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.
- Food Navigator
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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 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.
- Daily Observer
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07 January 2019
Pour les défenseurs des peuples autochtones, ce transfert de compétences dans la démarcation des terres revient à livrer les territoires ancestraux à l'appétit de l'agrobusiness.
Une analyse de l'agrobusiness (et l'accaparement des terres) en Haïti
À la veille de l'annonce des résultats provisoires de la présidentielle, un des sujets qui inquiètent la population est celui de l'accaparement des terres agricoles par les multinationales.
- TV5monde
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26 December 2018
A 3,552 ha land concession in XiengKhuang province will be granted to Lao-Jagro Development XiengKhuang Co, which is 51% owned by the Vietnamese dairy company Vinamilk.
- Vientiane Times
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26 December 2018
The rise of Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly threatened the landless movement with violence, has residents of Amazon agrarian reform settlements deeply worried.
- Mongabay
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22 December 2018
Through a joint venture with California-based agricultural firm Pomona Farming, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board of Canada is buying about 165 square kilometres of land to diversify into GMO-free farms.
- Benefits Canada
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21 December 2018
L’augmentation du prix de la terre en Uruguay a conduit les entrepreneurs dans les secteurs de l’agriculture et de l’élevage à acheter des terres moins chères au Paraguay.
- AlterInfos
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21 December 2018
Representatives of Phoenix Agro Industry and Trade Company CA expressed their intention to invite the world's leading agronomists to Uzbekistan to study the land plots allocated for investment.
- Azer News
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19 December 2018
In California's wine country, Harvard University's multi-billion dollar endowment is looking to take advantage of water scarcity.
- The Takeaway
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19 December 2018