China's Sichuan province is in talks to invest $300 million in cotton, rice and fruit production in Uganda, a senior Ugandan official said on Wednesday.
- Reuters Africa
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27 August 2014
La empresa Wilmar Internacional, uno de los mayores operadores del mundo de aceite de palma y azúcar, continúa con sus prácticas abusivas de deforestación y acaparamiento de tierras.
Amatheon has already invested €30m in farming projects in Zambia and Uganda, and plans to spend an additional €350m in the coming two years in other African countries, such as Ghana and Mozambique.
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
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19 Mar 2014
Papers from TICAD-V side-event on responsible agricultural investment held at Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan on June 2, 2013 during TICAD V.
US natural and organic food group Hain Celestial has acquired premium Basmati rice manufacturer Tilda Ltd, which operates an 1,100 ha rice plantation in Uganda.
- Just-Food
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14 January 2014
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.
- The Poultry Site
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21 October 2013
The film "No Land No Food No Life" examines the challenges and struggles farmers face despite the exultation they experience in their fight to retain control of their land.
- Films de l'Oeil
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07 October 2013
In 2001, more than 4,000 people were evicted from land in Uganda after it had been acquired by a German coffee firm on a 99-year lease. The company insists the deal was above board, but an NGO is now raising doubts
- Deutsche Welle
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27 August 2013
Según un nuevo estudio, bancos y los fondos de jubilación europeos están financiando a la gigante de palma aceitera Wilmar International, que está implicada en el acaparamiento de tierras en Uganda.
European banks and pension funds continue to finance one of the largest and most destructive palm oil giants Wilmar International, according to new research released today by Friends of the Earth Europe.
Het Maleisische palmoliebedrijf Wilmar is wereldwijd op grote schaal betrokken bij landroof, milieuovertredingen en schending van nationale wetten bij palmolieprojecten.
- Duurzaamnieuws
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13 May 2013
The Uganda Land Alliance (ULA) has observed that unfair government policies and ignorance of land rights and values have escalated the problem of land grabbing by investors in the country.
