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SAGCOT supporting agricultural transformation in Ihemi Cluster
- 24 Tanzania
- 25 May 2015
The Agribusiness Leadership Meeting for Agricultural Transformation in Ihemi Cluster was held in Iringa last week.
Lawrence Kalinoe's astonishing defence of the unlawful SABL land grab rewrites history and ignores the law
- ActNow!
- 25 May 2015
PNG's Secretary for Justice, Lawrence Kalinoe, has made an astonishing defence of the unlawful SABL land grab and the government's failure to cancel the leases.
Chinese-invested agricultural park unveiled in Cambodia
- Xinhua
- 25 May 2015
A 3,000 ha Chinese-invested agricultural park was inaugurated in Tbong Khmum, aiming at broadening agricultural cooperation between the eastern Chinese city of Zhangzhou and Cambodia.
Cargill's Black River enjoys more Australian farmland profits
- Financial Review
- 25 May 2015
A hedge fund run by an arm of the world's largest agricultural company, Cargill, has enjoyed another strong profit from its Australian farming investment – the land and logistics company BFB Group.
Chinese-invested agricultural park unveiled in Cambodia　
- Xinhua
- 25 May 2015
The project, aimed at broadening agricultural cooperation between the eastern Chinese city of Zhangzhou and Cambodia, covers an area of 3,000 hectares and 11 Chinese companies have registered to invest in it
Mozambique agriculture plan could displace 100,000 farmers - activists
- Reuters
- 25 May 2015
Mozambique is mulling a plan to lease 240,000 hectares of prime farmland to investors to grow crops for export, threatening to displace more than 100,000 local residents, activists and academics said, citing a leaked document.
FOR ENDORSEMENT: Call of CSOs to governments on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa
- 25 May 2015
Social movements and civil society organisations are invited to endorse this statement by Monday 1 June 2015.
The State of New Mexico announces $75M investment in Brazilian agriculture
- Agfunder News
- 22 May 2015
For the first time, the New Mexico State Investment Council is investing in Brazilian agriculture through Brookfield Asset Management’s Brazil Agriculture Fund II vehicle.
Tanzania: Govt to freeze multi-billion shilling pact with US firm
- Guardian (Tanzania)
- 22 May 2015
The government is in the process of revoking the contract entered by the Tanzania Investment Centre with an investment company, Agrisol, for lease of 10,000 hectares in Uvinza District, Kigoma Region
Mali government promises to tackle land grabbing
- Xinhua
- 22 May 2015
Mali’s Minister of State Domains and Land Affairs Me Mohamed Ali Bathily has said his ministry will launch a merciless war against land grabbers and those who engage in land speculation
#NoLandNoLife | Respect the human rights of farmers and indigenous people in Manipur, PANAP urges authorities
- 22 May 2015
PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) urged the Indian and Manipur governments to respect the human rights of small farmers and indigenous peoples in Manipur, India.
Primary rainforest cleared for massive palm oil plantations in Peru
- Mongabay
- 21 May 2015
More than 9,400 hectares of Amazonian rainforest has been removed for two oil palm plantations in the Peruvian region of Ucayali linked to Czech entrepreneur Dennis Melka.