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farmlandgrab.org WEEKLY 10 Jan 2019
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Globe Newswire | 09 Jan 2019
Feronia Inc. announces $3 million short-term loan facility

The loan to the Canadian company operating oil palm plantations in the DR Congo is provided by provided by the CDC Group plc, the UK Government’s Development Finance Institution and KN Agri LLC.

Weekly Times | 09 Jan 2019
Consolidated Pastoral Company sells three stations in NT and WA

One of Australia’s largest pastoral empires has sold three properties in its portfolio spanning more than 740,00ha to a Vietnamese investment group in a deal understood to be worth $135 million.

Katherine Times | 08 Jan 2019
More foreign ownership of NT than anywhere else

Foreign ownership of Australian agricultural land rose more than two million hectares in the past year, with investors from the island nation of the Bahamas buying up 2,201,000 hectares.

Food Navigator | 07 Jan 2019
Cargill enters Polish protein market with poultry acquisition

US-headquartered Cargill has completed the acquisition of Polish food and fresh chicken firm Konspol, adding a feed mill, broiler farms, and processing plants to its Global Poultry network.

Reuters | 07 Jan 2019
Guatemalan farms shift to palm oil, fueling family migration

In the poor, hot region of Guatemala that was home to a seven-year-old migrant girl before she died in U.S. border custody last month, palm oil cultivation is taking over from subsistence farming, adding to pressure on people to leave.

Daily Observer | 07 Jan 2019
Green Advocates, IDI develop new tools to hold oil palm growers accountable for environmental and human rights violations

Green Advocates and Inclusive Development International have developed new advocacy tools that would be used by local communities to hold oil palm growers accountable for environmental and human rights violations committed in Liberia.

Vientiane Times | 26 Dec 2018
Livestock company inks deal for more land in XiengKhuang

A 3,552 ha land concession in XiengKhuang province will be granted to Lao-Jagro Development XiengKhuang Co, which is 51% owned by the Vietnamese dairy company Vinamilk.

Mongabay | 22 Dec 2018
Amazon soy boom poses urgent existential threat to landless movement

The rise of Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly threatened the landless movement with violence, has residents of Amazon agrarian reform settlements deeply worried.

Benefits Canada | 21 Dec 2018
PSP Investments takes on Hawaiian farmland

Through a joint venture with California-based agricultural firm Pomona Farming, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board of Canada is buying about 165 square kilometres of land to diversify into GMO-free farms.

IDI | 18 Dec 2018
ANZ declines to ‘do the right thing’ for displaced Cambodian farmers

ANZ Banking Group violated its own policies and international human rights standards by financing a Cambodian sugar company that seized land from local farmers, according to a report released by an Australian government body that monitors corporate behavior overseas.

UZ Reports | 17 Dec 2018
Emirates company Phoenix Agro intends to enter the market of Uzbekistan

The Indian group Phoenix Agro Industry and Trade Company, headquartered in Dubai, plans to grow and process agricultural products in Uzbekistan.

JICA | 20 Sep 2018
JICA signs $50-million loan agreement with Amaggi Exportação e Importação Ltda for the Agriculture Supply Chain Enhancement Project in Brazil

The Japan International Cooperation Agency says the project will advance sustainable agricultural development in the northeastern region of Mato Grosso State and bring benefits to Japanese and global food security

IWGIA | 01 Apr 2018
The Bunong, SOCFIN, and the French billionaire

In December 2008, the Indigenous Bunong Peoples of Bousra Commune in Cambodia awoke one morning to find that some 10,000 hectares of their forest and lands had been conceded by the government to the SOCFIN group

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Commodafrica | 09 jan 2019
Equatorial Palm Oil au Liberia a réalisé sa première vente d’huile de palme

EPO, société majoritairement detenue par le malaisien Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad, a réalisé sa première vente d’huile de palme en provenance de son usine au Libéria où elle a une concession de 20 234 ha.

AFP | 02 jan 2019
Brésil : la démarcation des terres indigènes confiée au ministère de l'Agriculture

Pour les défenseurs des peuples autochtones, ce transfert de compétences dans la démarcation des terres revient à livrer les territoires ancestraux à l'appétit de l'agrobusiness.

TV5monde | 26 dec 2018
Présidentielle à Madagascar : l'enjeu de l'accaparement des terres agricoles

À la veille de l'annonce des résultats provisoires de la présidentielle, un des sujets qui inquiètent la population est celui de l'accaparement des terres agricoles par les multinationales.

AlterInfos | 21 dec 2018
URUGUAY-PARAGUAY - L’effet domino de l’accaparement de terres

L’augmentation du prix de la terre en Uruguay a conduit les entrepreneurs dans les secteurs de l’agriculture et de l’élevage à acheter des terres moins chères au Paraguay.

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IGWIA | 30 abr 2018
Los bunong, SOCFIN y el millonario francés

En diciembre de 2008, cuando subió el precio del caucho, los pueblos indígenas bunong de la comuna Bousra se despertaron una mañana con la novedad de que unas 10,000 hectáreas cercanas de bosques y miir habían sido concedidas por el gobierno a un grupo económico, SOCFIN

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Tirto ID | 09 Jan 2019
Walhi Imbau KPK untuk Awasi Izin Lahan Sawit di Buol

Walhi meminta Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) memperhatikan pemberian izin pengelolaan sawit kepada PT Sebuku Inti Plantation, di Kabupaten Buol, Sulawesi Tengah. Sebelumnya, Bupati Buol pernah ditangkap karena menerima suap agar menerbitkan HGU kepada PT Sebuku Inti Plantation pada tahun 2012.

Transnational corporations and land speculation in Brazil | 19 Nov 2018
Transnational corporations and land speculation in Brazil[ブラジルにおけるアグリビジネスの土地投機(縮小版/日本語版)]

Transnational corporations and land speculation in Brazil[ブラジルにおけるアグリビジネスの土地投機(縮小版/日本語版)]

Amaggi | 28 Sep 2018
AMAGGI and JICA sign a USD $50 million partnership[AMAGGI社とJICA(日本国際協力機構)が5,000万ドルのパートナーシップ合意に調印]

AMAGGI社と日本国際協力機構(JICA)は、9月12日、ブラジルにおける持続可能な農業サプライチェーン強化のために今までに前例のないパートナーシップ合意に調印しました。

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