A Dutch-run flower farm in northern Ethiopia was among a series of foreign-owned plantations attacked by anti-government protesters as unrest in the country spreads.
- Bloomberg
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01 September 2016
Au Nigéria, le chinois Wuhan Longfecund Agricultural Development Company Ltd a annoncé son intention d’installer une ferme de production de maïs dans l’Etat de Cross River.
- Agence Ecofin
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31 August 2016
Des communautés villageoises réclament la propriété de 11 000 ha à Famienkro que l’Etat Ivoirien a octroyé à la Compagnie hévéicole de Prikro, filiale du groupe belge SIAT
Cables obtained by the non-profit Oakland Institute through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that U.S. government officials pushed Cameroon to approve a deeply controversial oil palm development owned by Herakles Farms.
The Chinese company joining forces with Gina Rinehart to buy the Kidman cattle empire has one hurdle to clear in a separate deal to secure a cluster of stations in the Goldfields.
- West Australian
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30 August 2016
EU Ambassador to Ethiopia responds to criticism of EU's joint project with Ethiopia to facilitate large-scale farmland investments.
The Tanzanian government has issued an order prohibiting customary lands from being sold on long lease to individuals or institutions, as a large portion of land belonging to villages had turned targets of various local and foreign investors.
- Daily News
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29 August 2016
The current economic model of transferring land to foreign investors on a massive scale fails to acknowledge the rights of rural communities to collectively own and manage their territories.
- Los Angeles Times
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29 August 2016
There is an epidemic that grips Africa, says Father Aniedi Okure
The report titled, Unmasking land grabbing in Ghana: restoring livelihoods; paving way for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), narrates how land grabbing is affecting rural livelihoods and threatening food security the country in the long run.
- Vatican Radio
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29 August 2016
Le groupe agroalimentaire, toujours piloté d’une main ferme par Jean-Claude Mimran, se lance dans les mines africaines. Enquête et entretien exclusif de Jeune Afrique.
- Jeune Afrique
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29 August 2016
Bidco is not pleased by the protestors who turned up last week in London to highlight the company’s palm oil operations, specifically in neighbouring Uganda.