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How much land is in foreign hands?
- Times of Zambia
- 16 April 2018
The Zambia Land Alliance has challenged government to make public how much land is currently in the hands of foreigners.
Argentina: La venta de Sancor decreta el fin de ciclo en la lechería
- La capital
- 15 April 2018
Los asociados de Sancor aprobaron el jueves por unanimidad en una asamblea extraordinaria, la oferta de inversión y asociación presentada por Adecoagro y abrieron la puerta para que la segunda industria láctea del país deje de ser una cooperativa y el 90% de su capital accionario pase a manos privadas.
Uruguay: Firma peruana compra tierras para producir cítricos
- El País
- 15 April 2018
La empresa peruana Camposol compró 1.000 hectáreas para cultivos de cítricos en el departamento de Salto
No to ProSAVANA Letter to Japan's Foreign Minister （河野太郎外務大臣宛レター和訳）
- No to ProSAVANA
- 14 April 2018
Letter to Japan's Foreign Minister
Terra Firma seeks premium for 'Project Ribeye' Australian farm sale
- Reuters
- 13 April 2018
With first round bids due imminently, the high expectations could leave foreign bidders in the box seat, testing the government’s appetite for foreign ownership of sensitive assets less than two years after it rejected China-led bids for a major energy grid and agricultural company.
Malian farmers denounce land grabbing
- Ecofin
- 12 April 2018
A farmers' rights organization reports on a growing trend of land grabbing, and calls for a fast enforcement of the 2017 land law whose decrees were issued last month.
Chinese firm to study development potential of Bolaven Plateau
- Vientiane Times
- 10 April 2018
Laos government has authorised a Chinese firm to carry out a feasibility study in southern Laos, with a view to turning it into top agri-business and agri-tourism destination. Deputy Governor of Champassak province said the Chinese firm also intended to grow organic crops for export to China.
Les réformes foncières en Afrique de l’Ouest doivent protéger les petits exploitants agricoles, selon un rapport de la Fao
- Agence Ecofin
- 10 April 2018
Face au phénomène des accaparements de terres, les réformes engagées en Afrique de l’Ouest doivent protéger les petits exploitants
Rights in poorer nations must be upheld as Thai firms go abroad, activists say
- Reuters
- 10 April 2018
For the first time, plaintiffs from Cambodia have filed a class-action lawsuit against a Thai company after they were forcibly removed from their homes to make way for a sugarcane plantation
Landcorp goes with back-up offer in Jericho Station sale after Chinese buyer withdraws
- NZ Herald
- 10 April 2018
Landcorp Farming, the state-owned farmer trading as Pāmu Farms of New Zealand, has gone with a back-up bidder for its Jericho Station sheep and beef farm in Fiordland after the preferred foreign buyer withdrew.
Colombia: Indígenas Sikuani se oponen a ocupamiento de predios por empresa Poligrow
- Contagio Radio
- 10 April 2018
La comunidad de indígenas Sikuani que habitan en el resguardo de Caño Ovejas en Mapiripán, Meta manifestaron su oposición al ocupamiento y la siembra de palma de aceite por parte de la empresa Poligrow en predios que hacen parte de una demanda de restitución de tierra.
Argentina: Un grupo colombiano se quedó con el ingenio La Esperanza, en quiebra hace 20 años
- Iprofesional
- 09 April 2018
El grupo colombiano le ganó en la pulseada a la empresa Productora del Noroeste S.A. -las dos que se presentaron al concurso de precios-, que realizó una oferta "mucho menor", de unos 50 millones de dólares en distintos tramos.
Al Dahra Group close to 200 million euro deal for Agricost, Romania’s largest grain producer
- Oilseed & Grain
- 09 April 2018
Abu Dhabi-based Al Dahra Group is close to a 200 million Euro deal (US$245 million) to acquire Agricost Braila, the largest farm in Europe.
Australia: Three NSW farms sold to US, Dutch investors for US$89 million
- Global AgInvesting
- 09 April 2018
The Kahlbetzer family’s Twynam Agricultural Group has sold three properties in Lachlan Valley in New South Wales to two overseas investors – MERS Global Investments and Optifarm
Multinationale luxembourgeoise et droits humains : Socfin face à ses responsabilités
- Le Quotidien
- 09 April 2018
Face aux critiques, Socfin s’engage à mettre en œuvre une politique de «responsabilité sociale». Mais des doutes subsistent sur sa mise en application concrète.