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Efforts grow to restrict foreign owners of US farmland
- AP
- 09 September 2019
As foreign ownership of agriculture land continues to increase, efforts to limit foreign ownership of US farmland have gained traction.
Las consecuencias de la deforestación en la Amazonia colombiana
- Canal RCN
- 07 September 2019
Más de 98 mil hectáreas ha caído en esta zona del país en manos de acaparadores de tierras, ganaderos, cultivadores de coca y constructores de nuevas vías.
Au Congo, l’autre poumon vert de la planète peine aussi à respirer
- Le Soir
- 07 September 2019
Alors que l’Amazonie brûle, la forêt du bassin du Congo est consumée par d’autres flammes : celles de la convoitise terrienne et de l’explosion démographique.
Landgrabbing: Contested meanings of land
- TNI
- 06 September 2019
A critical examination of the European Union's involvement in land grabbing
Dutch ag pension to divest stake in ag investment fund Fagoed
- GAI
- 06 September 2019
BPL, the Dutch pension fund for the Netherland’s agricultural and green sectors, is planning to divest its stake in Fagoed, a €140 million fund invested in agricultural land.
Law and political economy of commodity rushes: Reflections on “land grabbing” in the Global South
- Law and Political Economy
- 05 September 2019
Law plays a key role in shifting control over the world’s natural resources, including agricultural land.
Congo-Brazzaville – Henri Djombo : « Nos terres sont là, disponibles »
- Jeune Afrique
- 05 September 2019
Le ministre d’État chargé de l’Agriculture, de l’Élevage et de la Pêche du Congo dit que son pays est sollicité par une société chinoise qui souhaite exploiter 300 000 ha avec des cultures industrielles afin d’alimenter les marchés régionaux chinois
Zambian agribusiness firm to invest US$200m in a palm oil project
- FBA
- 05 September 2019
Consolidated Farming Limited, subsidiary of Sable group, will be investing US$200 million in setting up a large-scale palm oil project, with a 10,000 ha anchor farm and an out-grower scheme.
Commentary on the draft UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts
- Afronomics Law
- 03 September 2019
This commentary considers the access to food component of the draft UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts and voices its silence on intellectual property rights.
Le producteur malaisien d’huile de palme Sime Darby veut quitter le Liberia, d’ici la fin 2019
- Agece Ecofin
- 02 September 2019
Sur 220 000 hectares de palmeraies prévues, seulement 10 000 hectares ont été plantés jusqu’ici.
China brings 80 investors to Tanzania
- All Africa
- 02 September 2019
An 80-member business delegation from China's Shandong Province will arrive in Tanzania to look on how to scale up agriculture export and import trading in the area of agriculture equipment and products.They will exchange views on motor vehicle- new and used, aquatic products, marine culture industry, fishery, as well as livestock industry.
Uprooted
- SEt Asia Globe
- 29 August 2019
Landgrabs, deforestation and an increasingly-globalised Khmer culture are encroaching deep into the lands and lore of Cambodia's indigenous Bunong people