South Korea to build $10bln integrated agricultural city in Egypt
    Egypt and the Korea-Arab Society (KAS) signed a cooperation protocol to build a $10 billion integrated agricultural city in the North African country. The city will be stretched over an area of 300,000 feddans (126,000 ha) in the southeast part of the Qattara Depression.
    • Arab Finance
    • 16 August 2017
    Angola: Companies invest over USD 300 million in agro-industry
    A USD 310 million investment contract signed between private companies for Agro-industrial Complex of Capanda (PAC) in northern Malanje province, Angola. The Agro-industrial Park occupies an area of 411.000 hectares.
    • All Africa
    • 16 August 2017
    Global NGOs call for the release of Cambodian land rights activist Tep Vanny
    65 civil society organizations (CSOs) and non-government organizations (NGOs) from across the world signed a unity statement urging Cambodian government to release land rights activist Tep Vanny, who has been in detention for the past 12 months.
    • Global Voices
    • 16 August 2017
    Daewoo dan Samsung dituding terlibat “menghabisi” hutan Papua
    Samsung dan Daewoo dituding terlibat dalam deforestasi di Papua bersama Korindo Group, dua perusahaan Korea Selatan ini telah mengurangi hutan primer di Papua untuk perkebunan kelapa sawit, menyalahgunakan hak dan mata pencaharian masyarakat lokal.
    • Tabloid Jubi
    • 16 August 2017
    Can big money fix a broken food system?
    Financial services firms are increasingly directing investor dollars into regenerative agriculture and other systemic food projects in the US, although not without risks
    • Civil Eats
    • 15 August 2017
    International investment blamed for violence and oppression in Sarawak
    NGOs in Sarawak and around the world report failures by the Sarawak government to uphold indigenous land rights, and failures by international banks and investors to ensure their investments are conflict-free.
    • Mongabay
    • 15 August 2017
    Brasil: A floresta como moeda de troca
    Em julho, Temer sancionou a chamada Medida Provisória (MP) da grilagem, que, segundo críticos, perdoa todas as ocupações realizadas por tais grupos criminosos.
    • IHU
    • 15 August 2017
    Senegal: Están locos estos ‘tubabs’
    Como la aldea gala de Asterix, un puñado de comunidades campesinas resiste con dificultades al acaparamiento de tierras en el valle del río Senegal.
    • El País
    • 15 August 2017
    Samsung: get out of conflict palm oil!
    Samsung subsidiary announced last week that it will be forming a joint venture with Korean-Indonesian agribusiness company, Korindo which was recently exposed for burning and clearing tens of thousands of hectares of Indonesia's rainforest for palm oil and timber production.
    • SumOfUs
    • 15 August 2017
    Colombia: la Amazonia se convirtió en tierra de nadie
    La principal causa de este desastre nacional, según el Ideam, es el afán de acaparamiento de tierras.
    • El Colombiano
    • 14 August 2017
    Chinese livestock firm taps up Southeast Asia
    A leading Chinese livestock and meat processing firm wants to tap supply of cattle from south-east Asia, with a cattle quarantine and slaughtering hub planned for the city of Ruili, on the border with Myanmar.
    • Global meat news
    • 14 August 2017
    French company relocates investment plant over land dispute
    The Oromia Investment Commission faces a challenge in relocating 600 farmers from the 335ha of land leased to European Food and Cattle Plc in East Shoa, Ethiopia.
    • Addis Fortune
    • 12 August 2017

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