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Kinston firm looks to raise $1.5 billion for agriculture investments
- WRAL
- 11 February 2019
International Farming Corp., a Kinston-based agricultural investment company, has raised $404 million in a fund to invest in U.S. farmland.
Argentina: Benetton y el Estado contra los Mapuches
- ANCAP
- 11 February 2019
En el día de hoy comenzó el juicio contra la comunidad mapuche Pu Lof en resistencia Cushamen por “tenencia de armas, usurpación de territorio y abigeato”. La demanda la realizó la empresa Benetton y está apoyada por el gobierno de Chubut.
"Complément d'enquête" sur Bolloré: France Télévisions rejugé mardi sur intérêts civils
- AFP
- 11 February 2019
La cour d'appel de Versailles, en France, doit se pencher demain sur le volet civil d'une affaire de diffamation concernant Vincent Bolloré.
FirstFarms A/S purchases pig and crop farm in Slovakia as part of growth strategy
- Globe NewsWire
- 08 February 2019
Te Danish company FirstFarms now owns a "land bank" of more than 8,500 hectares of owned land and more than 11,000 hectares in rent contracts.
Accaparement des terres : le Cameroun se dote d’un Observatoire du foncier
- Initiatives Afrik
- 07 February 2019
« L’Observatoire du Foncier collabore avec Land Matrix, qui est un Observatoire Global des terres et que l’Observatoire du Foncier au Cameroun utilisera le logiciel de Land Matrix et animera une page « Cameroun » sur cette plateforme mondiale », explique Samuel Nguiffo
Sierra Leone: Aftermath of Malen killing - rights groups exonerate Hon. Sama, others
- Concord Times
- 07 February 2019
Report calls on SOCFIN to comply with the request by affected communities and MALOA for a fair, transparent, effective and independent conflict resolution mechanism to review the land lease agreements and find a long-term resolution to the land conflict.
The major players in agri-finance
- Successful Farming
- 05 February 2019
According to the USDA, the following countries are home to the largest holders of US cropland: Canada, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands.
Cambodia: Preah Vihear land dispute drags on
- Phnom Penh Post
- 05 February 2019
Preah Vihear provincial authorities have requested villagers to stop clearing disputed land and wait for authorities to find a solution according to the “tiger skin formula”, which aims to reduce the impact of economic land concessions.
Egypt to increase investment in Zambia's agriculture sector
- Xinhua
- 05 February 2019
The deal includes the construction of a new farm project of greenhouse vegetable production over an area of 600 hectares (6 square kilometers) in central Zambia's Mkushi district.
Jigawa governor’s rally records low turnout as angry residents whose farmlands were seized stay away
- Premium Times
- 05 February 2019
The people of Gagarawa are angry with the governor over the seizure of their farmlands, which the state government handed over to foreign investors for an irrigation farming project.
Ukrainian President Poroshenko extends moratorium on agricultural land sale
- UA Wire
- 05 February 2019
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law for the extension of a moratorium on the sale of agricultural land until January 1, 2020.
Palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources removed from Dow Jones Sustainability Index after bribery and corruption scandal
- FOE
- 05 February 2019
Golden Agri-Resources’ operations in Indonesia and Liberia have generated years of controversy, including consistent and well-documented allegations of deforestation, land grabbing and human rights violations.
Paraguay: Deforestación masiva y tierras fiscales en manos de extranjeros
- Boletín Ñane Ñe'ë
- 05 February 2019
Denuncian extranjerización de tierras fiscales en el Alto Chaco
New Jersey State Investment Council commites $100 million to Homestead Capital's US farmland fund
- GAI
- 05 February 2019
New Jersey’s $70 billion public-employee pension manager, the New Jersey State Investment Council, has agreed to commit $100 million in Homestead Capital’s third farmland fund.
UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (in Japanese) 国連小農権利宣言（最終版、日本語訳）
- 04 February 2019
国連総会で最終的に採択された「小農と農村で働く人びとの権利に関する国連宣言」の最終版の日本語全訳を掲載します。