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17 Jan 2019
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Brazil to fight invasions by landless workers: official Reuters | 15 Jan 2019
Brazil's land issues secretary says his government will seek to classify the occupation of farmland by landless workers movements as akin to terrorism, while at the same time offering to support foreign investors interested in buying farmland.
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BFB, one of Australia’s largest grain growers, announces new majority shareholder, PSP Investments Mirage News | 15 Jan 2019
One of Canada’s largest pension funds acquires majority stake in Australian company that owns 44,167 ha of arable land, as well as significant grain storage, fertilizer, agronomy, livestock, farming and logistics businesses.
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Russian businessmen to invest P8B in Camp Abubakar banana plantation | 15 Jan 2019
The Russian investors, accompanied by the Agriculture Secretary of the Philippines, inspected an area in Barangay Oring, Maguindanao where they identified 7,000 hectares for banana plantations.
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Civil society groups welcome decision of development bank complaints panel to proceed with complaint from DR Congo communities against palm oil company RIAO-RDC et al. | 15 Jan 2019
A step forward to resolve a long-standing land conflict with PHC, a subsidiary of Feronia Inc
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Saudi Arabia, UAE to invest in Indian agriculture: Suresh Prabhu Indian Express | 14 Jan 2019
India's Union Minister for Commerce & Industry says Saudi Arabia and UAE will be using India as a base for their food security.
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Palm oil companies continue to criminalize farmers in Sumatra Mongabay | 14 Jan 2019
Criminalization is now the strategy being used by the Indonesian palm oil company PT Sandabi Indah Lestari, which supplies Wilmar International, to grab lands.
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Abia community leases 1040-hectare oil palm to Dufil Prima Foods Guardian Nigeria | 11 Jan 2019
A 1040-hectare oil palm farm has been given by Amokwe and Okai villages of Bende, Abia State, Nigeria to Dufil Prima Foods Plc, a company whose owners include Kellog's and PT Indofood, to enable it source its raw materials.
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Foreign fund buys its fifth farm in Denmark FarmCompany | 10 Jan 2019
FarmCompany, a farmland investment company owned by investors from England, Hong Kong and the Netherlands, adds a 545 ha dairy farm to its portfolio of farms covering 1,605 ha across Denmark.
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Les groupes de la société civile accueillent favorablement la décision d'une banque de développement de donner suite à la plainte déposée par des communautés de la RDC contre une société d’huile de palme RIAO RDC et al. | 15 jan 2019
Cela signifie un pas en avant pour résoudre un conflit foncier de longue date avec les Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), une filiale de la société canadienne, Feronia Inc.
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Brésil: L'exécutif veut durcir la répression face aux paysans «sans terres» AFP | 15 jan 2019
Le nouveau gouvernement brésilien souhaite modifier le droit pour que les envahissements de terrains agricoles par des paysans "sans terres" soient considérés comme du terrorisme, a déclaré aujourd'hui un responsable du ministère de l'Agriculture.
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Le droit pénal international peut-il venir au secours de l’environnement ? JusticeInfo.net | 10 oct 2018
La « vague d’espoir » soulevée par l'annonce de la Cour pénale internationale concernant son intention d'examiner des crimes liés à l’accaparement des terres s’est désormais transformée en « vague espoir »
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