China's sway.
La première entreprise certifiée durable au Cameroun suscite le tollé des communautés rurales
- VOA Afrique
- 13 July 2021
"Depuis 1897 que nous avons cédé nos terres à la Safacam, elle ne nous a jamais fait don même d’une borne fontaine".
The oil palm: a sad harvest
- Financieel Dagblad
- 13 July 2021
Investigation into the controversial palm oil sector in Liberia, the role of Dutch finance and impacts on local communities
LSU AgCenter, African Agriculture Inc. partner for training, tech transfer for Senegal
- LSU
- 13 July 2021
The Louisiana State University's AgCenter has signed a collaborative agreement with African Agriculture Inc. to work at the NY-based company's 62,000-acre "farming complex" in St. Louis, Senegal