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Australia: Have offshore players got the jump on local investors? The Land | 21 Nov 2018

The BFB sale has raised concerns that even if local bidders are able to raise the cash required for these deals, they’re not able to compete with the vast resources and track records of international players.

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Meru woos Chinese investors with free land, licences The Nation | 21 Nov 2018

The Governor of Meru, Kenya has promised Chinese investors free land as he seeks to attract investment in agribusiness and the hospitality industry.

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Tongaat seeks bids for 4 000ha sugar project The Chronicle | 21 Nov 2018

Sugar giant, Tongaat Hullets, is seeking bids from companies or individuals with capacity to develop 4 000 hectares of virgin land to boost sugarcane production in the lowveld of Zimbabwe

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Liberia: Lawmaker eyes mechanised farming in Grand Bassa County FrontPageAfrica | 19 Nov 2018

The Wee Statutory District Representative, Vicent Willie, told reporters that he and his partners from India and China have concluded talks to engage into large scale farming.

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PHL, Papua New Guinea sign 5-year MOA on agri cooperation, including tie-up on rice production Eagle News | 19 Nov 2018

The Philippines and PNG signed a five-year Memorandum of Agreement for greater cooperation on agriculture, including a tie-up on rice and grain production, as well as coconut and coffee production.

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Singapore's Wilmar may invest in soybean production in Russia Reuters | 18 Nov 2018

Singapore-listed commodity trader Wilmar International Ltd says it will start producing soybeans on 10,000 ha in Russia’s Far East, with possibility of eventually expanding to 600,000 ha

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The Daewoo-Madagascar land grab, 10 years on GRAIN and the Collective for the Defence of Malagasy Lands | 16 Nov 2018

On 18 November 2008, The Financial Times exposed a massive deal being negotiated between Daewoo Logistics and the government of Madagascar. Ten years later, what are we seeing?

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Harvard spent $100 million on vineyards. Now it's fighting with the neighbors Bloomberg | 15 Nov 2018

The fight over a vinyard in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains illustrates the risks that Harvard’s endowment once embraced with its unusual strategy of investing directly in massive agriculture projects around the world.

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IMF-WBG and landgrabbing: Funding rural peoples’ destitution PCFS | 12 Oct 2018

Despite all the hypocritical calls and posturing of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for ending hunger, they have facilitated, enabled, and led the global rush for landgrabs

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Imara invests in Zambezi Berry Company Private Equity Wire | 09 Oct 2018

The private equity division of Imara Holdings Limited has, over the last twelve months, sourced, structured and invested circa USD4.5 million, on behalf of a European Family Office client, into Zambezi Berry Company

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プロサバンナ裁判「モザンビーク農業省敗訴」判決全文(日本語訳) Mokai | 01 Oct 2018

マプト行政裁判所のプロサバンナ判決(農業省側敗訴)の日本語仮訳(全文)を紹介します

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Côte d’Ivoire: L’accaparement des terres par des multinationales dénoncé à Aboisso AIP | 20 nov 2018

L’accaparement des terres résiduelles pour les monocultures extensibles par des multinationales dans le département d’Aboisso a été dénoncé lors d’un symposium tenu lundi au centre saint Jean-Baptiste

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Brésil-Suisse. Les sans-terre, le messie des «investisseurs» et Nestlé Alencontre | 16 nov 2018

La décision d’expulser les 450 familles qui habitent Quilombo Grande est tombée peu après l’élection de Jair Bolsonaro à la présidence du Brésil.

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Daewoo-Madagascar, 10 ans après GRAIN et le Collectif pour la défense des terres malgaches (TANY) | 16 nov 2018

Le 18 novembre 2008, le « Financial Times » a révélé qu'un énorme accord était en cours de négociation entre Daewoo Logistics et le gouvernement de Madagascar. Dix ans plus tard, à quoi assistons-nous ?

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Campagne de sensibilisation contre l’accaparement des terres en Afrique de l’Ouest RFI | 16 nov 2018

La convergence des luttes pour la terre et l’eau recommande aux différents pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest d’impliquer les communautés dans la gestion des terres et donc leur accord éclairé sur l’arrivée de grands exploitants agricoles ou miniers.

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Daewoo / Madagasikara : 10 taona aty aoriana MadaGate | 19 Nov 2018

Ny faha-18 novambra taona 2008 no nampahafantaran’ny gazety anglisy « Financial Times » fa eo am-panaovana fifanarahana goavana be ny orinasa Daewoo Logistics sy ny governemantan’i Madagasikara. Folo taona aty aoriana, inona no zava-misy iaraha-mahita ?

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