We denounce these repressive acts in the strongest terms and call upon the authorities to immediately hold to account all those responsible behind the vicious attacks on Indonesian and Filipino farmers, indigenous peoples and their supporters.
Foreigners from EU countries may be entitled to buy farmland located in towns or villages (intravilan), as well as woodland, according to a draft bill initiated by several Romanian MPs.
Trends suggest that farming may soon become a hotbed of M&A activity
The factory and a sugar-cane plantation in Limeira do Oeste, Minas Gerais state, will be sold to JFLim Participacoes, Chicago-based ADM said
La Rapporteure spéciale sur la situation défenseurs des droits de l’homme en Afrique note avec préoccupation les allégations d’intimidation dont serait victime M. Nasako Besingi, qui défend les communautés locales dans le cadre du développement des plantations d'huile de palme.
Prime Minister Tihomir Oreškovic has announced that an investor from the Middle East is interested in a 10,000 hectare plot of agricultural land in Slavonia.
We believe that there's plenty of land in Africa and Africa will feed the world, says Nuradin Osman, AGCO managing director for Africa and Middle East.
The Special rapporteur on human rights defenders of the ACHPR expresses her concern on alleged judicial harassment and intimidation of activist defending the land rights of local communities in the context of the expansion of oil palm plantations in southwest Cameroon.
In the future the national holding "KazAgro" plans to set up similar funds with China and the United Kingdom.
"Out of 4.9 million hectares available in the country, only one million are cultivated. The rest is waiting for the Russians and other foreign investors who are willing to come to us," says Nicaraguan Deputy Foreign Minister
African Agriculture Fund Environmental, Social and Governance Annual Report 2015
Iranian business is highly interested in realization of extraterritorial agricultural services, i.e. renting of agricultural lands in the territory of Ukraine, says Ambassador.
