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Southern Harvest buys 2,700 hectares of farming land in Romania
- Act Media
- 12 February 2016
The farmland area owned in Romania by Southern Harvest, a subsidiary of the US investment fund Anholt Services, just grew by 45%
Thai firm: Sugar farm damage assessment is almost finished
- Cambodia Daily
- 12 February 2016
A Thai environmental auditing firm has confirmed that it is assessing the fallout from a trio of plantations in Oddar Meanchey province that Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol abandoned in late 2014 amid mounting accusations of land grabbing.
Ex-Cargill buyout firm seeks farmland acquisitions in Brazil
- Bloomberg
- 12 February 2016
Proterra Investment Partners , the private-equity firm spun off from agricultural commodities producer and trader Cargill Inc., is looking at several opportunities to buy farmland in Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America.
Companies must explore Africa for producing pulses, oilseed: Govt of India
- Business Standard
- 11 February 2016
"We are willing to offer 10,000-15,000 hectare on lease for 99 years," Zambia Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda said.
Civil society organisations express unflinching support for jailed land rights activists, condemn unfair land deals in Pujehun District
- 11 February 2016
We, the undermentioned organisations working to promote land rights and rule of law in Sierra Leone, are gravely concerned about the conviction and imprisonment of these activists.
Jail term for activists in Sierra Leone, trial of French journalists in Paris: critics of Bolloré silenced
- GRAIN et al.
- 10 February 2016
A day before the start of yet another trial brought on the Bolloré Group against French journalists, organisations denounce the imprisonment of 6 local community leaders affected by the investments of company linked to Bolloré
Farmland investment opportunities in Brazil
- Agriculture.com
- 09 February 2016
Summit Agricultural Group of the US is one of three groups worldwide that has received approval for 100% foreign ownership Brazilian farmland.
Palm oil: A business opportunity for Latin American countries.
- EFE
- 09 February 2016
The president of Fedepalma says that the sector's agroindustrial development potential is "immense" now that Colombia "is in the negotiation phase to terminate a conflict" with the FARC guerrilla group.
Chang Sun’s Black Soil postpones raising $1b agri-business fund
- Deal Street Asia
- 09 February 2016
The fund planned to invest in the northern province of Heilongjiang, where it has bought almost 8,000 acres of rice farming land known for its nutrient-rich black soil.
Chinese GLAM trumps rival Shanghai Pengxin’s cattle bid
- The Australian
- 09 February 2016
Chinese investment company Genius Link Asset Management has trumped rival Shanghai Pengxin’s bid for the S. Kidman & Co pastoral empire just as the race for the coveted cattle stations nears the final hurdle.
Arbitrary detention and continued judicial harassment against members of the Malen Land Owners and Users Association
- FIDH
- 09 February 2016
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Sierra Leone.
Thai company’s return to sugar group challenged by NGOs
- The Cambodia Daily
- 09 February 2016
Three local NGOs have filed a complaint with international sugar industry group Bonsucro for readmitting Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol even though thousands of families forced off the company’s former plantations in Oddar Meanchey province have yet to be fully compensated.