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07 May 2020
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Olam to terminate sale and revenue share arrangement of US onion, garlic processing plant Business Times | 05 May 2020
Due to "significant financial market disruption/challenge arising from Covid-19", Olam has terminated a deal for its onion and garlic facility in California with Mesirow Financial and taken back its farmland.
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Swedbank 2007 Romania junk bond land scheme investigation closure appealed ERR | 05 May 2020
Victims of an alleged 2007 land investment fraud scheme in Romania say they are going to the Office of the Prosecutor General with the case following the Police and Border Guard Board's decision not to launch a criminal investigation.
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Chiwenga courts private sector, commercial farmers Bulawayo 24 | 05 May 2020
Zimbabawe's Government cites pandemic in allocating 7,000 hectares of irrigated crop land in Beitbridge district to private companies, including Schweppes.
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Macquarie’s Viridis Ag, Primewest lead strong run of rural deals CRE | 03 May 2020
Macquarie-backed Viridis Ag has bulked up its national broadacre cropping portfolio, buying a 356-hectare property in Belubula Valley, amid a steady stream of blue-chip farming deals in Australia.
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The dangers of legalising public land theft in Brazil : agribusiness, deforestation, and the melting pot of future pandemics GRAIN | 02 May 2020
The type of land use, the concentration of land and natural resources, the destruction of ecosystems, and the homogenization of landscapes, are key elements in the debate on the current health crisis and human resilience.
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‘We are invisible’: Brazilian Cerrado quilombos fight for land and lives Mongabay | 01 May 2020
In the Brazilian Cerrado, on the nation’s agricultural frontier, rapid deforestation by expanding agribusiness, depletion of water resources, and an unsympathetic government are further complicating the resolution of the long-time struggle over land rights.
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Russia's VTB finds partners for growth of grain business Reuters | 30 Apr 2020
The largest operator of Russia’s grain export infrastructure and a major grain trader sells stakes to Agronova, which develops farm projects in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, and the Marathon Group financial company
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FirstFarms A/S signs Head of Terms about sale of 1,675 hectares of land in West Romania First Farms | 30 Apr 2020
The Danish company's West Romania operations constitute 5 percent of FirstFarms’ total turnover and the company says it has not delivered satisfactory operating results the latest years.
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Japfa to sell stake in China dairy business to Meiji for $254m Foodbev | 17 Apr 2020
Japfa’s AustAsia operates seven farms in China with roughly 80,000 cows and is a major supplier of raw milk to Meiji’s dairy business.
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Mali : l’Office du Niger met 5000 hectares à la disposition de la diaspora Financiañ Afrik | 04 mai 2020
Le partenariat va permettre d’installer les entrepreneurs de la diaspora dans cette zone de l’Office du Niger.
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Belfius: huile de palme, mineurs exploités et pollution dans un fonds durable RTBF | 02 mai 2020
Emmanuel Morimont, journaliste au RTBF, raconte l'histoire de son enquête sur la Socapalm au Cameroun et l'impact qu'il a eu sur la banque Belfius
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Communiqué de presse de la Socapalm Socapalm | 01 mai 2020
En réponse à l'émission #Investigation de la RTBF du 29 avril 2020
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L’impact nocif du secteur de l’huile de palme une fois de plus dévoilé, dans une investigation sur des investissements - soit disant - “éthiques” FIAN Belgium | 30 avr 2020
Salaires en-dessous du minimum légal, pollution de cours d’eau, travail d’enfants dans les plantations. Voici quelques-unes des révélations, incriminant le groupe SOCFIN, divulguées dans l’émission #Investigation
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Organizaciones instan al gobiernos a proteger a los y las activistas y a las comunidades amenazadas por grupos armados durante la pandemia de COVID-19 FIDH | 05 may 2020
Colombia y Honduras son considerados como dos de los países más peligrosos del mundo para los defensores de los derechos humanos, el medio ambiente y los derechos a la tierra.
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Legalização do grande roubo de terras públicas no Brasil: agronegócio, desmatamento e o caldeirão de futuras pandemias GRAIN | 30 Apr 2020
Esta ampliação da apropriação privada sobre os espaços públicos de proteção socioambiental pode intensificar ainda mais a vulnerabilidade social diante de epidemias e intensificar crises sanitárias.
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