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Rhode Island slates $75 million for growth equity, farmland funds
- Pensions & Investments
- 28 August 2018
The Rhode Island State Investment Commission commits $25 million to Homestead Capital USA Farmland Fund III.
Cross River communities protest, allege land grabbing in Wilmar’s N45b project
- Guardian
- 27 August 2018
After series of failed appeals, communities impacted by the activities of Wilmar PZ, a multinational company involved in oil palm cultivation in Nigeria have taken Wilmar to the State House of Assembly for alleged pollution and land grabbing.
Rise of agri-cartel: Control of land drives human rights violations, environmental destruction
- Globe Post
- 24 August 2018
Control of land for crops that sustain the world’s largest food businesses, such as Ferrero and Nestle, is the driving force behind the destruction of land affecting both environment and people worldwide.
Chinese to invest $500m In cotton farming
- Daily Guide Africa
- 23 August 2018
Xing Jiang Shian Yon Group Company Limited will invest $500 million in cotton farming in the Northern Region of Ghana to cultivate 20,000-100,000 hectares of cotton.
Laguna Bay Pastoral Company buys eight Smithton dairies
- The Advocate
- 22 August 2018
Australian agricultural funds manager Laguna Bay Pastoral Company, which acts for North American pension funds, has recently bought eight dairy farms in the Smithton area.
Cambodia land rights activist freed from jail after pardon
- Al Jazeera
- 20 August 2018
Tep Vanny, an award-winning Cambodian land rights defender has been freed after spending two years in prison on charges many viewed as politically motivated.
Alioune Sarr active SenegIndia pour couvrir les besoins du marché
- APS
- 20 August 2018
Le ministre du Commerce du Sénégal a invité l’entreprise Seng-India à assurer l’approvisionnement correcte du marché en pomme de terre afin d’éviter une suspension de la mesure de gel des importations du produit.
Jigawa sugar plantation takes off despite resistance
- Daily Trust
- 18 August 2018
About 12,000 hectares of land in four local government areas of the Nigerian state were reportedly taken for the sugar cane plantation project, backed by a Chinese company, which sparked off protests.
Brasil: Relatório sobre o Matopiba aponta impactos ambientais e sociais da financeirização de terras
- FIAN
- 15 August 2018
O Relatório, que será apresentado pelo assessor sênior da Fian Internacional, Flávio Valente, descreve e analisa os impactos ambientais e sobre os direitos humanos causados pela expansão do agronegócio e pela especulação de terras na região Norte/Nordeste do Brasil, conhecida como Matopiba, que engloba áreas dos estados do Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí e Bahia.
Russia offers 2.5 million acres of land to Chinese farmers, but will it ease Beijing’s soybean shortage?
- South China Morning Post
- 15 August 2018
Russia has made 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of arable land available to foreign investors. Far East Investment and Export Agency said that several Chinese companies had already expressed an interest in the deal. But analysts are sceptical about the quality of the plots on offer.
Bolivia: Acelerado proceso de extranjerización de tierras
- Comunicaciones Aliadas
- 14 August 2018
Mejores tierras agrícolas y ganaderas en manos de propietarios extranjeros que imponen modelo agroextractivista que no es sostenible en el tiempo y afecta el medio ambiente.
Uruguay/Paraguay: El efecto dominó del acaparamiento de tierras
- Comunicaciones Aliadas
- 14 August 2018
Aumento del precio de la tierra en Uruguay llevó a empresarios agropecuarios a comprar tierras más baratas en Paraguay.
Argentina: Magnate italiano cerró tranquera y no permite el paso a un lago
- Tiempo Sur
- 14 August 2018
Una insólita situación se vive por estos días entre estancias ubicadas en cercanías de Tres Lagos, donde un magnate italiano habría ordenado el cierre del paso de servidumbre, impidiendo a otros productores acceder a sus tierras y bloqueando el acceso a un lago.
Trade conflict is a lose-lose game
- China Daily
- 14 August 2018
Serious trade tension between two key players in global agricultural trade, China and US could bring major lose-lose outcomes for both parties and lead to a new wave of land grabs.
Cambodia: Free jailed land rights activist. Second anniversary of Tep Vanny’s imprisonment
- Human Rights Watch
- 13 August 2018
Human Rights Watch call for Cambodian government to unconditionally release prominent land rights activist Tep Vanny who was arrested on August 15, 2016. Other affected land communities have also been heavily harassed through arbitrary arrests, detention, and criminal prosecution.