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Joint investment in Ugandan feed processor
- The Poultry Site
- 21 October 2013
Private equity firm Pearl Capital Partners and Voxtra have invested $4 million in Biyinzika Enterprises Ltd, a Uganda-based poultry feeds processor and farm operator.
Tanzania: Dar, London for agriculture investment talks
- Tanzania Daily News
- 21 October 2013
UK-Tanzania Agriculture Investment Roundtable begins in London today, in association with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Agriculture was identified as a priority area
"Abram o olho, vocês vão perder as terras", avisa "sem-terra" brasileiro sobre o ProSAVANA em Moçambique
- SAPO
- 21 October 2013
Uma das figuras centrais do movimento "sem-terra" brasileiro, Augusto Juncal, esteve em Maputo como "reforço de peso" da campanha dos camponeses moçambicanos contra o ProSAVANA.
Le Gabon veut produire 250 000 tonnes d’huile de palme par an dès 2020
- APA
- 21 October 2013
Le Gabon veut produire annuellement 250 000 tonnes d’huile de palme à partir de 2020, a annoncé la ministre délégué à l’agriculture de ce pays, à l’occasion de la 2ème conférence ‘’Palm oil Africa’’ qui s’est achevée samedi à Libreville.
Palm Oil Africa : les rectifications de Brainforest
- Gabon Review
- 21 October 2013
À l’occasion de la 2è édition de la Conférence Palm Oil Africa tenue à Libreville du 17 au 19 octobre 2013, l’ONG Brainforest bien que non invitée, n’a pas manqué de donner sa position sur la problématique des projets agro-industriels au Gabon.
Sumatra : comment l’huile de palme a chassé des centaines de paysans de leurs terres
- Basta !
- 21 October 2013
Alors qu’en France, un projet de surtaxe de l’huile de palme fait toujours débat, que se passe-t-il chez le premier producteur mondial de palme, l’Indonésie ? Expropriation de communautés locales, soumissions contraintes des petits agriculteurs aux grandes firmes contrôlées par l’Etat…
Cameroun : controverse autour d’une proposition de bail emphytéotique sur 12 000 ha, à octroyer à Herakles Farms
- Investir au Cameroun
- 20 October 2013
Le CED vient de révéler que les autorités du département du Koupé Manengouba ont recommandé l’octroi d’un bail emphytéotique sur 12 000 ha au profit de Herakles Farms.
Colombia: acaparamiento y extranjerización de tierras en la Altillanura Colombiana
- PDA
- 19 October 2013
Supersociedades da la razón a congresista Wilson Arias al obligar a Mónica Semillas devolver subsidios otorgados por el Estado.
¡Hemos logrado tierras para las primeras 140 familias desalojadas en el Valle del Polochic, Guatemala!
- Oxfam
- 19 October 2013
El caso del Valle del Polochic es un claro ejemplo de acaparamiento de tierras.
Indonesia to invest in Agusan's palm oil
- 19 October 2013
Indonesian investors from two of its government-owned companies are planning to invest in a 60,000 ha palm oil plantation in the Philippines' province.
AgriMin: Bulgarian farm land not lucrative for foreigners
- Novinite
- 19 October 2013
Dimitar Grekov says the Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committee has rejected a proposed moratorium on the sale of farm land to foreigners
À quel point est-il difficile de dire « Nous ne tolérons aucun abus » ?
- Oxfam
- 18 October 2013
Oxfam a demandé aux dix entreprises les plus gros acheteurs et producteurs de sucre d’améliorer leurs politiques relatives au foncier.
Ethiopia: Highlanders will overtake soon Gode
- Shekosh Report
- 18 October 2013
Huge delegation lead by Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam is on a tour at Shabelle region to inspect lands prepared for investors.
Shanghai Pengxin poised to buy 2nd NZ dairy farm business
- Reuters
- 18 October 2013
Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Pengxin is poised to buy its second set of dairy farms in New Zealand, the world's leading dairy produce export country, as China's firms increasingly look overseas for sources of milk to meet growing demand at home.
Terra di conquista
- Nigrizia
- 18 October 2013
Un’alleanza a tre tra Mozambico-Brasile-Giappone prevede di trasformare un’area di 145mila km² nel nordest del paese in un’immensa industria agroalimentare. Scatenando la mobilitazione dei contadini, della società civile e della Chiesa contro la privatizzazione della terra e lo sfratto di milioni di piccoli agricoltori.