Cambodian indigenous communities win back their sacred land from Vietnamese rubber developer
- IDI
- 26 Mar 2019
Communities also file second complaint against the World Bank for new financial ties to HAGL
Communities also file second complaint against the World Bank for new financial ties to HAGL
US Supreme Court rules that the World Bank's IFC can be sued. This may create new legal liability for development finance institutions whose funding harms local communities.
Phoenix Fruits, a subsidiary of Phoenix Commodities, the global Indian agri-business giant, is in the process of securing several greenfield sites for fruit production in Kazakhstan
Payoff follows mediation by the dispute resolution office of the World Bank’s IFC but of the 36 farmers who were compensated, eight later rejected the deal and are expected to take their case to court this month
IFC financial intermediary investments linked to land grabs and displacement in Africa. CSOs critique proposed changes to IFC lending policies
IFC, a member of the World Bank, will provide US$50 million to the Argentine subsidiaries of Adecoagro S.A., a company backed by billionaire George Soros, to support resource-efficient farming and food processing technologies
Un litige oppose des pêcheurs et des paysans indiens à la Société financière internationale (SFI)
A growing number of governments have been criminalising the activities of land and human rights activists and putting restrictions on non-governmental groups.
Trans-Oil, Moldova’s largest agribusiness company, will take over the local company Racova, active in agriculture and food industry, in a transaction estimated at over USD 100 million, which should be completed by December.
If Black Soil Capital Partners gets its way, the fields of Heilongjiang will be consolidated under long-term leases from farmers, giving way to a modern, industrialized US-style business model.
Hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from World Bank’s private lending arm used to expand industrial farms amid mounting concern about local effects
Kenya-based private equity house Fanisi Capital said on Thursday it had bought a stake in a Tanzanian agro-processing company for $6 million, expanding its footprint in the region.
Russia seizes assets of agricultural firm AgroTerra
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