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Mali : Le projet agropole de Morila voit le jour
- bamada
- 09 October 2018
Un centre agrobusiness sera développé sur 1 400 ha de terres appartenant aux communautés
Imara invests in Zambezi Berry Company
- Private Equity Wire
- 09 October 2018
The private equity division of Imara Holdings Limited has, over the last twelve months, sourced, structured and invested circa USD4.5 million, on behalf of a European Family Office client, into Zambezi Berry Company
How Harvard’s investments exacerbate global land and water conflicts
- Grist
- 09 October 2018
The elite university has quietly become one of the largest owners of farmland in the world, according to a new report by GRAIN, an international nonprofit supporting small farmers, and Brazil-based Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos
Le Cameroun va importer 100 000 tonnes d’huile de palme brute du Gabon et de l’Indonésie
- Afrique Media TV
- 09 October 2018
Malgré les grands projets menés par des investisseurs étrangers, la production d'huile de palme stagne au Cameroun
World Bank – IMF guilty of promoting land grabs, increasing inequality
- LVC
- 08 October 2018
Peasant organisations have pledged to expose the incriminating role of the World Bank and IMF in increasing inequality, land dispossession and poverty, as the annual meeting of these bodies get under way in Bali.
Shanghai's Pengxin diverted $567 million to Brazil after snub on Kidman sale
- AFR
- 08 October 2018
Shanghai-based conglomerate Pengxin redirected the $US400 million it was prepared to pay for Australia's largest private land holding, S. Kidman & Co, into investments in Brazil after it was snubbed by then treasurer Scott Morrison in 2016.
Karuturi staff hopeful as they await key ruling in December
- The Star
- 08 October 2018
Kenya's court of appeal will rule on the 20th of December on the ownership of the Karuturi farm which was put under receivership over a debt it owed one of the banks.
Theological reflection on land
- AEFJN-AFJN-SECAM-RECOWA
- 05 October 2018
An exploration on laudato si’s approach to our relationship and responsibility to care for the land and its small-scale food producers
Rise of the 'megafarms': how UK agriculture is being sold off and consolidated
- MENAFN
- 05 October 2018
Across the UK, farm land is now seen as a safe shelter for wealth – recommended by estate agents as a 'tax-efficient' investment, contributing to the current trend of consolidation and rising farmland prices
CCI of Uzbekistan holds talks with Shanyang province delegation
- UzDaily
- 05 October 2018
The purpose of the visit was to discuss investment climate of Uzbekistan and possible cooperation in livestock farming and growing cereal crops. The Chinese side also expressed interest in the newly created FEZ “Bukhoro-agro”.
Longmate to ship 30,000 tonnes of banana to China
- Khmer Times
- 05 October 2018
The company has cleared and irrigated 300 ha of land on its 1000 ha concession, on which it will plant banana trees imported from China, but that are originally from Australia.
Brief: $171M Washington State farmland deal the largest in U.S. this year
- Global AgInvesting
- 04 October 2018
An investor has paid $171 million to acquire 14,500 acres of farmland in Washington State from Boston-based John Hancock Life Insurance Company, who bought the parcel in 2010 for $75 million.
Phatisa Food Fund 2 first closes at $121.5 million
- Ecofin
- 04 October 2018
Phatisa will continue its focus on the African food value chain – considering investments in mechanisation, inputs, poultry and meat production, food processing and manufacturing across sub-Saharan Africa.
Phatisa Food Fund 2 cloture sa première levée de fonds
- FinancialAfrik
- 03 October 2018
Phatisa annonce la première levée de son troisième fonds, le Phatisa Food Fund 2, qui succède à l’African Agriculture Fund.
The toll of doing business on people and the environment in Indonesia
- Oakland Institute
- 02 October 2018
New report from Oakland Institute, Indonesia: The World Bank’s Failed East Asian Miracle details how Bank-backed policy reforms have led to the displacement, criminalization, and even murder of smallholder farmers and indigenous defenders to make way for mega-agricultural projects.