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Kinston firm looks to raise $1.5 billion for agriculture investments
- WRAL
- 11 February 2019
International Farming Corp., a Kinston-based agricultural investment company, has raised $404 million in a fund to invest in U.S. farmland.
FirstFarms A/S purchases pig and crop farm in Slovakia as part of growth strategy
- Globe NewsWire
- 08 February 2019
Te Danish company FirstFarms now owns a "land bank" of more than 8,500 hectares of owned land and more than 11,000 hectares in rent contracts.
Sierra Leone: Aftermath of Malen killing - rights groups exonerate Hon. Sama, others
- Concord Times
- 07 February 2019
Report calls on SOCFIN to comply with the request by affected communities and MALOA for a fair, transparent, effective and independent conflict resolution mechanism to review the land lease agreements and find a long-term resolution to the land conflict.
The major players in agri-finance
- Successful Farming
- 05 February 2019
According to the USDA, the following countries are home to the largest holders of US cropland: Canada, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands.
Cambodia: Preah Vihear land dispute drags on
- Phnom Penh Post
- 05 February 2019
Preah Vihear provincial authorities have requested villagers to stop clearing disputed land and wait for authorities to find a solution according to the “tiger skin formula”, which aims to reduce the impact of economic land concessions.
Egypt to increase investment in Zambia's agriculture sector
- Xinhua
- 05 February 2019
The deal includes the construction of a new farm project of greenhouse vegetable production over an area of 600 hectares (6 square kilometers) in central Zambia's Mkushi district.
Jigawa governor’s rally records low turnout as angry residents whose farmlands were seized stay away
- Premium Times
- 05 February 2019
The people of Gagarawa are angry with the governor over the seizure of their farmlands, which the state government handed over to foreign investors for an irrigation farming project.
Ukrainian President Poroshenko extends moratorium on agricultural land sale
- UA Wire
- 05 February 2019
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law for the extension of a moratorium on the sale of agricultural land until January 1, 2020.
Palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources removed from Dow Jones Sustainability Index after bribery and corruption scandal
- FOE
- 05 February 2019
Golden Agri-Resources’ operations in Indonesia and Liberia have generated years of controversy, including consistent and well-documented allegations of deforestation, land grabbing and human rights violations.
New Jersey State Investment Council commites $100 million to Homestead Capital's US farmland fund
- GAI
- 05 February 2019
New Jersey’s $70 billion public-employee pension manager, the New Jersey State Investment Council, has agreed to commit $100 million in Homestead Capital’s third farmland fund.
CSOs urged gov’t to probe Sahn Malen killing
- Concord Times
- 01 February 2019
Sierra Leone Land Rights Defenders say SOCFIN's land acquisition in Malen has resulted in serious conflict with local landowners, who face intimidation and harassment for defending their land rights and challenging the company.
Land rights defenders condemn gross human rights abuses in Sahn Malen
- SiLNoRF et al
- 31 January 2019
Proponents of land rights in Sierra Leone note with grave concern the human rights violations against members of the Malen Affected Landowners and users Association who were dispossessed of their land by the agro–based multinational SOCFIN.