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06 Jun 2019

Tanzania farmers violently displaced by a REDD+ project have launched a crowdfunding campaign for legal support.

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'We don't need them': Russian village rejects Chinese investment RFE | 05 Jun 2019

Villagers in Krasnaya Gorka in Russia's Chuvashia are protesting the allocation of their lands to a Chinese company for a dairy project.

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Feronia's land lease agreements in the DR Congo OpenLandContracts | 05 Jun 2019

OpenLandContracts has published a set of 223 documents covering Feronia Inc's land lease agreements for its oil palm plantations in the DR Congo.

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Ukraine: Assaults against community activists CHRD | 05 Jun 2019

Local opponents to the EBRD and IFC financed expansion plans of Ukrainian poultry company MHP have suffered from numerous assaults and incidents of intimidation

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Cameroon: Elvis Brown Luma Mukuna receives death threats, while his brother is abducted and tortured Frontline Defenders | 04 Jun 2019

The recent incidents form part of a pattern of threats and intimidation attempts following the publication of an NHCRF report concerning land grabbing and human rights violations in the Northwest region.

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Land grabbing and its implications for Sudanese – Views from a scholar Pulitzer Center | 03 Jun 2019

Investors from largely food-insecure Gulf countries are increasingly buying vast swaths of fertile land irrigated by the Nile River in Sudan to grow food crops to sustain their populations.

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Acquisition of a frozen food factory in Russia Bonduelle | 03 Jun 2019

Bonduelle, a French firm which operates 10,000 hectares of farmland to supply its production facilities, continues its development in Russia with the acquisition of a frozen vegetables plant

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Briefing for grass-roots organizations – Bridging the information gap: How access to land contracts can serve community rights CCSI | 31 May 2019

This briefing note explains how local organizations can use land contracts and OpenLandContracts.org to help communities.

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SALIC leads round for UK crop analytics company Hummingbird Technologies GAI | 27 May 2019

For Saudi state-based SALIC the investment in Hummingbird reflects its ambitions to evolve into a global agribusiness investment company, and is a strong strategic move after its string of farmland deals this past year.

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Hungary can't curb farm sales to EU foreigners, top court says Bloomberg | 21 May 2019

Hungarian restrictions on farmland investors from other European Union nations violate basic rights enshrined in EU law, the bloc’s top court said.

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Harvard selling large scale cropping farms Farm Weekly | 18 May 2019

Harvard University has listed its large scale cropping aggregation at Hillston, New South Wales, Australia for sale

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Controversial Rai family now targets Mumias sugar nucleus estate Kahawatungu | 12 May 2019

Plans are underway to ensure the family gets a portion of Yala Swamp land - 3,700 hectares - to develop sugarcane.

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Sauver les terres Politis | 04 jui 2019

Face à l'enfer de l'accaparement des terres, leur dégradation et leur artificialisation, un mouvement « terrariste » prend corps, écrit Geneviève Azam

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La souveraineté déborde sur la propriété foncière – IWACU Afrique Actu Daily | 03 jui 2019

Au Burundi, les étrangers peuvent avoir des cessions et des concessions des terres domaniales, mais la pleine propriété est réservée aux Burundais.

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Acquisition d’une usine de surgelés en Russie Bonduelle | 03 jui 2019

Bonduelle, qui exploite déjà 10 000 ha de terres agricoles en Russie, poursuit son développement en achetant une usine pour la production de légumes surgelés

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Bolloré: manifestation pour dénoncer les agissements du groupe dans les exploitations d'huile de palme AFP | 29 mai 2019

Une dizaine de manifestants se sont rassemblés mercredi matin devant la tour Bolloré à Puteaux où se déroulait l'assemblée générale des actionnaires du groupe, pour dénoncer les «exactions causées par les activités des plantations agro-industrielles» de palmiers à huile, de la Socfin.

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SOCFIN et Bolloré sous pression : action en justice, assemblée générale perturbée et mobilisations publiques en Europe FIAN Belgium | 29 mai 2019

La semaine aura été chargée pour Hubert Fabri, Vincent Bolloré et les autres dirigeants des deux multinationales

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Huile de palme au Cameroun : le groupe Bolloré sur le banc des accusés RT | 29 mai 2019

Marie-Laure Guislain commente la poursuite en justice du groupe Bolloré par dix associations pour des problèmes sociaux, environnementaux et fonciers au Cameroun, où l'entreprise ne respecte pas les engagements qu'elle avait pris en 2013

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Argentina: Más de 900.000 hectáreas rurales en Catamarca son propiedad de extranjeros El Ancasti | 02 jun 2019

La mayoría está en manos de dueños estadounidenses. Se distribuyen entre doce nacionalidades.

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