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Liberians plan sit-in to pressure Weah to protect land rights
- Reuters
- 26 April 2018
Chiefs across Liberia are petitioning lawmakers while activists prepare for a sit-in protest in the nation’s capital as they push to secure ancestral land rights.
Liberians plan sit-in to pressure Weah to protect land rights
- Reuters
- 26 April 2018
Chiefs across Liberia are petitioning lawmakers while activists prepare for a sit-in protest in the nation’s capital as they push to secure ancestral land rights.
Why we earmarked 200,000 ha for oil palm plantation – Obaseki
- Vanguard
- 25 April 2018
“The goal for the palm oil industry is to have not less than 200,000 hectares of organised oil palm plantation by the end of my administration," Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki said.
Mass resignations at Chinese owner of Australia's largest dairy farm cast doubt on investment
- Guardian
- 25 April 2018
A mass board resignation at the Chinese firm that bought Australia’s largest dairy farm has fuelled concerns it may not fulfil its promises of local investment and environmental protection.
Farmers count losses as birds destroy acres of rice farm
- The Standard
- 25 April 2018
The birds are said to have migrated from Dominion Farms in the neighbouring Siaya County after the proprietor shifted from rice to sugarcane farming.
Ethiopia: Oromia State accrues investments worth 5b Br
- Addis Fortune
- 25 April 2018
The board of Oromia Investment Commission has approved 167 investment projects worth 5.37 billion Br. Over 81pc of them are in agriculture and agro-processing sectors.
Harvard land ownership in Brazil scrutinized in title dispute
- Bloomberg
- 24 April 2018
The prosecutor’s office in the state of Bahia said it’s reviewing allegations that a company linked to Harvard’s endowment isn’t the rightful owner of land in the region, and it’s determining whether to sue to reclaim the titles.
Karuturi to start afresh in Ethiopia
- The Reporter
- 23 April 2018
Karuturi Agro Products PLC says it is about to recommence the troubled commercial farms it was forced to abandon in Ethiopia, last year, with a new 25,000 hectare lease.
Ghosts in the machine
- The Gecko Project
- 18 April 2018
Second installment of Indonesia for Sale, an in-depth series of articles on the corruption behind Indonesia’s deforestation and land rights crisis. Ghosts in the machine exposing land deals behind the downfall of Indonesia’s top judge.
Audio: Impacts of agriculture on Brazil’s Cerrado region
- Mongabay
- 18 April 2018
Mongabay journalists report on the impacts of the rapid expansion of agribusiness on the region’s environment and people.
Farm group opposes CAFOs, foreign-owned farmland
- News Tribune
- 18 April 2018
Supporters of family farming who oppose the rise of big-business agricultural practices in Missouri gathered to lobby legislators against concentrated animal feeding operations and foreign ownership of Missouri farmland
Japan's Nippon Life makes a US$92.5 million offshore farmland investment
- GAI
- 17 April 2018
Tokyo-based Nippon Life Insurance Company makes its first investment in a farmland investment fund through a US$92.5 million investment in an overseas farmland investment fund managed by Hancock Natural Resources Group