Van Dairy, formerly Moon Lake Investments and Van Diemens' Land Company before that, has attracted a lot of attention over its foreign ownership and farm operations.
- Farm Online
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25 October 2021
In Kenya, a row is brewing between local leaders, members of the community, and Siaya county government following a notice to allocate land within Yala Swamp to a new investor, Lake Agro Limited.
- The Standard
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23 October 2021
The use of “transfer pricing” to avoid taxation is common among multinationals operating in Africa, depriving low-income governments of badly needed revenue.
A new report by Bread for all, Alliance Sud, and the German Network for Tax Justice has accused Belgian-French multinational Socfin, which operates rubber and palm oil plantations across West Africa, of shifting profits from Africa to Switzerland. The use of “transfer pricing” to avoid taxation is common among multinationals operating in Africa, depriving low-income governments of badly needed revenue.
Big financial institutions rake in profits bankrolling the destruction of the land, homes and livelihoods of communities who have safeguarded their forests for generations
- Global Witness
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21 October 2021
A new report on the tax strategy of agribusiness corporation Socfin reveals how multinational companies can shift profits from countries where they produce commodities in Africa and Asia to tax havens like Switzerland.
- Bread for All
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20 October 2021
President Irfaan Ali and his delegation wooed investors in the UAE to take advantage of opportunities in large-scale agriculture, including mega-farms, to support the UAE's food security agenda
- Demerara Waves
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19 October 2021
On the eve of an annual gathering of public development banks, 280 groups from 70 countries sign letter slamming them for bankrolling the expansion of industrial agriculture.
Cash-strapped Karuturi Flowers in Naivasha is back in court in a bid to stop receiver managers from auctioning its property over Sh1.8 billion debt
- The Standard
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15 October 2021
Anuradha Mittal, executive director of the Oakland Institute, talks about the Western investors profiting off of oil palm plantations accused of human rights violations and environmental abuses.
The Hungarian government has officially canceled its plan to set up a EUR 400 million private equity fund to purchase farmland in the Central European region, including Slovakia, due to serious political tensions.
- Hungary Today
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14 October 2021
A Chinese company is now grabbing land in Mubende district that is owned by imprisoned defenders and that is used by the elderly.
- Ugandan Land Defenders
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14 October 2021