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About 500 people representing thousands of families from by citizens from Kampong Speu, Koh Kong, Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey provinces affected by the development of sugarcane plantations requested intervention from Hun Sen.
The government will soon propose a bill lifting a ban on foreign investors buying agricultural land in Brazil, on the condition that 10 percent of any purchase is destined to land reform to benefit landless farmers and peasants, said a presidential aide.
Now and into 2017 agribusiness is being promoted as the next big thing, with increasing market activity, resulting in land and asset values accelerating at a greater rate towards a peak as local and international demand increases.
Last year, the Erati district government granted Jacaranda a further 100 hectares, on which it intends to produce not only lemons, but also maize and soya for animal feed.
The Agric Minister-designate of Ghana says the sector under the current administration will pursue foreign investments in a bid to increase production.
Privately-owned Algerian dairy company Tifralait and American International Agriculture Group (AIAG) will set up a joint venture to develop projects over an area of 25,000 hectares covering cereals, potato, fertilizers, dairy and cattle feed.
According to a POSCO Daewoo official, Sunday, Korea's largest trading affiliate under POSCO group has secured construction and investment approval from the Myanmar government to build a rice processing complex (RPC) in Twante.
Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) and the government of Japan have signed a loan agreement worth almost ¥5-billion to fund a five-year project that aims to jumpstart agribusiness investments in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
A joint team drawn from both Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia will be established to carry out feasibility study and come up with investment ideas in the sector.
Le conglomérat industriel Rai group signera un accord avec le gouvernement rwandais sur la mise en place d’une plantation de cannes à sucre de 8 000 ha
Pour la sauvegarde de nombre d’exploitations en France, tous les investisseurs fonciers extérieurs à l’agriculture ne sont pas à bannir, estime le professeur de droit Hubert Bosse-Platière
Après des investisseurs chinois dans l'Indre, d'autres sociétés financières sont-elles en train de mettre la main sur les terres agricoles en Touraine?
Les 6 membres du collectif des agriculteurs de Diokoul qui avaient été arrêtés dans le litige foncier qui les oppose à la société SENEGINDIA ont été condamnés à 6 mois de prison avec sursis, plus une amende de 250 000 FCFA.
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