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US: Bill would halt foreign ownership of Missouri farmland
- Missourian
- 15 January 2020
Rep. Doug Beck (D-St. Louis) has offered House Bill 1492, which would halt any future foreign corporate ownership of Missouri farmland.
L’industrie agricole n’est pas suffisamment attachée aux droits de l’homme
- Nouvelles du Monde
- 14 January 2020
À l’occasion de la foire agricole de la Semaine verte à Berlin, les ONG veulent accroître la pression sur le gouvernement fédéral pour obliger légalement les entreprises agricoles à fournir davantage de protection des droits de l’homme.
Sunbird takes cassava production head-on
- Daily Mail
- 13 January 2020
Mauritius-based Sunbird Bionergy is pursuing a US$190 million cassava outgrower ethanol project in Zimbabwe's Luena farm block that includes a seedlings plantation that will eventually cover 10,000 ha.
The rise and fall of ProSavana
- Observador Rural
- 10 January 2020
This paper explores the history of one of the world’s largest land grabbing deals signed by Japan, Brazil and Mozambique in 2009 through official documents and recordings, especially of the Japanese actors involved.
50,000-hectare palm oil plantation to be developed in Caraga region
- Manila Bulletin
- 08 January 2020
Eastern Petroleum Group of Companies is planning to develop an initial 50,000-hectare palm oil plantation in Northeastern Mindanao or the Caraga region of the Philippines this year.
Holde Agri Invest attracts RON 10 million from BVB investors
- Business Review
- 08 January 2020
Holde Agri Invest, a Romanian agricultural company operating farmland, has successfully closed a private placement offer for its shares, having raised RON 10 million from Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) investors
Criminal trial for 28 land rights defenders set to resume
- witnessradio.org
- 08 January 2020
The land defenders were arrested for defending over 3000 people from being violently evicted by local businessman George Kaweesi, many of whom were previously evicted by Kaweeri Coffee Plantation limited in the early 2000s.
Liberia's miracle oil brings farmers only empty promises
- The Guardian
- 03 January 2020
Liberia would be better off with smaller community-run plantations that could supply multinational firms’ thirst for palm oil and put the wealth into the community, says SDI
Local firm exports first batch of bananas to China
- bizhub
- 02 January 2020
Vietnam's HAGL Agrico, which has 18,000ha of agricultural land worth about US$400 million in Ratanakiri province northeast Cambodia, has shipped its first batch of fresh bananas from its Cambodia plant to China
Feronia announces missed debenture interest payment
- Globe Newswire
- 02 January 2020
With the aim of improving its financial resources, management is in on-going discussions with its lenders and major shareholders and is reviewing various short and long term financial alternatives.
Ukraine farmers fear for livelihoods as president backs land sales
- RFI
- 27 December 2019
The government initially planned to allow foreigners to buy farmland from 2024, but Zelensky, under pressure from opponents, has promised a referendum on this.
Agrinurture plans corn plantation in Palawan province
- Manila Standard
- 27 December 2019
Agrinurture Inc. is in talks with the Department of Justice through the Bureau of Corrections over the development of about 2,000 hectares of property into an integrated agri-tourism corn plantation in Palawan, Philippines.