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15 Nov 2018

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Foreign investor rules questioned in Riverina agribusiness sale QCL | 14 Nov 2018

A group of Riverina farmers is demanding answers from the federal government over the sale of BFB, a large diversified agribusiness in Temora, which is being sold by a US private equity investor to a Canadian pension fund.

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Researchers ask government to grant more land to farmers Khmer Times | 14 Nov 2018

The Centre for Policy Studies wants the Cambodian government to allocate cancelled Economic Land Concessions to farmers.

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Tanzanian farmers crack the code for fighting land grab OZY | 14 Nov 2018

Villages across Tanzania are using legal expertise, political pressure and smart solutions like land mapping to win back plots — and then secure them — from corporations they accuse of using loopholes to grab territory.

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Chinese help in agriculture Dawn | 14 Nov 2018

Officials are tight-lipped about the critical issue of land acquisition in Pakistan by Chinese state-run or private firms for furthering cooperation in agriculture, which was an important feature of the CPEC long-term plan

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Sierra Leone ruling against palm oil company will empower communities - campaigners Reuters | 13 Nov 2018

The decision marks the first time in Sierra Leone's history that a community has been able to win back land leased to a foreign company

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The global farmland grab by pension funds needs to stop GRAIN | 13 Nov 2018

Money from pension funds has fuelled the financial sector's massive move into farmland investing over the past decade. The number of pension funds involved in farmland investment and the amount of money they are deploying into it is increasing, under the radar.

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Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company closes deal with Mriya Agro Holding Reuters | 12 Nov 2018

SALIC UK Ltd and Mriya Farming PLC have completed the deal to acquire a majority of the Mriya Group's Ukrainian farming assets, including infrastructure facilities, machinery, and companies holding land lease agreements.

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German bank caught in DRC colonial land dispute AFP | 12 Nov 2018

A German state-owned bank has found itself at the centre of a battle in the Democratic Republic of Congo over agricultural land dating back to the Belgian colonial period

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Include land-related repression in Cambodia probe, UN rights envoy urged PCFS | 12 Nov 2018

Groups call on UN Special Rapporteur to look into the recent spate of alleged cases of state-perpetrated harassment of peasants and indigenous peoples struggling for their right to land in her review of the human rights situation in Cambodia.

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Preah Vihear villagers summoned to court for ‘detaining’ bulldozer Phnom Penh Post | 12 Nov 2018

two NGO staff and 10 Kuoy indigenous villagers were summoned to court following land dispute in Preah Vihear, Cambodia with two Chinese companies that were clearing the land in dispute with the villagers back in December 2014. Some 300 villagers stopped about six bulldozers operated by the companies.

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China's major agricultural province shares wisdom with B&R countries Xinhua | 11 Nov 2018

A group of 30 trainees from Kyrgyzstan's agriculture sector were in Puyang to exchange ideas and seek business opportunities with Chinese enterprises, with more than 10 potential agreements being reached.

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Court orders oil palm company to return land and pay arrears of rent to landowners in Sierra Leone Namati | 08 Nov 2018

The High Court of Sierra Leone has ordered bailiffs to return 41,582 hectares of land leased to Sierra Leone Agriculture Ltd to communities in Bureh, Kasseh, and Maconteh Chiefdoms in Port Loko District in northern Sierra Leone.

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Swazi sugar corporation accused of illegal evictions Farmers Weekly | 02 Nov 2018

The Swaziland Justice Forum has accused the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation of being complicit in the illegal eviction of sugar cane farmers and their families from what should have been by now their freehold land.

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Liberia: River Cess community rejecting oil palm plantation FrontPageAfrica | 15 May 2018

Residents of Kahnkaye Chiefdom in Nyorwein District have selected new chiefs to lead a rejection of Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) from expanding its plantation on their land.

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Land purchases: tension in Kazakhstan Momagri | 06 Jun 2016

From late April to late May several public events were attended by between 1,000 and 2,000 people across the country

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Cameroun : un combat pour la terre TV5MONDE | 13 nov 2018

Combattre. Un verbe plein de sens sur ces rives du fleuve Moungo. Reportage sur le conflit qui perdure entre la SOCAPALM et les paysans riverains.

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L’accaparement des terres perpétré par les fonds de pension dans le monde doit cesser GRAIN | 13 nov 2018

Depuis une dizaine d’années, l’argent des fonds de pension alimente un énorme investissement dans les terres agricoles. Le nombre de fonds de pension investissant dans les terres agricoles et les sommes d’argent déployées à cette fin sont en augmentation, mais tout se fait discrètement.

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Des villageois veulent faire plier une multinationale Africa Nº1 | 12 nov 2018

En RDC, neuf communautés villageoises ont déposé plainte contre la société canadienne Feronia auprès de la Banque de développement allemande. Ils dénoncent le vol illégal de leurs terres. On en parle avec Jean-François Mombia Atuku, représentant de RIAO-RDC.

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Bénin : mobilisation des paysans ouest-africains pour l’accès sécurisé à la terre, l’eau Banouto | 11 nov 2018

Samedi 10 novembre 2018, les organisations paysannes du Bénin étaient devant la presse nationale : « Par la caravane, nous voulons crier notre ras-le-bol à nos dirigeants pour qu’ils cessent de faire le jeu des multinationales contre les intérêts des paysans ».

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Accord en vue en Europe sur la surveillance des investissements étrangers Les Echos | 09 nov 2018

L'Union européenne va créer un mecanisme de surveillance des investissements directs étrangers en Europe, y compris les rachats et locations de terres agricoles.

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Au Sahara occidental, l’offensive économique du Maroc Le Monde | 08 nov 2018

Les autorités marocaines vient d'organiser un grand forum d’affaires à Laayoune, la plus grande ville du Sahara occidental, pour attirer des investisseurs étrangers dans l'agiculture et d'autres secteurs

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