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Elite Foods in Zambia on Monday to look at investing in the Northern Province
- Lusaka Times
- 15 February 2019
Elite Foods CEO says his South African company wishes to take advantage of the Northern Province's huge expanse of water and land.
Republic of Congo takes unprecedented decision on large-scale agriculture in forest areas
- WWF
- 15 February 2019
A new Ministerial order states that all large scale agricultural activities beyond five hectares should be oriented to the savannah areas of the country.
The rebirth of Harvard's divestment movement
- The Crimson
- 14 February 2019
A three-day campaign called “Land Under Siege,” consisting of a teach-in, a Mass. Hall rally and an organiser training event, was organized by Harvard Undergraduates for Environmental Justice.
Ethnic group ‘disappointed’ to be denied French visas to attend court
- Phnom Penh Post
- 13 February 2019
The group say they are under threat of losing their land, traditions and customs since the arrival of Socfin-KCD, a firm funded by the French company Bollore
Harvard activists rally, petition for divestment from farmland, prison industry
- The Crimson
- 12 February 2019
Students gathered in front of Harvard’s central administration to urge Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow to divest the University’s $39.2 billion endowment from farmland holdings around the world.
The dormant breadbasket of the Asia-Pacific
- The Diplomat
- 12 February 2019
The Russian government has actively supported foreign investment in Siberian agriculture, making 1 million hectares of arable land in the Far Eastern Federal District available to foreign buyers
US: Large Washington tree fruit companies compelled to sell out
- Growing Produce
- 12 February 2019
Two of Washington’s largest tree fruit orchards have been taken over by financial companies, as operators reportedly began to realize the operations would need large capital infusions to renew older orchards and remain competitive.
CAAPA investors engage gov’t
- Global Times
- 12 February 2019
Sierra Leone's Deputy Minister of Agriculture tells agribusiness lobby that his government is working on a plan to end land disturbances, adding that fees for land leases will be increased in order to lay the long cry of under-payment by land owners to rest.
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.