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Ekosem flags 'huge potential' in Russian dairy
- Agrimoney
- 13 September 2013
The group said it had acquired 10,000 hectares of land during the half year, taking its total portfolio to 186,000 hectares, of which it owns 101,000 hectares.
Cameroon forest people alarmed at shifting tactics of US palm oil firm
- Reuters
- 13 September 2013
Communities in Cameroon’s Southwest Region fear they could lose their land after environment groups warned that U.S.-owned palm oil firm Herakles Farms is seeking to sell off existing plantations.
Irrico close to doubling Russia farmland portfolio
- Agrimoney
- 13 September 2013
Irrico, the Russia-based agricultural investment company, revealed it is on the verge of doubling its land portfolio as it unveiled it had attracted a third investor, emerging markets private equity group Hong Kong-based ADM Capital.
Moratorium on foreign ownership of agricultural land: Xenophobia, myopia or what?
- Georgia Today
- 12 September 2013
Large scale privatization of state-owned agricultural lands in Georgia has the potential to trigger violence and social unrest of far graver consequences for investment – foreign and domestic – into the national economy than the notorious moratorium.
Big dairy farm expected to change hands
- ABC
- 12 September 2013
It has been reported that the state-owned China Investment Corporation and New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra are negotiating to buy Tasmanian dairy farm Van Diemen's Land under a proposed $200 million deal.
Farmers in Bombali, Tonkolili worried about losing land
- Concord Times
- 12 September 2013
Farmers in Bombali and Tonkolili districts in northern Sierra Leone have said that land grabbing by multi-national companies and massive timber logging are some of the barriers to sustainable agriculture in the two districts.
Ethiopia to continue land grabbing and forced resettlement
- InterContinental Cry
- 12 September 2013
Indigenous Peoples are being forced to become dependent on aid handouts having lost their land and their ability to produce their own food.
Liberia spending too little on agriculture
- FOEi
- 12 September 2013
"Instead of handing over farming land to foreign companies, our government should promote policies that sustainably increase productivity and help Liberian farmers access local markets," says Friends of the Earth Liberia.
Europa rebaja el uso de los biocombustibles, pero no contenta a ecologistas ni ONG
- El Diario
- 12 September 2013
Decenas de organizaciones los señalan como responsables de la subida del precio de los alimentos y el acaparamiento de tierras para cultivos.
Colombia: El nuevo modelo agrario detrás de una renuncia
- El Espectador
- 12 September 2013
Manifestó que tiene claro que su trabajo tocó intereses que generaron tensiones y acosos en su contra, al denunciar penal y disciplinariamente administraciones pasadas que adjudicaron irregularmente terrenos.
Food price fears push EU lawmakers to put a lid on biofuels growth
- EurActiv
- 12 September 2013
The European Parliament has voted to limit the use of fuels made from food crops because of fears that biofuels can push up grain prices and displace communities, but critics say it avoids meaningful action to reduce European demand.
Indonesian beef plan sparks foreign investment debate
- ABC
- 12 September 2013
A move by the Indonesian government to buy one million hectares of land for beef production in Australia for its own local market has reignited the foreign ownership debate.
Indonesia approves plan to buy 1 million hectares of Australian grazing land
- ABC
- 12 September 2013
Indonesia has moved to solve its beef supply problems by approving a plan to buy one million hectares of Australian farmland, a plot four times the size of the Australian Capital Territory.
Indonesia's ag land plans
- The Land
- 12 September 2013
Indonesia's announcement yesterday that it plans to buy a million hectares of Australian agricultural land to raise beef cattle is the clearest signal yet that it wants to lower its dependence on the current live export system.
Le Parlement européen plafonne les agrocarburants jugés nuisibles
- Le Monde
- 11 September 2013
L'Europe a finalement donné un coup de frein aux agrocarburants en limitant les agrocarburants dits de "première génération", produits à base de cultures alimentaires (blé, maïs, colza, canne ou palme) à 6 % de l'énergie finale consommée dans les transports