Suspending the imports of sugar and rubber from Cambodia under the EBA arrangement should be the first step that the EU should take until the blatant abuse of human rights is halted.
- Policy Review
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06 October 2014
The Dangote Group had indicated interest in investing in irrigation around Kampe dam, adding that the land was suitable for sugar cane cultivation
Groups will stage "creative resistance" outside of Bank’s Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.—and around the World—on October 10th & 11th.
- Oakland Institue
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06 October 2014
At international conference, peasants report that land grabbing is reaching alarming proportions in the northern region, in the so-called Nacala Corridor.
Invited by Synergie Paysanne, civil society in West Africa discusses strategies against land grabbing, 23 -25 September 2014 in Cotonou, Benin.
- LandJustice4wa
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03 October 2014
How did such a promising idea (which appeared to offer a textbook example of a win-win situation) fail?
Street protests could erupt at any time in El Obeid town in North Kordofan due to a dispute over agricultural land between local farmers and the state governor, an activist said.
- Radio Tamazuj
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01 October 2014
COFCO, Hopu Investment, Temasek, IFC and Standard and Chartered announce that the transaction to acquire Noble Agri through a holding company has gone through.
- World Grain
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01 October 2014
Egyptian PM Ibrahim Mahlab met with UAE Minister of State Ahmed Al Jaber and officials of Al Dahra Agriculture to assure them that the Egyptian government is removing obstacles to the company's projects in Toshka.
- Amwal Alghad
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01 October 2014
Investment Corp. of Dubai in tie-up with Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote that "could run into billions of dollars" and involves ventures in agriculture.
- Bloomberg
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01 October 2014
Farmers held a demonstration at a branch of the ANZ Royal Bank in Phnom Penh on October 1, 2014 to protest against the bank’s financing of sugar plantations.
Cambodian authorities have taken back thousands of hectares of land concessions from eight private companies, in order to create a national park