Cargill has acquired the Poliplant Group, giving it approximately 50,000 hectares of land adjacent to Cargill’s existing palm oil operations in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
The executive supervising MIDROC's Ethiopian agriculture projects talks to The Africa Report about how rocketing consumption has been an opportunity for the company.
- Africa Report
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05 January 2015
Olam has snapped up a diverse global portfolio of assets that includes rice farms in Nigeria, almond orchards in Australia, dairy operations in Uruguay and coffee plantations in Laos.
- Finance Asia
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05 January 2015
Organisations from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, and the Republic of Congo, agree to a "joint position" on the expansion of palm oil in the region.
Amatheon’s Ugandan plans comprise rainfed growing of crops such as maize, soya beans, sunflower, rice and sorghum, and it is actively looking into livestock production.
- Red Pepper
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05 January 2015
Les agriculteurs maliens soutiennent les réformes lancées par le gouvernement, mais demandent aussi la fin de blocages dans le règlement des litiges fonciers.
La aprobación por Senado del convenio con China y la posterior visita del Vicegobernador de Río Negro al Dragón asiático reactualizan los incumplidos anuncios de inversiones por u$s 20.000 millones realizados por Néstor Kirchner y de € 1.148 millones el ex gobernador Saiz.
- Roca Digital
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04 January 2015
Des villageois protestent contre une compagnie chinoise qu’ils accusent d’accaparer illégalement leurs terres.
Some liken farmland investment to real estate and infrastructure 20 years ago.
- Economist
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03 January 2015
The country's cast system has driven many activists in Mauritania to protest the ongoing land grabs by corporations against local farmers who are then forced to work the land they previously owned.
- Global Voices
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02 January 2015
Commercial farming, with its vast tracts of land, is running into problems in Ethiopia’s Gambella region – and local communities are reaping few benefits
Des sociétés étrangères ont signé plus de 60 accords pour développer des plantations de palmiers à huile en Afrique
- Radio KanKan
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31 December 2014