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Japan's Mitsubishi buys 20% stake in Olam
- Reuters
- 27 August 2015
Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation has bought a 20 per cent stake in global-agri business Olam through two transactions as the companies launch a strategic partnership.
Nigeria to work with Chinese firm on sorghum production
- World Grain
- 27 August 2015
Sang-Liang Technology Development Centre and Nigeria's Raw Materials Research and Development Council will partner with the Niger state government for land provision for the pilot project.
Large scale land acquisitions: Impacts & solutions for Zambia
- PLAAS
- 27 August 2015
A video discussing large scale land acquisitions in Zambia, and the risks they pose to those who derive their livelihoods from the land.
Sénégal: Un rapport accuse Senhuile de s'accaparer des terres des paysans pour une exploitation agro-industrielle; l'entreprise répond
- BHRRC
- 26 August 2015
Réponse de Senhuile à l’invitation de Business & Human Rights Resource Centre relative au rapport sur l’accaparement de terre au Sénégal
Questions we need to ask about what would be the second largest rubber plantation in Africa
- Sierra Express
- 26 August 2015
China has confirmed the continuation of a $1.2 billion rubber and rice investment deal in Sierra Leone, covering 135,000 hectares, that was signed in 2012.
Thailand: Oil palm land-grab leader murdered in Krabi
- Bangkok Post
- 25 August 2015
A leader of a group trying to seize a 1,400-rai oil palm plantation run by Thai Pattana Co, a joint operation of a foreign investor and his Thai business partner, was shot dead while leaving the farm on motorcycle.
Mozambican company plans to build cashew processing unit
- Macauhub
- 25 August 2015
Cattle ranching company Beira Boi Limitada seeks to eventually establish a cashew plantation on 500 hectares to ensure a supply of raw material to feed a nut processing facility in Sofala Province.
Farmland investment platform to offer rare returns data for investors, farmers
- Agfunder News
- 25 August 2015
Map Of Agriculture says it is well positioned to serve the comparative farming system benchmarking needs of farmland investors.
Le Sénégal saura-t-il réformer son droit foncier ?
- Contrepoints
- 25 August 2015
La privatisation des terres au profit des industriels majoritairement étrangers a des conséquences désastreuses : expulsion des paysans réduits à la mendicité pour vivre, exclusion, création d’une classe ouvrière rurale.
Will KLK proceed with the corrupt Sepik oil palm deal?
- Act Now
- 24 August 2015
PNG’s Minister for Trade, Commerce and Industry sign a Heads of Agreement that would make KLK an equity partner in development of 37,000 ha oil palm project in East Sepik’s Special agriculture Economic Zone(SEZ).
On the take
- World Ark
- 23 August 2015
As climate change, population growth and environmental damage shrink the amount of arable land on the planet, wealthier countries and corporations look to developing countries for land.
Los acaparadores de tierras del Corredor de Nacala: una nueva era de lucha contra las plantaciones coloniales en el norte de Mozambique
- GRAIN
- 21 August 2015
Un nuevo informe de la Unión Nacional de Campesinos de Mozambique (UNAC) y de GRAIN muestra que hay una ofensiva colonial por apoderarse de las tierras agrícolas de África.
Super fund's $150m farm buy
- Farm Weekly
- 21 August 2015
First State Super follows US and Canadian super funds with major investment in Australian almond plantations.
Agriculture investing: growing fields of green
- unquote
- 20 August 2015
A substantial payout could be in store for private equity firms willing to take on the risk and plough capital into the farming business.
Recuperación de Territorio Mapuche: El fin de la GEOP era detener a los indígenas
- Textos Sentidos
- 20 August 2015
El fallido allanamiento que ideó la Justicia no era una simple averiguación de identidad. Benetton y las corporaciones mineras observan con atención el conflicto que se vive en torno a los aborígenes.