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Brazil’s agribusiness lobby pushes back against indigenous land recognition
- Free Speech Radio News
- 16 July 2014
Agribusiness interests in Brazil are facing off against indigenous peoples calling for official recognition of territorial claims.
La RD Congo lance le premier des 20 parcs agro-industriels prévus par le gouvernement
- Ecofin
- 16 July 2014
La République démocratique du Congo a lancé le premier (75 000 ha, geré par un consortium Sudafricain) d’une série de 20 parcs agro-industriels destinés à mettre en valeur le potentiel agricole énorme du pays et à doper la croissance économique.
Congo launches agri-business park in move to revamp farming
- Reuters
- 16 July 2014
The government spent $83 million setting up the 75,000 ha Bukanga Lonzo park, where a South African consortium called Africom has been handed the management contract.
Ethiopian farmer takes UK to court over 'brutal' resettlement policy
- Guardian
- 15 July 2014
Legal battle launched after man claims he was evicted from his farm and beaten under villagisation scheme funded by UK aid
Compensaciones de carbono son "cómplices" de acaparamiento genocida de tierras
- Panamaon
- 15 July 2014
Entre 2000 y 2010, unos dos millones de kilómetros cuadrados de tierras en Asia, África y América Latina y el Caribe fue adquirido o negociado bajo acuerdos firmados en nombre de gobiernos extranjeros o empresas transnacionales.
African overdrive: Move to widen Indian investments in continent
- Business Standard
- 15 July 2014
A delegation of the Confederation of Indian Industry is in Ethiopia to meet with the Agriculture Investment and Land Administration Agency and other government agencies to discuss business opportunities.
Philippine: Large oil palm plantation not feasible in Paquibato
- Sun Star
- 14 July 2014
District is not feasible for Malaysian company seeking a 20,000 ha oil palm plantation but a 10,0000 ha site found in neighbouring Marilog District, as another Malaysian investor still has plans for 30,000 ha.
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan commissions Olam’s integrated rice mill
- Olam
- 14 July 2014
The integrated rice milling facility is situated at the heart of Olam’s 6,000-hectare greenfield irrigated and mechanised paddy farm in Nigeria’s Nasarawa State.
Projet d'agrocarburants en Sierra Léone : Les propriétaires fonciers exigent une renégociation des contrats de location des terres
- PPP
- 14 July 2014
Depuis mi-mai l’entreprise suisse Addax Bioenergy produit des agrocarburants en Sierra Leone, mais il règne une insatisfaction liée aux contrats de location des terres.
After KDC clashes, rage burns in Cambodia
- Phnom Penh Post
- 14 July 2014
In their latest bid to end a long-running land dispute with KDC International, residents of Kampong Chhnang province’s Lorpeang village yesterday cast a curse on the politically connected development company.
Buyout firms look for cash cows in agricultural assets
- Preqin
- 14 July 2014
According to data provider Preqin, there are 25 private equity funds targeting agriculture investments, with a total target of $1.1 billion.
The project for Nacala Corridor: Economic development strategies in the Republic of Mozambique (Version 3)
- JICA
- 11 July 2014
The third version of the PEDEC-Nacala strategies report, July 2014.
When Wall Street went to Africa
- Foreign Policy
- 11 July 2014
A New York tycoon won a sweetheart deal to build a massive "sustainable" palm oil plantation in Cameroon. What followed were accusations of intimidation, corruption, bribery, and deceit.
Fonterra accelerates China drive with Abbott deal
- Agrimoney
- 11 July 2014
New Zealand-based Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, said that it and Abbott would invest a combined $300m in setting up a so-called "farm hub" in China, to produce "high quality dairy".
Quand l'aide au développement est attribuée aux multinationales
- EurActiv
- 11 July 2014
Les institutions de financement du développement, dont la Banque européenne d'investissement, ont de plus en plus d'influence dans le financement de l'aide au développement et sont parfois accusées d'accaparements de terres.