One of America’s largest farm management and real estate brokerages has expanded into the Canadian Prairies — starting with Alberta.
- Alberta Farmer
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15 October 2015
Interview with Jean-François Mombia on the impacts of the oil palm plantations of the Canadian company, Feronia.
En todas partes, de los salones de los directorios de las corporaciones a las salas de reunión de Naciones Unidas, están surgiendo reglas acerca de cómo invertir “responsablemente” en tierras agrícolas.
As the world marks the International Rural Women's Day, simultaneous activities organised by PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) and rural women's groups from various countries to highlight the call for rural women to rise up and assert their rights to land and resources.
Governments in Asia implements Public and Private Partnership (PPP) projects which worsened landlessness and directly impacts Asian agriculture. Statement by APC on the occasion of the International Rural Women’s Day.
China private equity firm AFC Investments Ltd is planning to allocate between $10 million and $20 million for investment in start-ups as well as medium and large agro-related Malaysian companies, including in food processing and farming.
- Deal Street Asia
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14 October 2015
Sudan’s National Investment Authority says it offered a Saudi delegation six agricultural projects in various states in north and east Sudan to carry out a food security plan.
- Sudan Vision
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14 October 2015
Does it make sense to fight land grabbing by adopting rules on how to do it more responsibly?
Quel est l’intérêt de se battre contre l’accaparement des terres en adoptant des règles qui permettent de le faire de façon plus responsable ?
Police arrest 11 farmers from Pyrzyce where 60% of farmland has already been sold off to foreign buyers. The farmers are accused of blocking tenders connected with the foreign sale of farming estates.
Herman Shao-ming Hu and Kenny Zhang are finalising the purchase of a majority interest in the 190-year-old Van Diemen’s Land Company (VDL) in Tasmania, Australia.
- The Australian
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13 October 2015
Le moment est venu de remonter le fil de l’histoire en retraçant les différentes étapes qui ont conduit aux appropriations de terres dénoncées dans les médias depuis quelques années. À propos de ce phénomène, on utilise parfois le terme de « néocolonialisme ». Est-ce vraiment le cas ? Ce colonialisme est-il réellement nouveau ? Retour sur la genèse d’un processus en marche depuis plusieurs siècles.
- Visionscarto
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13 October 2015
En RDC, un conflit oppose depuis des années une firme canadienne financée par des agences de développement à des communautés villageoises à propos de palmeraies qu’elle aurait accaparées.
La société d'agrobusiness Senhuile SA, contrôlée par les Italiens de Tampieri Financial Group, est dans la mélasse des affaires judiciaires
Right now, Senhuile Inc is caught in a web of lawsuits.