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13 Sep 2018
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The village women taking on the palm oil giant Fern | 12 Sep 2018
Award-winning Cameroonian journalist Madeleine Ngeunga and Fern’s Indra Van Gisbergen recently visited villages in the shadow of Socapalm’s oil palm plantations to see if the issues driving the dispute between locals and the company are being resolved.
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Saudi Arabia's Salic is said to be close to Ukraine farming deal Bloomberg | 12 Sep 2018
Saudi Arabia’s state-run Salic is nearing a deal to buy Mriya Agro Holding Plc, which would take the Salic-operated farming area in Ukraine to just over 200,000 hectares.
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Cargill quits farming ties to big Temora agribusiness as new investors flood in NQR | 12 Sep 2018
The intensifying US-China trade war, plus our comparatively cheap agricultural land are among key reasons overseas investor groups have ramped up buying interest in rural Australia this year.
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Harvard’s farmland holdings come under fire in new report Harvard Crimson | 10 Sep 2018
A new report details the web of companies with which Harvard Management Company, the university’s investment arm, directly invests in farmland around the world, risking conflict with communities from California to Brazil.
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Harvard University accused of land grab & violation of indigenous people's rights: study Down to Earth | 08 Sep 2018
The university's endowment fund, meant to support educational and research goals, was misused to acquire 850,000 hectares of farmland across 5 continents during the past 10 years.
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Harvard’s foreign farmland investment mess Bloomberg | 07 Sep 2018
The university’s holdings in developing markets have proved to be more trouble than they’re worth.
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Harvard's billion-dollar farmland fiasco GRAIN and Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos | 06 Sep 2018
One of the world's major buyers of farmland is under fire for their involvement in land conflicts, environmental destruction and risky investments. A new report by GRAIN and Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of Harvard University's controversial investments in global farmland.
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New guides help communities to negotiate fair contracts with investors Namati | 06 Sep 2018
With investors increasingly turning to more remote locations for the establishment of forestry, agribusiness, mining, and infrastructure projects, it is critical that communities worldwide gain a practical understanding of contract negotiations.
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The strategic importance of Rakhine State Straits Times | 06 Sep 2018
The process of primitive accumulation provides a lens to understand the current process of land grabbing in Myanmar's Rakhine State - how vast swathes of farmland, the coastal belts, and oil and offshore gas reserves are being captured.
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China reaches into Russia's Far East in hunt for crop supplies Bloomberg | 04 Sep 2018
JBA Holdings, a joint venture involving Heilongjiang Agriculture Co. and Joyvio Group, will invest $100 million in a soybean crusher and grain port in Russia, and will lease 100,000 ha to grow wheat, corn and soybeans.
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Is Guyana ready for mega-farms and genetically modified seeds? Stabroek | 03 Sep 2018
In June 2018, Guyana’s Ministry of Agriculture unveiled an agreement with the Brazilian Agricultural Machinery and Research Institute that gives a green light to Brazilian investors lobbying for large tracts of lands in the Rupununi savannahs.
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Qatar's five major conglomerates turn to Turkey for investments Daily Sabah | 02 Sep 2018
Ahmet Hasan, the general manager of Royal Link, which manages the investments of Qatar Holding, says they have acquired a huge tract of land for the production of dried fruit and several Qatari companies have acquired other large areas of farmland.
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AgDevCo welcomes new funding from the British government PRNewswire | 31 Aug 2018
As announced as part of Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to Africa, the Department for International Development will provide a further £55m to support AgDevCo's mission to create jobs, improve food security and boost prosperity in Africa.
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SABL scandal buried and forgotten Act Now! | 31 Aug 2018
The PNG government is trying to bury and forget the SABL land grab scandal in which more than 5 million hectares of land has been stolen from rural communities.
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New report pushes back against global land rush Namati | 31 Aug 2018
After three years of intensive research, CPR-Namati launch resource for frontline practitioners working with communities affected by land use change.
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Vinamilk invests US$19.7m in Laos firm Vietnam Net | 27 Jul 2018
Vinamilk’s general director informed shareholders that the company had found a Japanese partner to build a certified organic dairy farm in Laos
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Journée internationale des monocultures au Gabon La voix de la Dola | 10 sep 2018
Le président de Muyissi environnement à Mouila, Ladislas Désiré Ndembet, invité de l'émission Focus sur La voix de la Dola
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Les mégaprojets agricoles dans le sud de l’Algérie, sont-ils une tromperie ? Maghreb Emergent | 08 sep 2018
Il parait que de richissimes hommes d’affaires algériens ont bénéficié des terres agricoles avec des superficies de 10 000 ha, mais jusqu’à présent aucun investissement n’a été réalisé.
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Québec : Les libéraux veulent freiner la vente de terres agricoles à des fonds d'investissement Journal du Quebec | 07 sep 2018
Sans le nommer directement, Philippe Couillard s’est engagé à « limiter » les activités de rachat de terres agricoles de l’un des cofondateurs de la CAQ, Charles Sirois, qui dirige le fonds d’investissement Pangea.
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Un milliard de dollars de Harvard dans un fiasco lié aux terres agricoles GRAIN et Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos | 06 sep 2018
L’un des principaux acquéreurs de terres agricoles au monde est sur la sellette en raison de conflits fonciers, de destruction de l’environnement et d’investissements à risque. Un nouveau rapport de GRAIN et de Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos présente, pour la première fois, une analyse exhaustive des investissements controversés de l’Université Harvard dans les terres agricoles au niveau mondial.
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Le Liberia sur le point de valider une révolution foncière Commodafrica | 04 sep 2018
Au Liberia, on est sur le point de reconnaître les droits coutumiers sur les terres.
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Sénégal : Les habitants de DIAMA dénoncent l’accaparement de leurs terres par le maire Oumar Mourel Sow DakarActu | 02 sep 2018
Les communautés locales dénoncent l’accaparement de leurs terres par des entreprises agricoles étrangères qui ont fini de s’installer dans leur terroir
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La stratégie anti-déforestation et l’huile de palme en Afrique IRIS | 30 aout 2018
En France, la stratégie nationale de lutte contre la déforestation importée (SNDI) a été soumise à la consultation publique du 3 au 24 juillet 2018.
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El fiasco de Harvard: mil millones de dólares en tierras agrícolas GRAIN y Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos | 06 sep 2018
Uno de los mayores compradores de tierras agrícolas del mundo está en problemas debido a su implicación en conflictos por la tierra, destrucción ambiental e inversiones arriesgadas. Este nuevo informe de GRAIN y Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos presenta por primera vez un análisis exhaustivo de las cuestionadas inversiones de la Universidad de Harvard en tierras agrícolas por todo el mundo.
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O fiasco agrícola bilionário da Universidade de Harvard GRAIN e Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos | 06 Sep 2018
Um dos principais compradores de terras agrícolas no mundo é alvo de críticas por conflitos fundiários, devastação ambiental e investimentos arriscados. Novo relatório da GRAIN e da Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos apresenta uma análise abrangente e inédita dos investimentos polêmicos da Universidade de Harvard na compra, em escala global, de terras agrícolas.
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