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Former Swiss banker sells 600 ha of land in Romania
- Romania Insider
- 19 January 2015
A former Swiss banker, now turned farming investor in Romania, has sold 601 hectares of land in Timis county, making a 50% profit.
Karuturi under the spotlight
- The Reporter
- 17 January 2015
Director of agricultural investment at Ethiopia's Ministry of Agriculture says Karuturi is on the verge of collapsing in Ethiopia and that the company "has gone bankrupt following internal management crisis”
Belgian, Zimbabwean shot in land protest in Sierra Leone
- Reuters
- 17 January 2015
A Belgian and a Zimbabwean working for international agribusiness company Socfin Group have been shot during a protest over land rights in Sierra Leone.
Chinese rent over 6 thousand hectares of farmland in Tajikistan
- TCA
- 16 January 2015
China’s Xinyang Inhai company has rented 6,300 hectares of farmland in the Dangara and Yovon districts of the Khatlon province for cultivation of cotton and cereals.
San Diego County unveils 2015 alternatives commitment pacing targets
- P&I
- 16 January 2015
San Diego County Employees Retirement Association plans to commit $275 million to $400 million to real assets including agriculture, mining, energy and timber in 2015.
Les paysans debout contre les arrestations accusent Bolloré de double jeu
- Projet ReAct
- 16 January 2015
Des paysans au Cambodge, en Sierra Leone, au Cameroun ont manifesté pour demander à Bolloré de mettre fin aux arrestations arbitraires des paysans qui réclament leurs droits face à l’entreprise.
Fight foreign ownership of Wisconsin farmland
- Agri-View
- 15 January 2015
The foreign ownership of agricultural land is a significant issue in many countries and is gaining increasing attention here in the United States.
Ayka to shelve Ethiopian cotton project
- Ecotextile News
- 15 January 2015
Turkey's Ayka Investment is in the process of withdrawing its investment in cotton production in the Lower Omo Valley on the advice of its German customer Tchibo which has raised concerns about cotton projects in the area.
Palm oil risk to Africa as prospectors eye swaths of land
- Guardian
- 15 January 2015
Forest regions and local livelihoods under threat as palm oil producers looking for new agricultural land are welcomed by African governments
Champassak moves towards ‘land as equity' project model
- Vientiane Times
- 15 January 2015
Lao authorities granted the first ‘land as equity' project to a Chinese entrepreneur for a 10,000 ha plantation in Phonthong district.
All foreign applications to buy NZ land approved - Peters
- One News
- 14 January 2015
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is labelling the Overseas Investment Office a rubber stamping machine, saying all 189 applications for overseas ownership of New Zealand land in the past two years have been approved.
Will the White House change course on the New Alliance?
- ActionAid
- 14 January 2015
What Obama administration officials need to realize is that the G8 New Alliance is fueling a rapidly growing trend where investors based in African cities are rapidly grabbing up land in rural communities by whatever means they can.
Chinese agricultural engagement in Zambia: A grassroots analysis
- SAIS
- 14 January 2015
Focus on large-scale Chinese investments in African agriculture has fueled popular misperceptions of Chinese "land grabs" and overshadowed another phenomenon the rise of medium-scale private Chinese farmers and rural entrepreneurs.
Indonesian hearings reveal forest ravages
- Asia Sentinel
- 14 January 2015
As Indonesia’s national inquiry into land conflicts affecting indigenous peoples draws to a close, it has become clear that police brutality has become a serial feature and that legions of companies are operating without permits.
Relations Chine-Cameroun : la question foncière divise
- News du Camer
- 14 January 2015
L’acquisition des terres arables camerounaises par les intérêts chinois n’a pas pu être évitée lors de l’audience et de la séance de travail bipartite animées par le ministre Moukoko Mbonjo et son hôte Wang Yi.