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Côte d’Ivoire: la bombe à retardement du foncier rural
- RFI
- 16 Mar 2018
96% des terres rurales de Côte d’Ivoire ne bénéficient pas de titres fonciers et sont toujours régis par le droit coutumier et par les savoirs locaux.
Empresa china lanza construcción de puerto brasileño como principal inversionista
- Xinhua
- 16 Mar 2018
El nuevo puerto debe favorecer la región que forman varios estados del noreste de Brasil (Maranhao, Tocantins, Piauí y Bahía), conocida como Matopiba, y cuyas cadenas de producción deben verse favorecidas con las nuevas instalaciones.
Colombia: Hay 5.000 nuevas hectáreas taladas en La Macarena”: secretario de ambiente del Meta
- El Espectador
- 16 Mar 2018
Autoridades ambientales investigan si la quema indiscriminada en el Parque Tinigua (Meta) es gracias a mafias para el acaparamiento de tierras.
Zimbabwe : Sub-Sahara Capital annoncée dans un investissement de 1,6 million aux côtés de la société ProDairy
- Agence Ecofin
- 15 Mar 2018
La firme zimbabwéenne ProDairy s’est associée à la firme de capital-investissement Sub-Sahara Capital, basée à New-York, pour développer des pâturages spécialisés
Le fonds UFF-NAIC investit dans une ferme de 3 500 ha au Nigeria
- Commodafrica
- 15 Mar 2018
‪Le fonds pour l’agriculture UFF-NAIC, détenu conjointement par la Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority et UFF Agri Investment de Old Mutual, a acquis une ferme entièrement intégrée de maïs et de soja à Panda dans l'État de Nasarawa au Nigeria.
Alibaba-related company rolls out more NZ milk offerings to online savvy Chinese
- NZ Farmer
- 15 Mar 2018
A group of Chinese companies is rolling out more premium UHT milk and planning a new "fashion milk" from its 29 New Zealand farms, almost entirely for the Chinese market.
We are grateful that my predecessor took the right initiative – Obaseki
- Vanguard
- 14 Mar 2018
Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, majority-owned by the Luxembourg-based Socfin group, has commissioned an 11,400 hectare oil palm plantation covering over 10 communities in Nigeria's Edo State.
Olam invests $1b in Nigeria’s agric sector
- Vanguard
- 14 Mar 2018
Olam's Vice President says its rice farm in Nigeria, with 3,000 hectares of land currently under cultivation, will be expanded to 10,000 hectares, making it the largest rice farm in Africa.
Alibaba founder Jack Ma visits New Zealand farm investment
- NZ Farmer
- 14 Mar 2018
China's richest man, Alibaba founder Jack Ma, slipped into New Zealand incognito last month. The founder of the world's largest retailer, which specialises in e-commerce, was in Waikato during Chinese New Year to check out his latest investment.
Madagascar: Rogue mayors, gangster politics
- East African
- 13 Mar 2018
Madagascar, still chafing from a major broil in 2009 after Ravalomanana made a land deal with Daewoo, is set to have a presidential election in November.
Global oil palm body rebukes GVL over Land Grab in Sinoe, Grand Kru
- FrontPageAfrica
- 13 Mar 2018
RSPO rebukes Golden Veroleum for land grab in communities in Liberia, booking the company for not seeking the consent of communities and coercing locals into signing MOUs.
PNG land grabbers could potentially face International Criminal Court
- ActNow
- 13 Mar 2018
Report finds that the PNG government distributed over 5 million ha of customary land to private companies for large-scale agricultural development, without the free, prior and informed consent of all affected landowners.