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Kenya: American firm to invest in sugar milling and 5,000-acre cane farm
- The Nation
- 15 June 2015
Dominion Farms intends to convert part of its 17,000-acre land at Yala Swamp to establish a sugar plantation and develop a mill.
Brazil: Demarcation of indigenous lands stalls and violence worsens
- Upside Down World
- 15 June 2015
There have been more than 29 indigenous killed in just three regions of Tumpinambá lands in the state of Bahía, between 2013 and 2015.
Saudi Star donates 26 tractors and 30M Birr to Gambella farmers and youth
- Gambella Media
- 13 June 2015
Saudi Star Agricultural Development PLC is reported to have donated 26 tractors and 30M Birr to Gambella regional state local farmers and youth, where it has acquired a 60-year concession for 10,000 ha.
Sudan police teargas protesters in Khartoum - witnesses
- Reuters
- 12 June 2015
Police in Sudan fired tear gas and wielded batons on Friday to break up a protest in Khartoum against government land policies in which one person is reported to have died.
#NoLandNoLife | An urgent appeal to respect the human rights of the lumads in Mindanao, Philippines and to end the militarization of their communities
- PAN AP
- 11 June 2015
Lumad (indigenous) communities in Mindanao, Philippines appeal to end the militarization of their villages and to stop the human rights abuses by the armed forces.
BrasilAgro shares soar as land sale flags rising values
- Agrimoney
- 10 June 2015
Brazilian agriculture company BrasilAgro sold its Cremaq farm in Piauí for more than seven times what was paid for it nine years ago.
Zhejiang firm to help agriculture in eastern Russia
- China Daily
- 10 June 2015
Zoje Resources Investment has obtained a 49-year land lease from Russia's Transbaikal regional government to develop agriculture and livestock farms on 115,000 hectares of uncultivated land.
EU investors, land grabs and deforestation: case-studies
- FERN
- 10 June 2015
European banks and investors are a major source of finance for large-scale destructive agriculture; forestry; and pulp and paper projects.
Trying to follow the money: Tracing investments to actual places in SE Asia
- CIFOR
- 10 June 2015
Following the many paths of where investment dollars go to fund agricultural commodities in SE Asia can be a challenging but not impossible prospect.
UAE corporation to invest $10 billion in agricultural land in Sudan
- Sudan Tribune
- 09 June 2015
Government agency announces that Al-Dahra Holding has expressed a desire to acquire 2.4 million acres of land in one of the largest valleys extending from Sahl al-Batana in the east to the River Nile state in northern Sudan.
Mozambique: People's appeal for an immediate invalidation of the 'Public Hearing of ProSavana's Master Plan"
- 08 June 2015
Appeal reflects and expresses our profound indignation and discontent regarding the public hearing process, especially regarding the way these meetings were planned, convened and held.
Global land grabbing: some new resources
- Zimbabweland
- 08 June 2015
The ‘land grab’ debate continues to evolve and today there is much more empirical data, as witnessed by the veritable explosion of publications.