Australia: Increased farm buyer scrutiny likely
- The Land
- 22 October 2013
The Abbott government's plan to increase scrutiny of foreign farm purchases looks set to pass the Senate despite a simmering internal Coalition row over Chinese investment.
The Abbott government's plan to increase scrutiny of foreign farm purchases looks set to pass the Senate despite a simmering internal Coalition row over Chinese investment.
Oreo cookies and Gillette shaving cream are among products driving the destruction of Indonesia’s forests, Greenpeace says, accusing agri giant Wilmar for supplying “dirty palm oil” to make the grocery items.
Tokyo-based Sojitz says it will invest in Brazil's Cantagalo General Grains SA, which farms 150,000 hectares and collects 2 million metric tons of grains a year.
Anuradha Mittal of the Oakland Institute speaks abouthow farmers in Ethiopia are being pushed off their land to make way for multinational agribusiness.
Australian Farms Fund Management sells a 40% stake to Melbourne-based Lempriere Capital, the agricultural investment management group that partnered with China's Shandong to purchase the Cubbie Station cotton farm.
Private equity firm Pearl Capital Partners and Voxtra have invested $4 million in Biyinzika Enterprises Ltd, a Uganda-based poultry feeds processor and farm operator.
UK-Tanzania Agriculture Investment Roundtable begins in London today, in association with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Agriculture was identified as a priority area
Uma das figuras centrais do movimento "sem-terra" brasileiro, Augusto Juncal, esteve em Maputo como "reforço de peso" da campanha dos camponeses moçambicanos contra o ProSAVANA.
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À l’occasion de la 2è édition de la Conférence Palm Oil Africa tenue à Libreville du 17 au 19 octobre 2013, l’ONG Brainforest bien que non invitée, n’a pas manqué de donner sa position sur la problématique des projets agro-industriels au Gabon.
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