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MoU signed for agricultural investment fund
- SUNA
- 20 November 2014
Sudan signs an MOU for the establishment of an agriculture investment fund with a Lebanese company owned by Fras Badra that is pursuing an 87,000 ha alfalfa project.
Palm oil interest surges in Papua New Guinea
- Mongabay
- 19 November 2014
As the lands of traditional palm oil powerhouses like Indonesia and Malaysia have become saturated with plantations, companies looking to profit have turned to areas of tropical forest elsewhere – like Papua New Guinea.
Regla número uno: Investiga a quién das el dinero de los contribuyentes
- La Vanguardia
- 19 November 2014
La inversión de 40 millones de Exteriores en un fondo domiciliado en un paraíso fiscal abre el debate sobre el control de las subvenciones en Cooperación
German company to open pig farm in Serbia
- inSerbia
- 19 November 2014
Germany’s largest meat producer Clemens Toennies will finalise a deal for a pig farm with 1,500,000 animal units on 15,000 hectares of land in Serbia.
Mali : Directives volontaires pour une gouvernance responsable des régimes fonciers
- Le Républicain
- 19 November 2014
La CNOP estime que leur application sera cruciale pour la sécurisation des droits fonciers, surtout au Mali où l’accaparement des terres est en passe de devenir le sport favoris de certains spéculateurs.
Colombia: Un manual de acaparamiento
- ALAI
- 18 November 2014
El objetivo del proyecto de ley 133 de 2014 presentado a la Cámara de Representantes por el gobierno nacional es el de legalizar y perpetuar el acaparamiento especulativo de tierras baldías.
Greenland in talks to acquire Australian food and wine companies
- Bloomberg
- 18 November 2014
Chinese state-owned company, Greenland Holding Group, is in talks with Australian agricultural companies on possible takeovers and plans to complete its first deal in six months.
¿Acaparamiento de tierra o ayuda al desarrollo?
- La Vanguardia
- 18 November 2014
La agencia de cooperación española subvenciona a una empresa que paga un dólar al día a sus trabajadores en la RDC. La Aecid dice que pedirá explicaciones al Fondo Africano para la Agricultura, al que ha destinado 40 millones de euros.
China's New Hope to invest in Australian dairy
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 18 November 2014
Chinese giant New Hope will invest up to $500 million in Australian dairy farms in what could be the first of many deals fuelled by the historic China-Australia free trade agreement.
Changing the face of real estate in Angola
- China Daily
- 18 November 2014
China's CITIC Construction says it has developed two 10,000 hectare farms in Angola and will invest $5 billion in a 500,000 hectare farm next year.
Les belles histoires de l’agriculture familiale
- GRAIN
- 18 November 2014
Au cours des 50 dernières années, quatre cultures industrielles, le soja, le palmier à huile, le colza et la canne à sucre, se sont emparés de 140 millions d’hectares, un chiffre absolument stupéfiant. Et cette tendance s’accélère.
Communities as counterparties
- Global Landscapes Forum
- 18 November 2014
Review of concessions and conflict in eight emerging and frontier markets finds more than 93% of mining, oil & gas, logging, and agriculture developments involve inhabited land.