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23 Aug 2018
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Laguna Bay Pastoral Company buys eight Smithton dairies The Advocate | 22 Aug 2018

Australian agricultural funds manager Laguna Bay Pastoral Company, which acts for North American pension funds, has recently bought eight dairy farms in the Smithton area.

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Cambodia land rights activist freed from jail after pardon Al Jazeera | 20 Aug 2018

Tep Vanny, an award-winning Cambodian land rights defender has been freed after spending two years in prison on charges many viewed as politically motivated.

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Community vs. company: A tiny town in Ecuador battles a palm oil giant Mongabay | 09 Aug 2018

In 2000, palm oil company Energy & Palma bought land in northern Ecuador, home to Afro-Ecuadorian community of Wimbi. Provincial court ruled in favor of the company and ordered evacuation of Wimbi community but they refused to leave. This is only one part of a long ongoing legal battle between company and community in Ecuador.

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German Agri Terra Group offers investments in Paraguayan agriculture Fresh Plaza | 08 Aug 2018

Hundreds of clients have used the services of the German company in order to participate in projects such as cattle breeding, orange plantations or vegetable production in greenhouses in Paraguay

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Sokotra Capital buys Tunisian fish-farm business Bloomberg | 03 Aug 2018

Sokotra Capital, a Dubai firm set up by former UBS Group AG banker Albert Momdjian, led a consortium of investors in acquiring fish-farm L’Aquaculture Tunisienne for an undisclosed amount.

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Thai peasants’ movement stands firm in the face of threats, seeks land reform Peoples Dispatch | 30 Jul 2018

Peoples Dispatch speaks to the Southern Peasant’s Federation of Thailand’s Theeranate Chaisuwan on the struggles of this landless workers’ movement for land held illegally by a palm oil company.

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Hassad to invest $500mn in Sudan's food sector Gulf Times | 28 Jun 2018

Hassad, a subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority, announces its intention to invest $500mn in the Sudanese agricultural and food sectors over the next three years.

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Alioune Sarr active SenegIndia pour couvrir les besoins du marché APS | 20 aout 2018

Le ministre du Commerce du Sénégal a invité l’entreprise Seng-India à assurer l’approvisionnement correcte du marché en pomme de terre afin d’éviter une suspension de la mesure de gel des importations du produit.

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Madagascar : La loi sur les ZES déclarée conforme à la Constitution Tribune Madagascar | 13 aout 2018

Cette loi a reçu des contestations de la part de la Société civile à l’instar du Collectif Tany qui considère cette loi comme une porte ouverte à l’accaparement des terres dans le pays

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L’accaparement des terres, entre Monopoly et colonisation Humanité | 09 aout 2018

Les investisseurs internationaux mettent le grappin sur les terres cultivables de la planète. Dans des pays où il n’y a pas de droits de propriété solidement établis, ces achats se traduisent pour les paysans par des expulsions pures et simples.

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ILC | Bandung, Indonesia | 22 sep 2018

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