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Press release on Bamba Village shooting incident
- ALLAT
- 27 January 2015
In wake of shooting and arrests, ALLAT calls for a moratorium on large scale land acquisitions in Sierra Leone.
The corporate takeover of Ukrainian agriculture
- IPS
- 27 January 2015
Frédéric Mousseau, Policy Director at the Oakland Institute, argues that the United States and the European Union are working hand in hand in a takeover of Ukrainian agriculture
Flower firm Karuturi goes under the gave
- The Daily Nation
- 26 January 2015
Naivasha-based flower farm Karuturi Ltd — the Kenyan subsidiary of the world’s biggest producer of cut roses — has been put on sale by receiver managers.
PKA's Principles for Responsible Investment in Farmland
- PKA
- 26 January 2015
Danish pension fund explains its approach to farmland investment in this report.
Canadian province eyes tougher rules on investor farm buys
- Reuters
- 26 January 2015
Saskatchewan is likely to tighten what are already some of North America's strictest rules for purchasing farmland as the Western Canadian province looks to fend off big money managers.
Can the FAO tenure guidelines stop land and water grabs?
- PLAAS
- 23 January 2015
Official implementation of the guidelines, via national governments, has started at a snail’s pace in only several countries, and monitoring systems are yet to be created.
Multi-country seminar discusses land and ocean grabbing issues in Africa
- FIAN
- 23 January 2015
From 12-16 January 2015, FIAN International took part in the launch meeting in Kampala (Uganda) of a multi-country research project focusing on bottom-up accountability in large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Institutional, impact investing find common ground in agriculture
- Institutional Investor
- 23 January 2015
Farmland investments such as the new ACM Permanent Crop Fund can attract institutions by combining social responsibility and commercial promise.
Chinese ambassador briefed about investment prospects in agriculture
- The Messenger
- 23 January 2015
Agriculture Minister Otar Danelia says Georgia is prepared to support the implementation of Chinese investments in Georgian agriculture.
Feronia Inc. announces secured convertible debenture financing of up to US$16.325 million led by CDC, the UK Government's development finance institution
- Marketwired
- 23 January 2015
"Agribusiness is a priority sector for CDC and this facility is an important step in Feronia's long-term financing."
Ndiaël : Marche des populations contre Senhuile
- Ndar Info
- 22 January 2015
Vidéo de la marche des populations contre Senhuile du 21 janvier 2015
Residents told to support Kwale sugar firm
- The Star
- 22 January 2015
Senator urges residents to stop burning sugar cane of Kenyan-Mauritian company accused of taking lands away from locals.
Beware fake land investments in Australia
- Every Investor
- 22 January 2015
NeglectAssist is warning private investors to watch out for exotic Australian land investments promising both security and high returns.
Rwanda: Canadian firm acquires licence, to grow stevia plant on 1,000 hectares
- New Times
- 22 January 2015
The Ministry of Trade and Industry (Minicom) has signed an agreement with SteviaLife, a Canadian firm, that will see the latter promote the production and export of stevia plant.
Investment fund pours cash into cleaner, greener fish farming
- NPR
- 22 January 2015
Aqua-Spark, a new sustainable aquaculture fund, has invested in a tilapia operation in Mozambique called Chicoa Fish Farm that the fund hopes will be a model fish farm for all of sub-Saharan Africa.