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Finnfund invests US$15m in African agri supply chain business ETG
- FBA
- 14 May 2020
Finnfund, a development financer, has invested US$15 million in a syndicate loan to Export Trading Group, one of Africa’s largest agricultural conglomerates.
EPP proposes law to protect small farmers against oligarchs
- Euractiv
- 14 May 2020
The European People’s Party has proposed an EU law to prevent oligarchs and land-grabbers drawing on EU subsidies at the expense of small and medium-sized farming businesses.
Hewitt Cattle Australia lists Charters Tower aggregation for sale amid focus shift to organic
- GAI
- 14 May 2020
Hewitt Cattle Australia, a joint partner of Canadian pension fund – Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), has listed its Mt. Cooper aggregation in Northern Queensland for sale.
UAE: ADQ to buy 50 percent stake in agri-food company
- albawaba
- 14 May 2020
Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company has acquired a 50% stake in Al Dahra Holding Company, which operates a landbank of 350,000 acres of irrigated land with direct access to various rivers such as the Danube, Colorado and Nile rivers.
Phoenix Global: Top global rice trader and farmland owner goes bust
- GRAIN
- 13 May 2020
Phoenix Global - the Dubai-based agri-trader which directly farmed more than 150,000 hectares in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Uganda, Mozambique and India - is now in liquidation
Exigimos justicia y seguridad para los trabajadores en las plantaciones de caucho y palma aceitera de Socfin durante la pandemia de COVID 19
- Antena África Europa Fe-Justicia Madrid
- 12 May 2020
Nosotros, los abajo firmantes, les escribimos en relación con las condiciones de los trabajadores en las plantaciones de Socfin, así como las condiciones de las comunidades vecinas, en particular durante la actual pandemia de Covid-19.
El acaparamiento de tierras de Harvard en Brasil es un desastre para las comunidades y una advertencia para los especuladores
- GRAIN
- 12 May 2020
Un nuevo informe de Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos y GRAIN, basado en una reciente investigación en terreno y documentos internos que forman parte de un caso en las cortes, reveló que la universidad utilizó múltiples compañías registradas en paraísos fiscales para acaparar más de 400 mil hectáreas en el Cerrado de Brasil.
Brasil: Grilagem financiada pela Universidade de Harvard afeta vida de comunidades locais
- Brasil de Fato
- 12 May 2020
Relatório denuncia sistema que burla a lei brasileira e permite apropriação de terras por investidores estrangeiros
Feronia Inc. announces changes to board of directors
- EIN News
- 12 May 2020
DR Congo's largest plantation company announces resignation of its Executive Chairman, soon after departure of its CEO.
Australian farmland in high demand
- Farm Weekly
- 12 May 2020
The past few years has seen a steep increase in the players involved in the Australian agribusiness investment sector, particularly with Canadian and American pension funds.
Brazil: Deforestation on indigenous lands increases 59% in the first months of 2020
- Greenpeace
- 12 May 2020
Greenpeace finds that 1,319 hectares of forest - equivalent to 1,800 football fields - were deforested within indigenous territories from January to April 2020.
Groups call on Harvard University to stop land grabs as new report exposes harm done to communities in Brazil
- Medium
- 12 May 2020
Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard joins international civil society groups to shed light on HMC’s morally repugnant land investments