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farmlandgrab.org WEEKLY 07 Jan 2021
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Daily Observer | 05 Jan 2021
Liberia: Villagers, SRC at loggerheads over land

There are 22 impoverished villages of over 2,000 inhabitants surrounding the Salala Rubber Corporation, and all are contending that the company turns over their land of inheritance, which it claimed without their consent years ago.

AFP | 05 Jan 2021
Senegal judge closes gas corruption case

A Senegalese judge finds no evidence of alleged corruption over the sale of gas contracts to British energy giant BP, an affair suspected of possible links to Senhuile agibusiness project

Romania Insider | 05 Jan 2021
Danish investors accumulate arable land in eastern Romania

FirstFarms, controlled by Danish investors, has consolidated its position in the eastern part of Romania, where it owns silos with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes, by taking over lease contracts for 400 hectares.

Trooper Group | 05 Jan 2021
Trooper Group of Companies (Pty) Ltd to invest $525M to cultivate to 60,000 hectares of land in Angola

The project led by the South African company will cultivate 60,000 hectares of land in order to produce 300,000 tons of maize and 90,000 tons of soya annually.

Country Life | 04 Jan 2021
Farmland investing pays solid 12pc return, but China tensions niggle

Bullish returns from farmland investments are likely to falter in 2021 because of Australia's increasingly prickly trade relationship with our huge agricultural export customer, China.

The Guardian | 02 Jan 2021
Tate & Lyle accused of betraying Cambodia families whose land was allegedly taken

UK company Tate & Lyle has been accused of betraying 200 families in Cambodia who have fought for years to secure compensation for land they say was taken from them to make way for a sugar plantation.

The Times | 02 Jan 2021
$76m in British aid lost as African project goes bust

A failed palm oil enterprise on disputed land in the Democratic Republic of Congo where there has been a record of human rights conflicts has blown more than $76 million of British aid.

New Republic | 28 Dec 2020
Liberia: Rubber company, “SRC’s scare tactics won’t weaken our resolve” says ARD rights group's chairman

Alliance for Rural Democracy says recent attacks they suffered at the hands of thugs said to be acting on behalf of the Salala Rubber Corporation will not deter them from helping communities suffering abuses.

RFI | 26 Dec 2020
Kakuzi: Squatters in Kenya's Murang'a county speak of 'colonisation' on their ancestral lands

Kenya's Murang'a county is home to Kakuzi, the food producer and exporter that occupies some 15,904 ha. Land ownership in this fertile area is out of reach for many who consider it their ancestral home.

CRR | 18 Dec 2020
Federal agency deems TIAA’s land holdings in Brazil legally null and void

A technical report by Brazil’s land reform agency INCRA has deemed TIAA’s land titles in Brazil to be legally null and void.

Politico SL | 17 Dec 2020
Sierra Leone Parliament approves agriculture agreement with Abu Dhabi

Sierra Leone's parliament has unanimously approved a foreign investment agreement giving Elite Agro (UAE) 14,700 hectares to grow rice for export

Liberian Observer | 17 Dec 2020
Wrestling with world’s largest oil palm company: The tale of Mustapha Foboi, a grassroot frontline defender

Mustapha Foboi made history and brought the Government of Liberia to its knees when he took on the world largest oil palm conglomerate, Sime Darby.

AATR, Rede Social, GRAIN | 17 Dec 2020
TIAA and Harvard’s Brazilian farm deals judged illegal

Brazil's land agency and a state court have determined that pension fund manager TIAA and Harvard University’s endowment fund illegally acquired hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmlands in Brazil’s ecologically sensitive Cerrado region.

Bloomberg | 17 Dec 2020
US pension fund TIAA embroiled in Brazil land-purchase probe

A top US retirement fund and a major sugar producer have found themselves embroiled in a probe into possible breaches of land-purchase rules in agricultural superpower Brazil.

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L'Express de Madagascar | 18 dec 2020
Madagascar – L’exploitation de 60 000ha en suspens ?

Le point sur le projet agro-industriel d'Elite Agro LLC à Madagascar

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Noticias Caracol | 03 ene 2021
Colombia: La cruzada por proteger la Amazonía: solo en 6 meses de 2020 se deforestaron 76 mil hectáreas

Aunque hace casi tres años, a través de una tutela, la Corte Suprema le otorgó derechos a la Amazonía y conminó al gobierno y a los entes territoriales para crear una política de protección de nuestros bosques, el zarpazo ambiental de los acaparadores de tierras prosigue sin tregua.

AGTER | 01 ago 2020
Apoyo a Massa Kone, portavoz de la Coalición Maliense contra el Acaparamiento de Tierras

El defensor de los derechos y el activista campesino contra los acaparadores de tierra y agua ha sido objeto de un grave ataque.

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GRAIN | 17 Dec 2020
Brasil: Operações no mercado de terras do fundo de pensão TIAA e da universidade de Harvard são julgados ilegais

O INCRA e o Tribunal de Justiça da Bahia reconheceram que o fundo de pensão da empresa estadunidense TIAA e o fundo de investimentos da Universidade de Harvard adquiriram ilegalmente centenas de milhares de hectares de terras no Cerrado.

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