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Chinese market for beef soaring; companies after overseas farms and processors
- MercoPress
- 17 July 2013
Chinese meat firms are looking abroad to scout for potential acquisition targets among beef farmers and processors.
Sugar groups suspends Tate & Lyle over Cambodia land-grabbing
- Clean Sugar Campaign
- 17 July 2013
Yesterday the board of Bonsucro, a responsible sugar initiative, announced its decision to suspend Tate & Lyle Sugars (TLS) over complaints that the UK sugar giant buys from a plantation in Koh Kong, Cambodia, on land stolen from local villagers.
Fingerprints of international aid on forced relocation, repression, and human rights abuse in Ethiopia
- Oakland Institute
- 17 July 2013
Two new reports from the Oakland Institute show how Western development assistance is supporting forced evictions and massive violations of human rights in Ethiopia.
Land 'grab' realities, perceptions vary markedly - researcher
- Reuters
- 17 July 2013
Land “grabbing” in Africa has become a polarizing issue, says Lorenzo Cotula, a senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), in his new book, The Great African Land Grab?
In race to develop Myanmar, government grabs farmland for factories
- PBS
- 17 July 2013
Myanmar's government has entered into a major development agreement with a consortium of Japanese companies to build tech, food and textile factories. But to make room, some farmers are being evicted and losing their livelihood.
Acquérir la terre par la nationalité?
- Infodabidjan
- 16 July 2013
La vraie « réforme foncière » que le plan secret de Ouattara semble viser pourrait avoir pour conséquence de faire des attributions de certificats fonciers qui seront assurément contestées demain
Black River targets at least $400m for second agriculture fund
- Dow Jones
- 15 July 2013
Black River Asset Management, owned by food giant Cargill, is targeting $400m for its 2nd ag-focused investment fund. So far, the bulk of the financing has come from a US teachers' pension fund.
C. Kek Pung Licadho on land grabbing
- HBF
- 15 July 2013
Founder of the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights says land grabbing is the worst problem facing Cambodians.
Colombia: Mónica en Macondo
- ALAI
- 15 July 2013
Las cartas en las que una multinacional le cuenta al entonces presidente Uribe que está violando la ley
Exim bank wary of lending as Indian land deals in Africa falter
- The Hindu
- 15 July 2013
Indian companies have attracted global controversy for a spate of large land deals across Africa, yet the Indian Export and Import (Exim) Bank has largely steered clear of directly financing land deals.
Mega quarry land north of Toronto bought by burgeoning farm fund Bonnefield
- Financial Post
- 13 July 2013
Bonnefield Financial, a farmland investment company based in Ottawa, announced this week that it has acquired about 6,500 acres of lush Dufferin County potato fields in what it called one of the largest farmland transactions in Canadian history.
Cargill flouts law to secretly build land bank in Colombia
- CorpWatch
- 13 July 2013
Cargill, the world’s largest food company, has been secretly amassing land from small farmers in eastern Colombia, despite a law prohibiting the practice.
Guatemala: Familias desalojadas en el Polochic siguen sufriendo hambre y represión
- Rel-UITA
- 12 July 2013
Con Juan Pablo Ozaeta. Mas del GRUPO PELLAS. Informe señala graves violaciones a los derechos.
Congo seeks to lure investors for $5.7 billion farming plan
- Bloomberg
- 12 July 2013
Democratic Republic of Congo will modify a law that restricts foreign ownership of agriculture projects as it seeks to raise financing for a proposed $5.7 billion expansion plan, the Agriculture Ministry said.
Que gobierno Santos investigue por qué se le compra un predio a un campesino a $10 millones y lo vende a Cargill por $3.000 millones
- PDA
- 12 July 2013
Robledo insistió en señalar que el diseño de la ruta jurídica de estos negocios fue hecho por Brigard & Urrutia Abogados, la firma de propiedad de Carlos Urrutia, actual embajador de Colombia en Washington.