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A Macau company planting the seeds in Portugal Macau Daily | 29 Jan 2020

The acquisition of one of Portugal’s biggest agricultural companies by Macau firm CESL Asia last year may yet be seen as a defining moment in the economic relationship between China, Portugal and the Macau SAR.

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EU to send EUR 10 mln for land reform as part of grant support of agriculture development in Ukraine InterFax | 29 Jan 2020

Support for land reform under the agreement will be carried out under the indirect management of the World Bank.

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Liberia: NGO to assist citizens to protect their land from government officials, companies in Bomi FrontPageAfrica | 29 Jan 2020

Sustainable Development Institute has begun working with local people in Bomi to empower them to resist a wave of land grabs in that western county led by elites and concessioners.

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Kenya: Fresh dispute rocks planned Yala swamp takeover The Nation | 29 Jan 2020

Yala swamp in Siaya County whose recently announced takeover has ran into fresh controversy after Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi issued new conditions to the new investor.

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Fresh dispute rocks planned Yala swamp takeover Daily Nation | 28 Jan 2020

The takeover of Yala swamp in Siaya County, Kenya, has run into fresh controversy after Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi issued new conditions to the new investor.

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Vucic and Orban's agrarian policy Danas | 26 Jan 2020

Serbia has neither clear rules of the game nor a development strategy for the agricultural sector, which is why the government confuses itself with Gulf State investors in secret meetings and makes real deals under the grain.

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Rabobank and the Dutch government to anchor the AGR13 Fund with investments totaling $80M GAI | 24 Jan 2020

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Rabobank announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos to anchor the $1 billion sustainable agriculture and forestry initiative with matching cornerstone investments of $40 million each.

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Sime Darby Plantation completes sale of Liberia operations The Star | 24 Jan 2020

Sime Darby has fully disposed of Sime Darby Plantation (Liberia) Inc through completion of its sale to the Liberian company Mano Palm Oil Industries Ltd.

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TIAA’s farmland funds linked to fires, conflicts and legacy deforestation risks in Brazil CRR | 23 Jan 2020

CRR’s sustainability analysis shows that deforestation and fires have taken place on TIAA’s farmland portfolio in Brazil, enabling negative social impacts on local communities.

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Charity calls on UK to prosecute British companies that violate human R rights in Liberia FrontPageAfrica | 23 Jan 2020

A new report by Traidcraft Exchange finds that the UK-listed company Equatorial Palm Oil violated local townspeople’s right to their land in Liberia and are pushing them further into poverty.

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Uganda: Another coffee company is disposing hundreds of native families in Kiryandongo Witness Radio | 17 Jan 2020

With the backing of Kiryandongo district police, Great Season Company, owned by the South Sudan nationals is violently and forcefully evicting hundreds of native families off their land.

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President Julius Maada Bio engages Elite Agro and Spire USA Inc.for an upgrade agriculture industry. Pan African Visions | 29 Oct 2019

Emirati firm Elite Agro are interested in investing in Sierra Leone to help the West African nation grow its own food to feed its people with enough to export

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RDC : Une communauté plaignante contre Feronia au couloir de la justice Congo au jour le jour | 27 jan 2020

5 voisins de Yalifombo (Basoko) comparaît devant le tribunal de Yangambi après avoir été enfermés pendant 5 mois, accusés par Feronia de destruction méchante d’un véhicule de la société, vol de 300 kg de noix de palme, menace de mort contre des agents de la société, coups et blessures volontaires et participation criminel ou association de malfaiteurs.

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Olam scinde en deux ses activités agroindustrielles Commodafrica | 24 jan 2020

Le géant singapourien de l'agroindustrie, très présent en Afrique, Olam, a annoncé lundi scindé en deux son portefeuille de produits avec à l'esprit, le cas échéant, coter en bourse les deux entités de façon distincte d'ici 24 à 36 mois.

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La ministre du développement rural visite le projet "Elite Agro Mauritania" CRIDEM | 05 mar 2019

La ferme en Gombo vert destinée à l’exportation vers les marchés internationaux couvre une superficie de 50 hectares, mais les promteurs emiratis s'attèlent à élargir leurs activités agricoles sur 1360 ha

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