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Palm oil companies continue to criminalize farmers in Sumatra
- Mongabay
- 14 January 2019
Criminalization is now the strategy being used by the Indonesian palm oil company PT Sandabi Indah Lestari, which supplies Wilmar International, to grab lands.
Cameroun : Des femmes qui refusent de se taire
- InfoCongo.org
- 14 January 2019
Louise Nkakè affirme qu’un jour des soldats l’ont agressée et poussée violemment avec leurs fusils pour ensuite lui confisquer les noix qu’elle cuisait sous prétexte que celles-ci auraient volées dans la plantation de la Socapalm. Elle a insisté sur le fait qu’il s’agissait de ses propres noix.
Abia community leases 1040-hectare oil palm to Dufil Prima Foods
- Guardian Nigeria
- 11 January 2019
A 1040-hectare oil palm farm has been given by Amokwe and Okai villages of Bende, Abia State, Nigeria to Dufil Prima Foods Plc, a company whose owners include Kellog's and PT Indofood, to enable it source its raw materials.
Foreign fund buys its fifth farm in Denmark
- FarmCompany
- 10 January 2019
FarmCompany, a farmland investment company owned by investors from England, Hong Kong and the Netherlands, adds a 545 ha dairy farm to its portfolio of farms covering 1,605 ha across Denmark.
Equatorial Palm Oil au Liberia a réalisé sa première vente d’huile de palme
- Commodafrica
- 09 January 2019
EPO, société majoritairement detenue par le malaisien Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad, a réalisé sa première vente d’huile de palme en provenance de son usine au Libéria où elle a une concession de 20 234 ha.
Walhi Imbau KPK untuk Awasi Izin Lahan Sawit di Buol
- Tirto ID
- 09 January 2019
Walhi meminta Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) memperhatikan pemberian izin pengelolaan sawit kepada PT Sebuku Inti Plantation, di Kabupaten Buol, Sulawesi Tengah. Sebelumnya, Bupati Buol pernah ditangkap karena menerima suap agar menerbitkan HGU kepada PT Sebuku Inti Plantation pada tahun 2012.
Feronia Inc. announces $3 million short-term loan facility
- Globe Newswire
- 09 January 2019
The loan to the Canadian company operating oil palm plantations in the DR Congo is provided by provided by the CDC Group plc, the UK Government’s Development Finance Institution and KN Agri LLC.
Consolidated Pastoral Company sells three stations in NT and WA
- Weekly Times
- 09 January 2019
One of Australia’s largest pastoral empires has sold three properties in its portfolio spanning more than 740,00ha to a Vietnamese investment group in a deal understood to be worth $135 million.
More foreign ownership of NT than anywhere else
- Katherine Times
- 08 January 2019
Foreign ownership of Australian agricultural land rose more than two million hectares in the past year, with investors from the island nation of the Bahamas buying up 2,201,000 hectares.
Cargill enters Polish protein market with poultry acquisition
- Food Navigator
- 07 January 2019
US-headquartered Cargill has completed the acquisition of Polish food and fresh chicken firm Konspol, adding a feed mill, broiler farms, and processing plants to its Global Poultry network.
Guatemalan farms shift to palm oil, fueling family migration
- Reuters
- 07 January 2019
In the poor, hot region of Guatemala that was home to a seven-year-old migrant girl before she died in U.S. border custody last month, palm oil cultivation is taking over from subsistence farming, adding to pressure on people to leave.
Green Advocates, IDI develop new tools to hold oil palm growers accountable for environmental and human rights violations
- Daily Observer
- 07 January 2019
Green Advocates and Inclusive Development International have developed new advocacy tools that would be used by local communities to hold oil palm growers accountable for environmental and human rights violations committed in Liberia.