Companies must explore Africa for producing pulses, oilseed: Govt of India
- Business Standard
- 11 February 2016
"We are willing to offer 10,000-15,000 hectare on lease for 99 years," Zambia Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda said.
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Civil society organisations express unflinching support for jailed land rights activists, condemn unfair land deals in Pujehun District
- 11 February 2016
We, the undermentioned organisations working to promote land rights and rule of law in Sierra Leone, are gravely concerned about the conviction and imprisonment of these activists.
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Jail term for activists in Sierra Leone, trial of French journalists in Paris: critics of Bolloré silenced
- GRAIN et al.
- 10 February 2016
A day before the start of yet another trial brought on the Bolloré Group against French journalists, organisations denounce the imprisonment of 6 local community leaders affected by the investments of company linked to Bolloré
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Emprisonnement en Sierra Leone, procès de journalistes en France, les voix critiques contre Bolloré réduites au silence
- GRAIN et al.
- 10 February 2016
A la veille d'un procès intenté par Bolloré contre des journalistes de médias français, des organisations dénoncent l’emprisonnement de 6 leaders des communautés locales affectées par les investissements d'une société liée au groupe Bolloré.
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Ecuador: El Ejecutivo remitió 18 observaciones a la Ley de Tierras
- El Telégrafo
- 10 February 2016
Se sugiere establecer que las empresas públicas extranjeras, en garantía de la soberanía alimentaria, puedan adquirir, arrendar o tomar en usufructo, tierras rurales en el territorio nacional para proyectos de producción agraria.
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Farmland investment opportunities in Brazil
- Agriculture.com
- 09 February 2016
Summit Agricultural Group of the US is one of three groups worldwide that has received approval for 100% foreign ownership Brazilian farmland.
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Palm oil: A business opportunity for Latin American countries.
- EFE
- 09 February 2016
The president of Fedepalma says that the sector's agroindustrial development potential is "immense" now that Colombia "is in the negotiation phase to terminate a conflict" with the FARC guerrilla group.
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Chang Sun’s Black Soil postpones raising $1b agri-business fund
- Deal Street Asia
- 09 February 2016
The fund planned to invest in the northern province of Heilongjiang, where it has bought almost 8,000 acres of rice farming land known for its nutrient-rich black soil.
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Chinese GLAM trumps rival Shanghai Pengxin’s cattle bid
- The Australian
- 09 February 2016
Chinese investment company Genius Link Asset Management has trumped rival Shanghai Pengxin’s bid for the S. Kidman & Co pastoral empire just as the race for the coveted cattle stations nears the final hurdle.
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Arbitrary detention and continued judicial harassment against members of the Malen Land Owners and Users Association
- FIDH
- 09 February 2016
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Sierra Leone.
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Thai company’s return to sugar group challenged by NGOs
- The Cambodia Daily
- 09 February 2016
Three local NGOs have filed a complaint with international sugar industry group Bonsucro for readmitting Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol even though thousands of families forced off the company’s former plantations in Oddar Meanchey province have yet to be fully compensated.
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Missing part of the picture in challenging Africa’s “land grab” counter-narrative
- Los Despojados
- 08 February 2016
In agricultural frontier zones, large landowners and corporations often pressure peasants to obtain legal title to the lands they farm only to buy the lands on the cheap as soon as the title is issued.
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Ogun ready to partner with genuine investors – says commissioner
- Newswatch Times
- 08 February 2016
Brazilian businessman Gerson Zilio of Bigtee Commercial Investment Ltd and Tec Agro Brasil said the choice of Ogun State was based on the fertile land, which contains the lime needed for cultivation of sugar cane to produce sugar and ethanol.
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Iran seeking to lease land in East Africa for food froduction: Envoy
- Tasnim
- 07 February 2016
The Iranian ambassador to Kenya said the country plans to lease land in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to grow rice, corn and wheat
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