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American company establishes $25 million farm in Osun
- The Glitters
- 02 October 2018
Cade Creek International of Colorado,US is partnering with the NGO Youth Off The Streets Initiatives to set up a $25 million farm in Osun state, Nigeria.
Bill Gates spent $171 million on Washington farmland, report says
- Bloomberg
- 02 October 2018
Bill Gates spent $171 million to buy 14,500 acres of farmland in Southern Washington, the most expensive U.S. land sale so far this year, according to the Land Report.
Ethiopia revokes land leases for Saudi billionaire, other investors
- VOA
- 01 October 2018
Ethiopian officials have revoked land leases in Addis Ababa that were held by dozens of investors, including Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire Mohammed Hussein al-Amoudi.
Administrative Court condemns Mozambican government to release information on agrarian program
- 01 October 2018
The Administrative Court of Maputo orders the Ministry of Agriculture to provide all information of public interest on ProSAVANA, an agriculture project between the Mozambican, Brazilian and Japanese governments
China hungers for Brazil's grain
- Global Finance
- 01 October 2018
Chinese producers in Brazil should not export soybeans to China, but chicken, says former Minister of Agriculture Roberto Rodrigues, now director of the FGV Agribusiness Center
Connect the dots: Cerrado soy drives inequality to provide EU with chicken
- Mongabay
- 01 October 2018
While large-scale soy growers say they’ve brought prosperity to the Cerrado, Campos Lindos has poverty levels far higher than the Brazilian average, lacks basic social services, and suffers high infant and maternal mortality rates.
Colombia: Las maniobras que habrían usado particulares para apoderarse de baldíos
- El Espectador
- 01 October 2018
Investigadores de la Universidad Nacional identificaron que por lo menos 368.000 hectáreas de tierras habrían sido obtenidas por particulares de manera irregular entre 1991 y 2015. En al menos 22 casos, nombres de personas naturales se repiten como beneficiarias.
プロサバンナ裁判「モザンビーク農業省敗訴」判決全文（日本語訳）
- Mokai
- 01 October 2018
マプト行政裁判所のプロサバンナ判決（農業省側敗訴）の日本語仮訳（全文）を紹介します
L’Ethiopie révoque des baux fonciers d’un milliardaire saoudien
- Intellivoire
- 01 October 2018
Les responsables éthiopiens ont révoqué des baux fonciers détenus par des dizaines d’investisseurs, dont le milliardaire saoudien d’origine éthiopienne Mohammed Hussein al-Amoudi, selon la VOA
Office du Niger: towards the resumption of works at the Malibya project site
- Bamada
- 29 September 2018
A delegation from "Malibya Agriculture" was received by Mali's Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Nango Dembélé on 17 September 2018 to discuss a possible revival of Libyan investment in the Office du Niger zone.
Bridging African agriculture’s financing gap
- Euractiv
- 28 September 2018
“Domestic resources from African countries have to be supplemented by European resources, and that has to mean the private sector,” says Tom Arnold, who chairs the European Commission and African Union's joint Rural Taskforce.
AMAGGI and JICA sign a USD $50 million partnership［AMAGGI社とJICA（日本国際協力機構）が5,000万ドルのパートナーシップ合意に調印］
- Amaggi
- 28 September 2018
AMAGGI社と日本国際協力機構（JICA）は、9月12日、ブラジルにおける持続可能な農業サプライチェーン強化のために今までに前例のないパートナーシップ合意に調印しました。