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Zambian families evicted from commercial farms
- CAJ News
- 26 October 2017
Dozens of rural families have been left with no shelter or source of livelihoods following mass acquisition of land by commercial farmers.
Dongbu insurance arms to commit $40 mn to farmland/timberland fund
- Korean Investors
- 26 October 2017
South Korea’s Dongbu Group will commit 45 billion won ($40 million) to a timberland and farmland fund managed by Boston-based Hancock Natural Resource Group..
No to ProSavana campaign: Peoples’ declaration
- No to ProSavana campagin
- 25 October 2017
The 3rd Peoples’ Triangular Conference organized by the No to ProSavana Campaign on 24-25 October 2017 gathered 200 members of the campaign from Mozambique, Brazil and Japan to profoundly and democratically reflect on Mozambique's development model.
Interview with Geoffrey Morley, Director, Cross Agriculture Ltd, bronze sponsors of the Agribusiness Congress East Africa in Kampala
- Agri-East Africa
- 23 October 2017
"We currently manage over 50 000 acres of agricultural land in East Africa and are growing over 20 different crops."
Saudi makes food security play through Black Sea grain joint venture
- Food Navigator
- 20 October 2017
Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Investment Company has joined the UAE's Al Dahra in a US$1.3bn joint venture to make agribusiness acquisitions in 10 countries in the Black Sea region, including the acquisition of farmland.
More investors turn to farmland, debt strategies
- P&I
- 20 October 2017
U.S. institutional tax-exempt investments for farmland was up 11.1% last year, with Nuveen, PGIM and Hancock AIG leading P&I's list of farmland managers
Farmland investments in Brazilian Cerrado: Financial, environmental and social risks
- Chain Reaction
- 20 October 2017
The social and environmental impacts linked to farmland investments could in themselves be enough for investors with ESG criteria to refrain from further investments in farmland in Matopiba, Brazil.
Land of milk and money: Qatar looks to farms to beat the Gulf boycott
- Guardian
- 20 October 2017
Food security has become an essential goal for a country facing a land, sea and air boycott imposed in June by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain
New green powers in the global land grab violate indigenous peoples’ rights
- IWGIA
- 19 October 2017
A new report guides you through the complexities and the legal frameworks related to human rights and today’s scramble for land.
Launch of the African Land Policy Centre marks a step forward towards better governance of land
- UNECA
- 19 October 2017
The African Land Policy Centre will serve as a means to strengthen and sustain Africa’s capacity to coordinate Member States and other actors in the implementation of the AU Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges
Gambling with nature: A risky investment
- Maryknoll
- 19 October 2017
In the last ten years, pension funds and other large investment funds have invested more and more in agricultural land as a part of their financial portfolios, contributing to increasing human rights violations and environmental destruction.
Senegal: Civic society demands President Sall’s intervention in the Sefrioui case
- Agence Ecofin
- 17 October 2017
In an open letter to the President of Senegal, the association of active rural women for an emerging Senegal calls for a solution to the uprising of the Fouta people over the sale of 10,000 ha of arable lands to the Moroccan group Addoha, owned by Anas Sefrioui.