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20,000 hectares set for oil palm by 2019
- Post Courier
- 14 June 2018
Malaysia's Bewani Oil Palm Plantation Limited is set to complete planting of 20,000 hectares of palms by 2019 in West Sepik province, Papua New Guinea
Over 3000 Karuturi workers to know their fate tomorrow as Court of Appeal embarks on hearing case against CFC Stanbic
- XNews
- 14 June 2018
The Court of Appeal will tomorrow start listening to an appeal case filed by Karuturi Limited against CFC Stanbic Bank and its receiver managers.
Group wants data on extent of agri lands compromised in foreign agri-business deals
- Davao Today
- 13 June 2018
KMP chair Danilo Ramos says the President and the head of the Department of Agriculture (DA) “got some explaining to do” as to the extent of agricultural lands being compromised in foreign agri-business deals signed in recent state visits.
In Vietnam, protests highlight anti-Chinese sentiment
- The Diplomat
- 13 June 2018
“No leasing land to China even for one day,” read a banner hoisted during the recent protests.
Bidco’s expansion to Buvuma Island gains momentum
- Independent
- 13 June 2018
The Uganda government began handing over tracts of land for palm-oil production to Wilmar International Ltd.’s local unit, removing the final hurdle for an expansion project that’s been delayed for almost a decade.
US-based Mission Produce is developing its first domestic avocado farm in China
- GAI
- 12 June 2018
Located in Yunnan in the southwest of the country, the farming project will operate under the business name, Yunnan Avocado Agriculture Development Limited, and with an eventual goal of building out a fully integrated supply chain.
Letter addressed to the Government of Senegal, G7 members state, and the African Union
- CNCR et al.
- 11 June 2018
NAFSN in Senegal failed: Civil society calls on policy makers to put smallholder farmers at the core of strategies to address food security and nutrition.
Nigeria: Edo communities lament dearth of forest life, deforestation, others
- Guardian
- 11 June 2018
Residents of Uhiele, Odighi and Odiguetue communities in Edo State have lamented the devastation of their environment and loss of livelihoods resulting from deforestation by multinational firms in the area.
Nigeria: Cross River community wants firm to pay compensation
- Blueprint
- 11 June 2018
Natives of Akamkpa community in Cross River accuse Wilmar International of destroying their sources of livelihood by channeling chemical infested erosion water into their streams and farmlands.
Mozambique won’t be Mato Grosso
- Monde Diplomatique
- 11 June 2018
A popular movement centred on a small farming village in northern Mozambique has, for the moment, halted an attempt to move to cash-crop monocultures mainly for export.
ERA/FoEN’s RSPO certification claims spurious, libelous—Okomu Oil
- Business Post
- 09 June 2018
The management of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc has reacted to an allegation made against it by ERA/FoEN, alleging that the company had been “parading” a Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certificate.
The great Polish land grab
- ARC 2020
- 08 June 2018
Land prices have increased dramatically and despite a moratorium on foreign land purchasing, foreign entities have found a way to buy land. Polish farmers are despairing and protesting en masse.