New report from Oakland Institute, Indonesia: The World Bank’s Failed East Asian Miracle details how Bank-backed policy reforms have led to the displacement, criminalization, and even murder of smallholder farmers and indigenous defenders to make way for mega-agricultural projects.
- Oakland Institute
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02 October 2018
Report investigates how the water impacts within the region from deforestation associated with soy production may translate into business risks for agribuisness companies operating in the Cerrado.
Local leaders celebrate decision by New Zealand's overseas investment regulator to turn down application by Tegel Group Holdings to buy land for chicken farm. They say it's time to boost smaller-scale farmers, not back foreign-owned companies.
Cade Creek International of Colorado,US is partnering with the NGO Youth Off The Streets Initiatives to set up a $25 million farm in Osun state, Nigeria.
- The Glitters
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02 October 2018
Bill Gates spent $171 million to buy 14,500 acres of farmland in Southern Washington, the most expensive U.S. land sale so far this year, according to the Land Report.
- Bloomberg
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02 October 2018
Ethiopian officials have revoked land leases in Addis Ababa that were held by dozens of investors, including Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire Mohammed Hussein al-Amoudi.
The Administrative Court of Maputo orders the Ministry of Agriculture to provide all information of public interest on ProSAVANA, an agriculture project between the Mozambican, Brazilian and Japanese governments
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
- Global Finance
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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.
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.
“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.
- Euractiv
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28 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