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China hungers for Brazil's grain
- Global Finance
- 01 October 2018
Chinese producers in Brazil should not export soybeans to China, but chicken, says former Minister of Agriculture Roberto Rodrigues, now director of the FGV Agribusiness Center
Connect the dots: Cerrado soy drives inequality to provide EU with chicken
- Mongabay
- 01 October 2018
While large-scale soy growers say they’ve brought prosperity to the Cerrado, Campos Lindos has poverty levels far higher than the Brazilian average, lacks basic social services, and suffers high infant and maternal mortality rates.
Office du Niger: towards the resumption of works at the Malibya project site
- Bamada
- 29 September 2018
A delegation from "Malibya Agriculture" was received by Mali's Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Nango Dembélé on 17 September 2018 to discuss a possible revival of Libyan investment in the Office du Niger zone.
Bridging African agriculture’s financing gap
- Euractiv
- 28 September 2018
“Domestic resources from African countries have to be supplemented by European resources, and that has to mean the private sector,” says Tom Arnold, who chairs the European Commission and African Union's joint Rural Taskforce.
Indian company to invest in poultry sector in Kazakhstan
- MEAFN
- 27 September 2018
The Indian poultry company Venky's intends to invest in Kazakhstan's Turkestan Province, and will be assisted by government authorities in matters of land and infrastructure
ILC Bandung Declaration links agrarian reform to land and social justice
- IISD
- 27 September 2018
The Bandung Declaration by members of the International Land Coalition underscores that if agrarian reform is going to build justice, it must redistribute land.
Sierra Leone: China Hunan to cultivate 35,000 hectares of rice
- Awoko
- 26 September 2018
At a meeting between Hainan International Group and Sierra Leone's Minister of Agriculture, Joseph Ndanema, Hainan International agreed to plant 35,000 hectares of rice out of which the Group will start planting 5,000 hectares for the first phase.
The untold suffering of women living in and around Feronia’s industrial oil palm plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- WRM
- 26 September 2018
Solange Bolembe of RIAO-RDC, an information and support network for community organisations in the DR Congo, explains the challenges that women face who live in communities affected by oil palm plantations.
Oil palm in Peru: Destruction advancing upon the Amazon
- WRM
- 26 September 2018
Even though Peru is not a major player in the global palm oil market, according to some statistics, it is the country where this crop is expanding the fastest.
UAE’s Al Dahra to invest further $500m in Romania
- Reuters
- 25 September 2018
Abu Dhabi-based Al Dahra Holding said on Monday it will invest a further $500m in various sectors in the Romanian market after acquiring the largest farm producer there.
International Farming Corporation raising $1.5B for US farmalnd fund
- 22 September 2018
The $128 billion Washington State Investment Board is considering investing up to $250 million in the IFC Core Farmland Fund – an open-ended vehicle focused on investing in U.S. farming operations
UNGP, human rights and Norwegian development cooperation involving business
- Norad
- 22 September 2018
The cases of Norwegian development cooperation covered in the report include the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania and the Agrica – Kilombero Plantation Ltd. rice farm in Tanzania