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Germany giant eyes land for Serbian pig farms
- Global Meat News
- 22 June 2017
German meat company Tönnies has applied to the Serbian authorities to secure more than 100 hectares of available land in five municipalities to set up pig farms.
Senegal: Conflicts broke out between police and Diokoul’s populations
- Ecofin
- 22 June 2017
On June 20, a conflict broke out between police and farmers in Diokoul, Senegal, as the farmers tried to prevent Senegindia from putting barbed wire around a 1,000 ha area which it's taking from them.
Turkey, Sudan launch $10 billion agriculture partnership
- Asharq Al-Awsat
- 21 June 2017
According to the agreement, Turkey will lease a total of 793,000 hectares in six different regions in Sudan, of which 12,500 hectares will be allocated to the joint company. The rest will be leased to private sector firms.
Why is China snatching up Australian farmland?
- NPR
- 21 June 2017
China has replaced the United States as the second-largest foreign owner of agricultural land in Australia. (The U.K. is No. 1.)
Company clears rice crop on disputed land
- Khmer Times
- 21 June 2017
An Indian company locked in a land dispute with villagers in Svay Rieng province yesterday used machinery to clear land being used by the villagers for farming.
As 21-day ultimatum for SOCFIN Manager elapse…
- Concord Times
- 19 June 2017
Majority of workers have stopped working on the oil palm plantation until the SOCFIN General Manager addresses concerns raised in the Malen Youth Development Union’s letter dated 20 May 2017.
The future of farmland (part 1): the new land grab
- SELC
- 15 June 2017
The flood of investment over the last several years means that agricultural land itself is being treated more and more like a profitable financial asset, instead of a productive natural resource.
The future of farmland (Parts 1 & 2)
- The SELC
- 15 June 2017
As the farmland REIT sector grows, Sustainable Economies Law Center is busy researching and piloting alternative models of farmland ownership that prioritize racial equity, ecological sustainability, and long-term stewardship.
Indonesian province revokes palm oil licenses
- UCA
- 15 June 2017
Merauke govt's move to pull 11 permits wins church and popular backing, but damage to nature 'has already been done
Agric. Minister calls for review of Socfin land lease agreement in Pujehun
- Awoko
- 15 June 2017
Sierra Leone's Minister of Agriculture has called for a review of the flawed 50 year land lease agreement signed in 2011 between land owners and Socfin Agriculture Company
Rural land activists under attack in Brazil
- LVC
- 14 June 2017
In the midst of a sharp rise in violent repression against rural communities, Brazil's government plans to lift current limits on foreign ownership of agricultural land, an initiative that has even been criticized by the country's armed forces
Super funds call for tougher rules for foreign investment in agriculture
- ABC
- 14 June 2017
Industry Super Australia claims foreign investors are cherry-picking the best Australian farming investments.