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farmlandgrab.org WEEKLY 06 Jan 2016
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Stuff | 06 Jan 2016
Chinese company Weihai Station to buy large farm west of Auckland

The Overseas Investment Office has granted consent for Weihai Station to buy 595 hectares of land at 152 Baker Rd, Waikaretu - about 100km southwest of Auckland, New Zealand.

Tribune | 06 Jan 2016
Land grabbing in Niger Delta: Govts, community leaders indicted

The issue of indiscriminate allocation of community land to companies in the Niger Delta region has been brought to the front burner by stakeholders on environmental and human rights issues in the area.

Khmer Times | 06 Jan 2016
S. Korean firm to invest $40 million in plantation

South Korean-owned Welt Bio Co. Ltd. is investing $40 million in a black pepper plantation in Mondulkiri, Cambodia, which is being described as the largest in the world.

Stuff | 06 Jan 2016
Canadian Mounties buy Oxford dairy farms

The sale of two New Zealand dairy farms to a Canadian government pension fund has been approved by the Overseas Investment Office.

New Security Beat | 05 Jan 2016
Missing the big picture in challenging Africa’s “land grab” narrative

Who walks away from fertile agricultural land available to lease for as little as $1 per year per hectare? Recent reports indicate international investors are doing just that across sub-Saharan Africa.

Capital | 04 Jan 2016
Government agency strips Karuturi’s land privilege

The Ethiopian Agricultural Investment Land Administration Agency has terminated its lease contract with the controversial, Indian based agribusiness giant - Karuturi Global Ltd.

The Citizen | 27 Dec 2015
Tanzania: Hanang farmers claim more estates

Villagers appeal to government for intervention in their new bid to repossess wheat farms leased to private investors.

Reuters | 24 Dec 2015
Saudi's SALIC looking for land in Sudan to grow fodder

Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Co (SALIC), an arm of the state-owned Public Investment Fund, is looking to buy land in Sudan to grow fodder, after purchasing a 20% stake in a Brazilian beef exporter.

Phnom Penh Post | 24 Dec 2015
Mondulkiri land sit-down ‘fruitful’

French owned plantation firm Socfin has restarted talks with indigenous villagers affected by its plantations in Mondulkiri province, Cambodia, with the UN saying the process could be replicated across a region dominated by agro-industrial firms.

Reuters | 23 Dec 2015
Noble exits agricultural markets with unit sale to China's COFCO

Noble Group Ltd said on Tuesday it would sell its remaining 49 percent stake in its agribusiness to China's state-owned COFCO International Ltd

Pensions Expert | 31 Aug 2015
Kingfisher locks in gains as funding hits triggers

Last year trustees added a global farmland fund managed by Insight Investment Management to the Kingfisher pension scheme.

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Gabon Review | 06 jan 2016
Projet agricole Graine vs Politique agricole

Le projet Graine ne sera pas géré par le Ministère de l’agriculture mais par…une société privée, la SOTRADER, filiale de la très controversée OLAM.

AlterAsia | 04 jan 2016
Accaparement des terres : une ombre sur Sarawak

Le gouvernement cède des licences d’exploitation des terres des populations indigènes à des entreprises privées pour les plantations de palmiers à huile.

Actusen | 29 dec 2015
Rapport du Forum foncier mondial : Moustapha Sourang propose une démarche participative et inclusive pour la réforme foncière

«La loi de 2004 dit, clairement, que le Sénégal doit moderniser son agriculture, sécuriser ses acteurs, en mettant en place des droits transmissibles et qu’on peut donner en garantie à des institutions, pour avoir des financements»

Mali Actu | 29 dec 2015
Accaparements de terres : Le monde paysan s’active pour la sécurisation foncière

Tête de file de la mobilisation contre l’accaparement des terres, la Coordination nationale des organisations paysannes du Mali fait le bilan de l’année 2015 sur les directives sur des régimes fonciers de la FAO

Agence Ecofin | 25 dec 2015
Le saoudien SALIC envisage de se lancer dans la culture de fourrage au Soudan

La Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Co, une branche du fonds public d’investissement saoudien a indiqué son intention d’acheter des terres arables au Soudan pour la culture de fourrage.

Sud Quotidien | 21 dec 2015
Pratiques foncières et gouvernance forestière : les limites de la compensation en question

La compensation foncière suscite beaucoup de polémique au Sénégal depuis quelques années. Des témoignages recueillis sur le terrain permettent de mesurer l’enjeu social et économique de la question.

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