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Dangote Group pledges to invest $2.3bn in Northern Nigeria
- This Day
- 11 May 2014
He said the conglomerate would require about 250,000 hectares of land for sugar cane production and 130,000 hectares for rice farming.
How Japan's Marubeni stumbled in China after rapid expansion
- Chicago Tribune
- 11 May 2014
Japan's Marubeni Corp has been shaken by defaults on soybean sales and faces an investigation into alleged tax evasion in the world's top food consumer.
Vast hidden profits: from Asia's palm oil giants to a tiny British tax haven
- The Observer
- 10 May 2014
Indonesian court helps to tear aside the veil of secrecy under which huge corporations operate in UK-linked tax havens
EU, Dar sign agribusiness pact
- Tanzania Daily News
- 09 May 2014
The European Union (EU) has provided Tanzania a grant of 59.5 million euros for improved agri-business and trade facilitation that will support the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania.
Project to support Bagamoyo sugarcane outgrowers imminent
- Tanzania Daily News
- 09 May 2014
The company wants an end to land conflicts in the area "where Dar es Salaam based bigwigs are frustrating the project" and incentives for ethanol production.
Rubber company suspends projects as World Bank investigates
- VOA
- 07 May 2014
A World Bank-supported rubber company accused of land grabs has suspended some of its projects in Cambodia, as an investigation by the bank continues.
Nigeria – RSPO legal opinion ignores core of the complaint against Wilmar International subsidiary Biase Plantation Limited
- WRM
- 07 May 2014
Wilmar International, one of the world’s largest oil palm companies, through its subsidiary, Biase Plantations Ltd acquired 5,561 hectares of land from the Cross River State government in 2011.
Liberia – RSPO’s inability to address root causes of the conflict related to Sime Darby’s operations
- WRM
- 07 May 2014
For the affected communities, this is a story of bad rather than “best practices”, an experience in which their “aspirations” as “stakeholders” were not at all addressed.
Interview with Sawitwatch about the impacts of industrial oil palm plantations in Indonesia and the experience with the RSPO
- WRM
- 07 May 2014
Jefri Saragih talks about his organisation's long experience with the RSPO and the impacts of oil palm plantations in Indonesia.
RSPO: fake promises promoting further oil palm plantations expansion
- WRM
- 07 May 2014
The excessive consumption and the transnational company’s need to keep expanding to increase corporate profits that are pushing the continuous expansion of industrial oil palm plantations.
When our land is free, we’re all free
- SDI
- 07 May 2014
Liberia's Jogbahn Clan and other communities are resisting the corporate takeover of their land and they are winning. All over Africa people are sending a clear message to their governments; stop selling Africa to corporations.
The Lower Aguán in Honduras and the deadly battle over land rights
- Carnegie Council
- 06 May 2014
Within Honduras, the murder rate climbs as one travels north to the central Atlantic coast departments. In the heart of this region lies the lush Lower Aguán Valley, a center of deadly conflict over land rights.